Wild Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea cordatotriloba)

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Wingnut Spicewood, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 29, 2002

You can see atleast two different leaf shapes in this picture ~ tri-lobed and heart shaped.

Common name: Wild Purple Morning Glory
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species cordatotriloba

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Aug 29, 2002

Nice plant! Can we make a trade later? I just realized what cordatotriloba means:) (Lol! I'm a bit slow sometimes:)

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Wingnut Spicewood, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 29, 2002

Well, arsenic, I still don't know what all of it means! LOLOL! I know part of it means "three-lobed", but that's it. *Grin!* I uploaded a closeup of the three-lobed leaves to the PDB, too, in case you want to take a look at it. It rained right before my picture expedition, and I didn't get any closeups of the blooms ~ the rain closed them all up. They're a small, lavender with darker reddish-purple centers ~ about an inch or an inch and a half across and LOTS of them on the plant.

Yes, remind me in a few days and I'll get you some seeds. You do know this can become invasive if you don't watch it really close, right? It reseeds and grows better than regular morning glories, but does really well to give some green and blooms in a cactus garden! And covers anything near it, so would completely cover a trellis to make a nice, thick screen. Ihaven't had as many problems with it as I've read other people have with bindweed, but they do come up in places you might not want them. If you still want some seeds, let me know! They might be much more well-behaved in a colder garden.

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Aug 29, 2002

Hi:)

Corda = heart (lol!) I would really like a few seeds; I even grow regular bindweed (Calystegia sepium) in my garden. I just hope they will survive in zone 7a; I guess I'll have to grow one inside, just to be sure:) Just checked your wishlist; not much there that I have:( I'll get my trade list updated right away.

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Wingnut Spicewood, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 29, 2002

I don't really have much of a wishlist online, but man is my "Want List" folder in my favorites full!! LOL! I'd love anything that grows like crazy in your garden in full sun ~ flowers or veggies, doesn't matter. Here's a few things off the top of my head ~ poppies except the red (got lots of those!), cannas (I love starting them from seed), daturas (except white ~ got lots), hyacinth beans, scarlet runner beans, morning glories (except dark purple ~ got lots), zinnias, heirloom beans or tomatoes. I lost a lot of plants this year due to neglecting the garden (ACK!), so any kind of seed will most likely do me great! And there's no rush on this ~ I've plenty of time and really should update my trade list, too, so you can see if you want to trade a couple things at once ~ makes the postage go a little farther. ;) I'll work on this tonight.

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