Morning Glory, Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)

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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Dec 07, 2002

Common name: Morning Glory, Common Morning Glory
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species tricolor

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/751/

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ladylavender75 Belmond, IA(Zone 4a) Dec 08, 2002

This looks just like my tricolor sweet-potato vine.
Mary

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babs97 Mapleton, IL(Zone 5a) Dec 08, 2002

This is a varigated sweet potato vine, at least that is what it looks like from the picture. I doubt that this will get flowers on it. A tri-color morning glory refers to the flowers themselves, not the foilage.

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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Dec 08, 2002

This is what may be a dwarf variety described as Spice Islands or simply as variegated - grows 9 in high and spills to 1 ft across. This one did not flower.

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Dec 10, 2002

With apologies to Ulrich (hopefully he's reading this, because he alerted us that there was a mixup with the photo and the entry), I've moved this photo to Ipomoea batatas 'Tricolor', which is where I believe it should be :) Nice plant, and nice photo!

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Ulrich Manhattan Beach, CA(Zone 11) Dec 11, 2002

Nothing to apologize for. :-)

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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Dec 11, 2002

I agree! Sorry for any confusion.

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DivaElPaso El Paso, TX Apr 14, 2003

How was this "propagated"? Can I just buy a sweet potatoe from the grocery store? The foliage is what I want! Flowers would be "the icing on the cake"!

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tiG Newnan, GA(Zone 8a) Apr 14, 2003

Diva, regular sweet potatoes make a green vine. You can buy this at almost any nursery.

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