Invasive Morning Glory

Hi, I'm new to Dave's and this is my first post. Love this site! I planted Morning Glory last spring and it was just beautiful. I had it on a rod iron fence which sets in front of a 250 sq. foot bed of perennials. Is there a particular kind of MG that will not send 10-20 foot runners through my beds and choke other plants? This was a first time for me and although I loved the Morning Glory, I spent hours and hours last summer pulling the runners out. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions for me? (I have a picture but not sure how to post it here.)

i keep my mgs in pot to control them. i still get runners and thats why i use trellises or other things for them to climb on . you have to give them at least 8 ft things to climb on or they go everywhere.


if you look under the box that you write your post in there is a box that says image(jpg,pgn,or Gif) with a browse box next to it. click on broswe this will take you to find your picture the click open after you highlighted your pic in the pop up box then it will be listed in the image box.

click preview to see it come up the hit send. hope this helps. marie

Thanks for the pic info, Marie; I'll try that. The MG was planted in a large pot and the fence is six foot tall and about 40 foot long. The MG covered the fence, took off up a large tree, covered the crepe myrtle next to the fence, and still sent out hundreds of runners! Guess it's the price I have to pay to have such a lovely vine on the fence!

oh my goodness. what type did you plant??? and how many??? i only plant like two plants for one space. then i spread them out . do you know the name of it?? i would love to have one to cover an ugly fence like that. most of the ones i have are pretty tame for me. i need one who isnt scared of growing.

you did good with the pic. its a beautiful; yard too.

Thank you! It was one plant. I picked it up at Calloway's nursery just because it was inexpensive and had a beautiful bluish purple bloom. I think it was just your run of the mill Morning Glory -- nothing exotic. I saved some seeds and am happy to send some to you.

What a beautiful garden! Thanks so much for sharing.

Thank you! I never knew so many people loved to garden as much as I do until I joined Dave's yesterday.

i would love some seeds. are you looking for anything? or would you like me to send a sase? email me. let me know. Marie

Oops - your MG was/is Ipomoea Indica. The only MG I know of that spreads by runners.

Any MG you buy seeds for will NOT spread this way. They will, however, self-seed for next year. If you want to control them, you need to pull the plants as they start to dry. The seeds usually happen late in the season.

That indica, btw, creates a tuberous root ... dig now or forever hold your shovel ... in the area of that invasive MG ...

:o) Judith

Beautiful garden!!!

I don't think I would ever pull morning glory. Seems like everywhere it breaks, 20 more plants start. You would almost have to find something that would kill it. Jeanette

I love MG's, but we have such a problem with an invasive weed called "bindweed", I'm afraid to plant any.

Isn't bindweed a type of honeysuckle? Or is it in the morning glory family? I used to live in the Seattle area and the borning glory there was terrible because it didn't get cold enough in the winter to kill it.

Now in Eastern Washington wherre I live now, the MG isn't that invasive. Could even be a different kind.

Jeanette