HIGEZAKI (beard flower)

thanks Debra... i can send you some blue hige seeds (when they ripen) you could give it a go... you never know untill you try... i've crossed some of mine, just to see what happens :-)

BTW.. i haven't seen a Joyce Cobb type hige yet!!! and you have some lovely JC's posted in your thread.... i'm trying to imagine a burgundy hige here :-)))

In France in 2005 came from China with a container of pottery an Asian hornet ( Vespa Velutina ).They eat bees. This fall they find a nest in Paris. Maybe next year in England!
http://frelon-asiatique.com/index_uk.html

Colin, I'll send you Purpurea Trilobed Black Kniola's seeds then in 2010 you can make Trilobed Higezaki collection.

Dany, that sounds cool.... you and colin are certainly good at creating collections!

thanks Dany... that will be great :-)

Some casual members of DG may have missed this thread, and I want them to see the stunning, breathtaking blooms that will be part of the future of morning glories.

Just imagine: vines in the future that can produce the deep color saturation of a bearded iris, as well as the lovely pastels, repeatedly on a daily basis!!!

Numerically, the potential for a solid season of oft-repeating blooms on a single vine, will potentially provide more "eye candy and bang for the buck" than a lot of other plants!

Way to go, guys! Keep up the good work!

OH!!! I soooo agree with you BostonArea!!! :-)

Colin sure had some AWESOME eye candy this year!!!! :-)

Yes, the different Botanical Gardens are probably salivating over these, especially the first photo.

(I never know if it's "Botanic" or "Botanical"; I realize MG's aren't the first plants on the list of conservatories, but just wait, just wait...)

Interesting way to present Purpurea Hige in Japan
- they crush! -

I think a bit of aluminum foil would accomplish the same goal better, because it is moldable, quick, and reflects lights and colors purely.

(But what the heck do I know? They probably have good reasons for their technique.)

i like the leaves Dany... do you have the link?

Those are interesting bloom displays from Japan. I would love to wander through the annual MG displays and ask questions. Some interesting ideas!

Colin, on the Kyushu University Forum.


The Japanese crowd as large flowers, over time becomes all sepia like old movies.

Other pic.

Today ,I find a volumteer simple Higesaki Milky Way .

Lovely bloom!

They have them floating face down in the water, Then they dry them into the pictures.
NIce pic. Love the volunteer too.

lovely bloom Dany... it's interesting how they dry them... i wonder what they do with them after?

interesting! lovely white hige

I love the colors in those flowers, they are so intense.
The white ones are o.k. but the multi colored ones are
absolutely Beautful.

Dany - That's cool what the Japanese do when drying the blooms! I would never have thought of doing something like that! Your little Higesaki Milky Way is sweet!!!

Oh Wow! These could just about change my mind about MG's just being a pretty weed I have to yank out.

Peggy

Dany - your Higesaki Milky Way is perfect to greet those first, delicate rays of early dawn. I'm adding my question to Colin's - could you purty pleeze let us know how the Japanese use MGs after they have been dried as you showed above? would love to know

Karen

They pressed flower between 2 sheets of paper, as is done for an herbarium.
I'had other pictures but I can not put a hand on it.

Sometimes, it seems that the words "use" and "appreciate" work against each other. But flowers don't stay frozen in time, so I think it's nice to add a different way to appreciate these morning glories. Thanks, Dany.

Karen

That's most interesting about the pressed flowers! I think that would be a neat idea to try. I wonder what kind of paper they use? Rice paper?

Well, Colin, I thought I would delight you with one of my Sazanami blooms that turned out to be a hige/bearded bloom. This is a large I. nil flower. Unfortunately, the Sazanami seems to be pretty sterile, otherwise I would be self/hand-pollinating this bloom. I did try, but they usually don't take. I use the white NOID bloom pollen, to no avail. :-( But wouldn't it be neat to get a cultivar of large bearded I. nil blooms like this one?! Maybe someday ...

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oooh yeahh becky that looks lovely... a bit like a clematis... well just a bit :-)

Beautiful Pictures.

I love that higy looking bloom..

Colin - I never thought about it, but you are right ... it sorta looks like a Clematis bloom. :-) Speaking of which here is a Clematis bloom for comparison. Very interesting!

lovely clematis blooms becky.... i grew some purpureas through a clematis montana this year and it worked really well... next year i shall do the same thing again but take a pic :-))