Hello,
Just recently found patches of naturalized morning glories around my area. I do not know my species, and any help would be great
The one below has big blooms almost like a Japanese morning glory. It twines and grows up. I found this by my school and hopefully the maintenance people will not touch it.
Eliz
sepals
leaf shot
one last shot of this plant...maybe it's Calystegia sepium? but Im not sure because most of them look so similar
Eliz
This message was edited Jul 9, 2009 12:22 PM
Eliz - That's absolutely gorgeous bloom! It's large? How amazing to be a "wild" MG! Looks too fancy to be a wild one! :-) I hope you get seeds or can dig it up! Keep us posted. :-)
So pretty.
oh it's pretty big. I saw a field of field bindweed by my workplace, they were tiny and cute. This one is huge compared to field bindweed; bigger than 5 cm, less than 10 cm.....around 6-8 cm..the leaves are big too. I might go ask the maintenance ppl if I can dig the little ones up, but it looks pretty to be killed in my opnion. Well usually the leaves, when they're just leaves, they get pulled even before they bloom up here. I see leaves like that everywhere and alot of ppl think they do not look good in their landscape.
I saw it because I stopped to talk to my dad and while he was talking to me, I saw this behind him and I was like.. Hellloooo lol.
But will definitely save the seeds for those interested collecting bindweeds according to locality. same with the field bindweed and other wild convolvulus.
Eliz
It's Calystegia sepium ssp. americana, sometimes it sets seeds but propagates clonal from the rhizomes; pretty but very invasive
i would love it i like the wild mgs and stuff like that i would be digging it up in a heart beat
the only ones I have seen here that size are white.. no pinks yet.. the pink ones I have found so far are tiny..
