Ipomoea andersonii
Anyone ever gronw this?
Flowers: Summer
Height: 6 feet
Germination: Experience Useful
Aftercare: Easy
Description: Velvety purple throat and veining. Highly rain and wind resistant.
Caution: Harmful if eaten
Thompson and Morgan - I think it was $5 for 10 seeds
I've not grown it, but I'll bet I will before long. Beautiful plant.
I bought a packet of 10 seeds from Thompson and Morgan for $5.19.
I bought other things too (of course), my order amt came to a little over $14 ............ shipping was $5.95. I don't know if that is their minimum shipping charge or not.
But they did throw in 2 free packets of seeds ... One MG and a Cosmos.
Take a look at this....there are 2 one closing in a day and one in 6 days....
Dee
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I have 3 of them planted in my yard. They are a very small vine and don't take much room at all. We have had 17 nights below freezing so far this Winter, and they are all still green. In my zone here in San Antonio, they always come back every year. The flower is a really pretty cotton candy pink.
I love them....they are so very pretty! What zone are they hardy to? Should I add them to my wish list?
They are gorgeous! Would they be hardy to zone 7a???
I started my two plants that I have from Thompson and Morgan seeds which I planted 5 years ago. I have never been able to get either plant to bloom. Anyone have any suggestions?
fairy,
Maybe youre being too nice to them? Most MG don't like to be pampered. If you feed 'em, you get lots of nice green foliage but no blooms. They seem to thrive on neglect.
This is a beautiful flower. Has anyone gotten them to flower?
I started one from seed in the winter of 2003.It now has 5 despicable leaves. I gave it to my daughter this year,cuz we can't throw it out.Maybe she can coax another leaf out of it.Pesonally,I think it's like a unicorn,or the fountain of youth.A legend.
They are beautiful - sure wish we all knew if they would really flower :)
I never grew the seeds I got, so I can't comment on how they did. Sorry, I wish I could give you some feedback.
I found 5 seeds of this MG in my stash of seeds and I think I will have to plant it. Very pretty.
Hummmm, this one is a puzzling one, of all the MG's I grow and have not problems with this one is not co-operating at all. I looked at it closer this morning and it looks like one of the vines may start to vine, it has new growth at the tip but I will just have to wait and see.
I have it planted in top soil and have fertilized it a couple of times but nothin seems to help. My "Blue Silk" started the same way and did the same then all of a sudden it took off and now is beginning to bloom. So I guess there is still hope................LOL...any suggestions, Mag, Cal, or what ever I am willing to try.
Dee how are your I. andersonii doing?
I started three seeds a couple of weeks ago and only one
germinated. It is still itty bitty, but it's alive.
I will say this SOMEONE has to be growing these guys -
otherwise where are the seeds coming from?
I have grown this morning glory for years. It was first purchased as a plant from Logee's. From looking at your picture, there must be several plants planted together, because it is a very sparse grower, with usually just one vine. The first few years I had it, it produced seeds and that is how I got the other 2 vines. The past 3 or 4 yrs. I have never found another seedpod. The seeds are much slower to germinate, and the vines grow much slower than other varieties, because in mild winter areas it comes back every year. It is is not an annual variety. The flowers are beautiful though, and if you can get several seeds to germinate, plant the vines together to make a fuller plant. If I ever get any more seeds, that is what I'm going to do.
Just want to say that mine finally bloomed this morning and there are tons of buds on it. These two vines are from seeds I planted last year. Out of the original 10 seeds, only five germinated and two plants made made it to this year. The rest of the MGs are not doing so well, the heat here is just beating them..
Here they are:
Gourd,
They are True Beauties.
Hi Antoinette!
they are really pretty...
Do you know if they form a tuber?
It has been (at least my experience) with ipomoeas that form a tuber, that they form really slowly the first year and put all their energy into the tuber, rather than foliage, or blooms...(ie: I. macrorhiza)
I've not actually grown this one, but many people have mentioned that it is slow, and also that it comes back, so that is my guess....
I've also noticed that vines with tubers seem to like the heat, and not too much water (v. caracalla, I. macrorhiza, antignon leptopus, etc.) They just sulk, until the heat of summer, and then grow by leaps and bounds...was yours like that?
-T
Well my Andersonii looks like the bugs are going to eat it away. So I don't have any thing new to add. I have sprayed it but with all the rain lately it is not doing much good. I hope you all get lots of seed and they will come up and produce more for all of us.
Keep us posted, this is a real beauty.
Dee
Hi Taylor,
Yes, they were so slow and wimpy the first year, I thought they died... with any luck there will be lots of seeds, there are sure lots of buds getting ready to bloom. I will check to see if there is a tuber, seems to me that I read somewhere that they do form a tuber also. Just a note to tell you that my DH was in an accident this morning (he was at a stoplight on his motorcycle) two other vehicles collided (one ran a red light) and they collided into him. We just got back from the ER. WHAT A DAY.. HE is very lucky to be alive. The front end of the bike landed on his head, he is very bruised, and by a miracle from god, there are no broken bones or anything internal. Will e-mail you later this week probably... too much going on here.
EmmaGrace, thank you for the compliment.. they just surprised me this year by showing up.. lol.
Dee, will save you all some seeds.. if the sun doesn't cook them... The JP MGs have bloomed some, but they are very slow here, mine will probably do something in the next month or so. I had one very interesting bloom on the heavenly blue plant of all things this morning, but did not take a photo.. Hope your glories do well..
Antoinette
This message was edited Jul 31, 2005 3:26 PM
Antoinette,
Oooooooh, I too would LOVE some of your andersonii seeds -
that is if you get any this year. I'll have bunches of JMG seeds too.
Am so sorry to hear about your hubby's accident.
Yes, he is VERY LUCKY.
Had his angel sitting on his shoulder for sure.
Antoinette-
My heart goes out to you! You must be exhausted!
Your poor hubby and his poor bike!
I will email you privately...
-T
My Ipomoea andersonii started to bloom a few days ago for the first time.
I've been so fascinated with its soft pink flowers .
The crowded ,round buds and rought ,strange -shaped leaves
are not so familiar to me.
It has a sick root (tuber?)as seedpicker mentions.
The seedling was shared by friend of mine three years ago.
I'm looking anxiously forward to what display it could make.
This message was edited Jul 30, 2005 5:36 PM
Tomtom,
Your blooms are Incredibly Beautiful.
So, do you think it takes 3 years before blooms?
Or, do you know when they do start to bloom?
Emma
Hey guys, I haven't forgotten anyone here... the darned heat has made each bud fall off. So, hopefully now that it is cooling off, the pods will form and we can get some seeds. I do know that it takes at least one full year for them to bloom, at least that is what happened with mine which were planted from seed.
TomTom, are your buds forming seed pods, and what is your temperature there? Hopefully I will be able to get some seeds here. Thanks..
Antoinette
Emma,so sorry for my belated reply. I don't think they always take 3 years before bloom.
The friend of mine said her plant bloomed last year . Under appropriate conditions they're
mature enough in 2 years after sowing, I think.
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Antionette, what a shame! I can understand how you must feel. My plant gives me 15~20 blooms ever day.
They're far from gorgeous and never form seed pods,though.
My temperature here averages 33 ~35BI' d wish it would cool off and your Ipomoea would start to bloom.
Here's my Ipomoea andersonii this morning.
My vine of Andersonii is just beginning to perk up again and I am optimistic that it will bloom next year. This one has been tough and I thought several times it was a gonner....so keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer that it will be ok....
I will see if I can get out tomorrow and get a photo of it. It is just to hot and I am not up to the trip to the"out back"............LOL
Tomtom-
Hello!
What is the blue flowered plant in the picture to the right, and on the right of that picture...
It looks really pretty, but cannot see well enough to tell what it is...
thanks!
-Taylor
Looking like I have one lone survivor of the I. andersonii's that I started. I accidentally knocked the almost 1" seedling out of the soil while watering and could already see a tuber forming????
At least that is what it looked like to me. No roots, just a little stump there. Interesting. I hope this guy makes it.
I grew it one year and was very disappointed. It struggled and produced one not so exciting bloom. I don't think I'll try it again..there are too many other wonderful MGs out there to grow!
Sandy
This looks like a very pretty plant.
This plant seems to be very climate particular...the nicest specimens I have seen have been from California,Florida,Italy and Tomtoms looks like it is doing nicely...
I would like to add that specimens I have seen that were grown in greenhouses(!) seem to do well also...
Well, I got about 10 seed pods forming now. I guess the weather had to drop down to the 90's and below the 100 mark.. It did stop blooming and hopefully it will start up again. I had two vines and one was cut off by a mouse, but it is returning. Haven't dug around to see if there is a tuber, too afraid that I'll kill it or something else will happen. Lets keep our fingers crossed...
The perennial species can be very 'finicky'...Annuals usually produce alot more seeds than the perennials and the annuals are not as difficult to sprout...generally,but there are always exceptions to the rule...
Minigrannie - I am surprised to hear that your vine produced seeds,as Logees usually starts most of their plants from cuttings...which would usually be self-infertile,but not always totally self-infertile...you are lucky to have gotten seeds...
WillowWasp,
I'll keep my finger crossed and pray that yours will be all right.
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seedpicker_TX,
The blue flowered plant is Plumbago auriculata.
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Gerris2A
The flower surely looks like MandevillaAbut leaves are entirely different.
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EmmaGrace,
In case a tuber forms,another seedling will sprout and you might expect
blooming.
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Seedsower,
That too bad!! Their first- year flowers are supposed to be a few.
I 'm hoping mine'll bloom more abundantly.
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Osteole,
Thanks.You've just said it!
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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE,
Long time no see.
Thanks for your valuable info.
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Gourd,
Your comment made me l go out and look for the seed pods.
I got some,they are still not ripe though.
here thepic of the seeds and fiber wrapping them.
thanks.
