This morning glory

This year I plant 6 plants of this morning glory
Which is called Ipomoea nil.
It is superor to other varieties, I think.
At first it blooms single, then to double,
And now the blomms raise such shape
With many folded 'tongues' in the center.

Beautiful!

Georgeous!! I suppose seeds for this are not available here int he U.S.
Ron do you know? I have read enought of these threads to know you are the absolute expert on M.G.'s :o)

Marie, you dummy, these are some of the seeds I'm bringing you to the fall swap... They are Picotee Blue... or I'll mail them to you... I just haven't gotten them to double like that... they've been trying to do their thing all summer though, so I think it's a little hot...
Brittany

well I definetly admit to being a morning glory dummie. And after finding this forum I am going to be in real trouble although hopefully more knowledgeableat some point. :o)

I've seen them out on the web, I bought some off Ebay a year or 2 ago.. Double Picotee Blue.. and there is red also. Pretty pic!

Red you say? I am definetly obsessed with red at the moment.

Yep, they are in the plantfiles.. may check ebay.

Oh, boy, see my head,
This is the morning glory, I confess,
Which is called Picotee blue or Ipomoea purpurea.
Wonderful and sky-blue double blooms trimmed in silver.
Personally I like this varieties so much;
And look on it as a headlight in my yarden.
Now the seed is turning from green to white and to black.
Hopefullessly next year my yarden will see more glories.
Another pic for enjoy.

This message was edited Sep 11, 2006 8:15 PM

I planted some this spring in south Louisiana. They bloomed for a while (singles only), but didn't make it into July-it just got too hot. I had a couple of sports in with the seed packet, and now they are sprouting again in the pots. Here's a pic. I'm not sure the picotee blue comes true from the seed? Anyone know?

Mark

Jianhua, Those are beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing the picture. Those flowers are so pretty with the light shining around them!



My picotee vines died too after it got hot. I suspect being heavily loaded with seed pods did not help any either.

I wondered if these vines have a life cycle that ends when they go to seed?

I notice the vines became less vigorous and began to die back with the pods forming. I pulled them around and off to the side,hiding them behind the trellis and planted more seeds then I cleaned up the dead vines after the seeds were all cleaned off the vine. Now the second generation is growing.

As far as picotees coming true from seed? I`m about to find out. I noticed some of the very double flowers were low on pollen due to the fact that the anthers were turning into petals and so did not have as much pollen. I helped a few of them out with the pollination. I`ll post whatever blooms before too long.







This message was edited Sep 12, 2006 10:38 AM

Truly speaking, I am not an expert
But a layman in cultivating the MG's.
As to the picotee, I think,
It can be grown right from the seed,
For I have seen adequate seedpods
Are hanging on the vines.
Now, here is another tiny varieties,
Which is native to my region.
While walking to school this morning,
I caught sight of it on the wayside,
So I took out my cam and shot a pic.

Jianhua Those are beautiful. What a great find on the way to school!!

Jianhua - Nice MG's you have there...it looks like the MG that you found is the
Ipomoea hederacea
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/125104/

Glad to see you sharing...

TTY,...

Ron

Louisiana, That's what mine look like... but they didn't die in the heat... pretty color, but I wish they looked more like the picture...
Brittany

Ron, thanks for helping me identify the aboriginal.
Yes, you are right, it is the Ipomoea hederacea,
Or commonly known as three lob or ivy leaf MG.
From the view of ornament, it might not be so beautiful,
But it has a practical use -- since time unknown,
The Chinese herbalists have used its seed as a medicine
To cure the ailment constipation -- very effective.

Very lovely flowers! I will have to remember not to consume morning glory seeds!

Joseph

I too am growing these, but they have only now started bloomin and are in the single stage, they are sure vibrant and just soo pretty!

Oh my goodness, Jian and OB, those are just gorgeous. (ponders buying all vegetables next year and confiscating the garden plots for MG's....)
I had a cute surprise on the left side of the house the other day...a pinkie in my purples!

I wanna grow these NOW...(whine)

Is it spring yet?

:)

~Sunny (mg gardener wannabe)

LOL I am trying to convince my hubby that the veggie garden would be just too perfect for row after row of glories, unfortunately he hadn't given in yet LOLOL

however, I believe I have him convinced that around the veggie garden I might be allowed to plant some of my vines :)

Now, see. Just baby-step your way in, Laurrie!

tee hee, thats the way I will do it, morning glories will just "mysteriously" start showing up around the garden LOLOLOL

Well, you know, they do self seed and what if a little birdie picked one up and dropped it? Right where you "wished" you had planted???.... It COULD happen ;)

oh yeah, it WILL happen hahaha, birdies do that ALL THE TIME HERE funny how that happens huh? LOLOLOLOL

Oh, boys and girls, here we go,
Guess what I do?
I pluck a double MG ,
And tear open the bloom, finding
Ants and ant cows around the stamens and pistil,
They must be pollening.
And then, I pluck another multiple MG,
And perfom the same work, finding
The stamens and pistil, they have
Changed into tiny petals, no pollen tubes at all.

Another pic

They will not make seed without pollination. Do some of your other flowers on the same kind of vine have the pollen bearing anthers? You can try transfering pollen from another flower.

Check careful because sometimes there is a bit of pollen on the anthers changing into petals that can be used if it is fluffy and comes off there easily.

I found a few with only one or two anthers of pollen and no pistil. I also found some that had no pollen or just one or two anthers of pollen.

If you transfer the pollen from the picotee flowers that have pollen to the ones with none at all then it will be more likely you will get a seed pod...but there has to to be the little white tube in the middle...a pistil there to pollinate. The ones that have nothing not even the pistil are sterile and can`t make seeds.

Beautiful pictures everyone!

Here is my Ipomoea nil, "Blue Picotee" (which I wintersowed this year from seed) with a single bloom. It hasn't given me any doubles yet either. I think it's still very nice regardless.

Good job, gardener 2005.
Your detailed description is of great use.
Now, I am thinking, in order to get more seeds,
I will use the Chinese little calligraphy brush
To do the pollinating.
Shirley1md, your mggie is adorable.