For the love of Purpurea

This blue is in a pot out front

Rebbeca south fence is on the decline.. her blooms are more bluish now

Rebecca north fence still has her reddish colours

This blue is nice, it is on the tall pole with the pink and the moon vines..

Debra I do remember sending the Kawaru but it is supposed to be bluish/purple!! Were the seeds tan?

I like your blue one!

Hi Ronnie yes the seeds were tan... I have two giant pods off of it so far.. it stays open and sometimes opens late afternoon /evening... my pink Miko No Mai also stays open practically all nite.. I have about ten pods of that one cooking...

Wow Debra that's great! Mine often stayed open later. I would love a couple of seeds from the white if you get enough!

Debra - Your photo here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6899990 looks like Kawaii. I love Kawaii! It is more of a mounding/trailing type of MG. I grow them with Sun Smiles in a pot in an old birdbath. My blooms stay open all day unless the heat and sun get to be too much for them.

I love your deep burgundy Rebecca too! And nice blues as well. Amazing the mixture we get with I. purpureas! Their crosses are really something, aren't they? :-)

Becky, I can't spell, but that's the one .. Ronnie sent it to me, I found the package that I had recieved from her and yes it does mound..

I love all the new ones I have gotten, they have done real well this year.

this one too

That explains why the Kawaru was white and not purple!! Duh... I hadn't even thought of that since I had traded away so many 'Kawaru'!

LOL well at least you gave some away! they will come back at ya, garrunteed!

Pretty little dark purple one KK...I do think your striped one is a Nil though and not a purpurea. It is pretty!!

Both are lovely KountryKitten! I believe that Ronnie is right. Your purple stripe does look like a different species of MG. It looks to me like an I. nil, too! :-)

KK this one is really cool, what do the leaves look like?

I'm sorry everyone I just wanted to show off my morning glories too. LOL the leaves josewife is like a mint green with a stripe of white. All of them are just beautiful

No reason to be sorry KK!! Loved the photos!

From the other day.


I have a real pretty Milky Way growing that is a cross, and has the slightest bit of a pink tinge to it. Hopefully I captured it this morning. Have to get them uploaded....

Here is the pinky milky way....

Ronnie, I love that milky way.. Sheesh! I had to pick four pods off your Mix pot tonight...

Ronnie - WOW! I hope you tagged that bloom! How pretty! You might just be able to create a new I. purpurea cultivar from that one bloom! :-) I love it! ;-)

Nice new strain of Milky Way, Ronnie! Very attractive flower!

Thanks guys, fortunately that one is at the other end of the yard and not to tangled up. I should be able to get a few seeds.

I went home early today, just to see what was blooming in the light misty rain..

Thought you might enjoy these Purpureas

Rebecca is doing fine on the north fence

I think she loves yellow pear tomatoes

very pretty, Debra - love those ruby tints in the purpureas

This curtain was in full bloom at 6:30 am, and I found a couple of visitors.. the moon vine ( lavender) and the messina creeper that are in there are both starting to bloom..

I thought I would show off Kawaru while I was here..

Nice Debra!! In this picture here http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6916957 I love the white one!!

I had to untangle this mess tonight after work. It took me most of the evening..

Beautiful I. purpureas Debra!!! Nice fence coverage from Rebecca! :-)

Something has just occured to me ...

I wonder if this photo: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6916968 is a faded color? I know that I. purpureas can change colors just like the I. nils as they age and start to wilt later in the day. Debra, do these blooms look like this color first thing in the morning?

Here is my sole flowering purpurea at present time...Cat's Hot Pink, which was an ebay purchase 5 years ago. Seeds were quite viable.

Joseph - Five years and still germinating! Awesome! Hot Pink is the perfect name for it! :-) Nice size leaves, too! :-)

gosh darn it.. that post up there is wrong one.. LOL I must be tired.. PREVIEW!
This is the one from Ronnie.. there we go * Yawn* gotta get up and see the flowers at 6 so gotta go.. can't get on at work anymore, I knew it would happen LOL great pictures Joseph, you have a wonderful collection and a green arm at growing.. thank you to all of you for giving me such wonderful eye candy..

Hey guys I just wanted to let you all know that my photo here http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6879126
isn't a sport of MW but one of Joyce Cobb...Becky I think you posted that you had one like that too...can you post a pic of it for me? Ron said the difference is in the star..now let me get it right...the MW star gets thinner as it goes out and the JC gets thicker toward the ends. I never even noticed. How can you not love these flowers with there subtle differences to the untrained eye like me and the distinct difference to the expert eye! I do love this forum for all it's generous info.

Here is one I took this morning

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Gosh I so love these flowers!!