Morning Glories 2006 #1

Yes they are gorgeous, the last picture is the colour so seperate as it seams. It looks like it is distinct different colour fields of blue and not a toned blue field or is it just the picture
Janett

This affect is what I compare to paint drying. It looks like someone painted the flower dark blue and as the paint dried it got lighter in the middles and stayed dark around the edges.

I have some new arrivals this morning. The first one is pure white and came in a japanese morning glory mixture.

A double blue picotee:

The leaves on the picotee vines look neat.

Very Pretty....

Your White is interesting.
Is it a Climber?
Or, a Creeper?

If a Creeper, it could be from the Carol Series.

Here is my Bloom from yesterday.
These I've grown for several years.
And, so far the only Creeper I've grown that doesn't have Variegated Leaves.

Emma

Hi, thanks! I can`t tell if it climbs yet because the vine is so young but there are about 1/2 none variegated and 1/2 variegated vines in these two pots where I put the japanese morning glory mix. That could change too because I`m seeing some of these vines start out non variegated and develop the variegation as they begin to climb.

Some of these vines I`m growing seem to hang out low for a while,bloom and set seeds and then begin to climb.

There were some I thought may be creepers until they seemed to spring to growth overnight climbing like crazy right after the first blooms were done. This one plant has a big handful of ripening pods at the bottom and started climbing like crazy after sitting there flowering for a few weeks. I`m sure all this is controled by genes somehow. Time will tell.

If it flops out of the pot and grows along the ground instead of sending up little curlies and climbing up the support then that would be a creeper right? I`ll let you know later.

gardener2005
Sounds like you are having some great luck with your JMG growing this year.

Yes, the Creepers - 'Creep' along the ground instead of climbing, however, I've had a couple of SunSmiles last year that tried climb. They are usually around 3' to 5' in length. My Solid White Creeper grew 5' to 6' long the first year I grew it. Really Nice!

Emma

I'm just now starting to figure out that some of them wont climb as well as others.
I don't think i have figured them all out as of yet,... but until i came here i didn't even know that there were any other kinds besides Heavenly Blue and Grand Pa ott.
You all know what happened then,...He-He,...I have gone MG crazy.
I love it that i can let some of them just creep were ever they will.
I'm still learning with the help of a lot of yall, and am getting better at it, Thankfully!
Every ones MG's look very pretty, I am a little jealous,... but i do have my good old grand pa ott to make me smile until all the nil's start to bloom.
Here is what i found this morning,
:}
RH

I have a few purpurea blooming and just love them all but i will be tickled when all my MG's are in bloom.
Here is one i got from someone here at DG it is a nice pink, I don't know it's name but it sure is pretty,... to me anyway.
:}
RH

I like your garden Gourd, and all of you have lovely MGs.

Is mine a Blue Dawn? I didn't start it from seed- wanted it to have a head start up my chimmney.

I just planted some Grandpa Otts (Grandpa or uncle? I need to keep a journal) they just sprouted three days ago. Prayin' the slugs don't get them since they're close to the compost pile.

Antoinette,
Your Joyce Cobb NOT is amazing
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=2310649

Do your blooms still look like this?
And, do they all bloom the same on this vine?
Oh, Please say YES!

GLORIOUS GLORY!


croglover -
Yes, you have I. indica 'Blue Dawn', and a pretty one at that.

Here are some of my blooms this month

Emma

croclover - Hi(!) Welcome to the MG forum(!)...it's interesting to see the darker shade of blue that your Ipomoea indica is showing compared to the lighter colored ones that Emma has...if you traded cuttings,the different strains would fertilize each other and produce seeds...wonder what color blooms the offspring would produce(?)...

TTY,...

Ron

Oooh Ron,
Fabulous Idea!

I too like the darker shade Blue.
Interesting that we can actually get them to produce seeds! ! ! !

croclover,
Let me know if you are interested and I'll send you LOTS of Rooted Runners.....and even have a potted plant.

Emma

Ron -

While we are talking about Blue Dawn, I have a question about my plants. I have just started noticing that my vines produce BOTH Heart-Shaped Leaves AND Tri-Lobed Leaves. At first I thought that some started out Heart-Shaped and then turned into Tri-Lobed, but not so. Today I noticed there were some HUGE and MATURE Heart-Shaped Leaves. . . . However, most of the leaves are Tri-Lobed.
Is this normal?

Emma

wonderful photos everyone, I am patiently waiting mine to really take off, so it's nice to see blooms on here

OhioBreezy. I am so with you on that. My MG:s outside has not grown much at all and I am still waiting for them to take off.
This summer has started so slow if you look at how fast or should I say slow all plants grow. I think we are at least a month behind.

It is really nice to see all the pictures in here and hopefully I can add some soon.
Janett

Want pictures? Here`s a `nother one.... :)

This says Miko no Mai on the tag and this flower has so much petal it is folded several times.

I have to show you these vines on the sunflowers are taunting me every time I walk by. I can`t wait to see this!


P.S. I started my experiment to see if the yogiros I first posted about will show any pink colors again. I planted a dark purple seed and a dark blue seed and and we will see what happens in about 2 months if all goes as planned.

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Another one further out.

And last of all :

Enjoy!

Do you suppose this one is Akatsuki no Mai? I`ll place it in plant files if so.

It has the same streaks on the petals but the camera didn`t pick them up in quite the detail as in real life.

It probebly is No Mai, I can see the stripes even if they dont show as clear in the pic. Much on what shows up on the pictures depend so much on the lighting, like this one taken in the morning sun in my living room.
Midnight Velvet is a lot darker then this pic shows........... I can still enjoy my indoors MG:s :0) also I dont want the bees to get involved in the pollination on the indoors growing MG:s so this one and the "Sunrise Serenade" will continue to grow indoors.
Janett

That is absolutely beautiful! Now you are making me jealous because I do not have even One inside plant. Can you believe that? That has got to change.

Do you need special lights?

I`m thinking of starting some morning glories indoors this fall after I get more seeds. I also thought of growing test batches of my seed during the winter so I`ll know for sure the seeds I have are true to type.

I only had a "mirrored" spotlight bulb for the "Chocolate" one and that was due to our abnormal grey-cloudy winter. For this and the sunrise I had non. Oh forgot the Pink Picotee. That one hasn't any flowers now but it has five seedpods soon to be ripe and a lot of more buds on the way.
Here is the picotee with midnight, the upper midnight shows the colour more correct.
LA is that Louisiana? if so I dont think you will need extra light to grow them inside, but as Ron says its the lenght of the days that tells the plant to set seeds so it may not put up pods even if you pollinate. But to have the beauties to show the flowers its all worth it.
Janett

Emma and Ron,

I would be delighted, honored, and terrified to trade cuttings with you, Emma! The terrified part comes from not knowing how to make rooted cuttings. I promise I will do the research and when I get it right, let's do it! Any tips, or links that I can get started on?

Here's my glories today before I got on the extension ladder and created a web of twine to help them further up the chimmney. My hubby will be alarmed when he gets home. He finds my controlled chaos yard to be a threat to chainsaws, weed-whackers, loppers, mowers and blowers of the world!

If you'd like to see the rest of my garden and how it went from a square of St. Augustine grass to what it is today, you can go to my thread called

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/617215/

croclover, that is an awesome vine there in the last picture. Is it one plant making all that biomass or more than one?

Joseph

Janett,
Awesome photos of your beauties -
Especially your Midnight Velvet.
Still can't believe you are having such great luck growing them inside.
You're GOOD!

croclover -
Super!
I'll D-Mail you.

As far as getting rootings, I've had success with rooting them in water, but the very best way is to take some of your RUNNERS that shoot off the base of the vine and anchor a part under the soil and they will root in no time. The part of the vine where any of the leaves are. Remove the leaf and dig a shallow spot in your soil and pat it down.

Mine are trained - they do it on their own *LOL*

Joseph,
I've told you I'll be happy to send you Rooted Runners. Now is the time because I'm cleaning out two areas where they are FULL.

Emma

Emma, you sent me several rooted sections of that vine that are now jumping into warp speed growth up my trellis. I am going to have to work hard to keep them out of my trees LOL. Thanks for sending them to me!

Joseph

Hilarious, Joseph....
Forgot I sent you Runners.
Yep!
They do take off, don't they - even in the north.

Emma

Where are my runners Emma?

Miss ya dear, need to call you been busy :)

Hugs
Janis

Hey Janis....
I have MISSED talking to you.
Started 3 times to call you lately but never got to stop long enough. Been busy too.

Runners coming right up.
I'll ship them to you Monday or Tuesday.

TTYL,
Emma

GERRIS,

I do believe that is three original vines. I bought a one-gallon potted at my fav nursery for about 8 bucks in late Jan. MGs grow like weeds here. You think this is impressive- my parents have a massive MG on its third year covering their entire entry way that has hundreds of blooms every day. They got it from the same nursery.

OK, gonna try to make some rooted runners. I tried to search for a tutorial on DG, but couldn't find one. Anyone know off the top of their heads where there's a good one on this site?

Perhaps for all the newbies here, maybe a step by step tutorial with photos would be helpful. My vines and runners are so long I can't tell what's what. And do I need that rooting hormone stuff? Do you have a recommended soil to use?

Thanks Emma! I know about being busy.. we think we found a house :)

My long distance is messed up (storms) but I'll try to call soon

Hugs
Janis

Hi Janett,

Yes, LA is Louisiana and my windows are many tall but narrow sort of so I may start some and go by if I see they need it as far as the lights. I think it would be a good way to get a sneak peek at what color the blooms from my seeds will look like. I never plant all my seeds just in case something goes wrong then I can start over.

I guess since I`m posting might as well include a picture. This is the latest Mt Fugi. This one is lt purple or lavender.

It looks like these flowers love my plain old poor soil here. :)

I do not fix it up for them like I do the cannas and other plants. There is this one patch that must be getting the nutrients off the cannas because it is turning into a Monstrosity of a pile of vines all mixed from new ones and volunteers! There are buds but not flowers yet on that bunch.

That first picture is a bit out of focus but you can get the idea of what the flower looks like. Here is a collage showing the difference between my light purple and light blue Mt Fugi morning glories.




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Gardener, you are lucky to have all the beauties growing outside. I think the last flower is more to lavendar than purple with a purplepinkish troath.

JANIS !!!! DO TELL more about the house.Keeping fingers crossed for you.

Emma I finally got one of the "Bailys Baby Blue" going. You know the ones that the seedpods froze for you. Either the seed molded or they germinated to the point that the seeds open and then just died. Have the first leaves show in the pot, so keep fingers crossed that this one will take off.

Look what I bought today. Got two of them 4 ft high. I put "Bailys" on one and "Kurerai" on the other.
Janett

maybe works better to add the pic.rotflol

Edit to say. Its Ipomoea Carnea spp. fistola behind the trellis. got that one from you Emma. Think it needs a bigger pot :0))

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And I love the bluish veines on it.
Janett

I agree the first is lavender with pinkish throat and the other is light blue with the same pinkish throat.

I`m studying over these different vines being posted and the leaves look like some growing on my back fence. I also planted this seed mix of a whole bunch of different kinds supposed to be rare. I sure hope none of my "rare" vines turn out to be bindweed ;)

I`ll be sure and check plant ID if I`m in doubt.