Dany's MGs 2010 part 5

Dany,

Your Benkei is stunning! I just love the bright fuchsia of the flowers against the yellow-green of the leaves. Beautiful....

Elsa

Lovely blooms Dany

Hi Dany,

Short answer: not exactly

Long hypothetical answer: As a cultivar descended from Mexico's wild Ipomoea tricolor, I would strongly suppose that Heavenly Blue is not identical to its parent down to the last molecule. It would be fun to compare the various tricolor cultivars and their parent, though, to see how differences in color, pattern, size, earliness and profuseness of bloom compare on a molecular or genetic level.

I seem to recall that Clarke's Heavenly Blue was selected/bred for its early-to-bloom characteristic, and I've heard there were a few other versions of HB.

For newbies reading this, other cultivars of Ipomoea tricolor include: Pearly Gates, Flying Saucers, Blue Star and Wedding Bells. I don't know if the 'real' Summer Skies has been found and grown out again. Does anyone know if there was a red cultivar of this species? There was another I can't remember right now...one called Darling?

It might be helpful to google Darold Decker, who bred some of the cultivars we know today.

For me, cultivars of Ipomoea tricolor have not had the rust problems in leaves that make such a mess of the Japanese MGs (especially I. nil), and they seem to bloom in walls of color for longer, than the nils.

I apologize, but this is just from memory, experience and books - I don't have links or references.

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I agree with Elsa about Benkei - worth every effort to grow

karen

Benkei is a beauty

I agree!

I agree about the Benkei! Beautiful color of blooms and those yellow-green leaves really set it off nicely.

Dany - Your photo of Heavenly Blue looks like the darker blue of mine. Are yours from Mexico?

You've got some really lovely vines and blooms again this year, Dany!

Thanks Karen for the info.
Becky,No I have only commercial variety but I hope I'll get some seeds from your Heavently Dark Blue.
Here is a jewel, created by Emma: Gypsy Bride.

When you look closer there are occasional retro petal.

Retro petals found in some Nil mutant.

First flower of 'First Frost' mid September!
I always say that the vines with yellow leaves are slower to develop but this point it is a record.

This Asagao with pink streaks is very pretty.

Another photo from closer.

The double purpurea may be a solution for the production of flowers without seeds.
In fact only hand pollination induce production of any seeds.

Kykiosaki bi color.

Dany, the pink Asagao is so pretty, I love it.

Love them all Dany very pretty.

I really like the Asagao , too, but the Kiyo bi color has taken my fancy.

Thanks everyone!
Here is a pale Ipomoea Obscura.A lot of foliage and now at the end of summer begin to bloom.

Total disappointment, the flowers are microscopic.
Here a photo for comparison.

In the family purpurea, probably a natural cross.

Here is a six-pointed star.

I put a tag!
Can be seen by the satellite but at least I will not spend the morning to find the pod.

Purpureas in Pink.

This is the beautiful foliage Cobaea Scandens - Cathedral Bells or Cup-and-saucer.

And now with Black King, the colors blend perfectly.

Here is a mutant plant of Nil that in Japan they call : needle foliage.
I hope to see flowers before the first frost.

Oh Dany, I just love your sense of humor and display. Really, the yellow flowers are that small? LOL oh dear. All this time was expecting large ones. Is that a H Blue behind it? I love that big huge blue bloom.