Story of Wedding Bells being re introduced after many years?

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fairyhunter Brooksville, ME(Zone 5a) Oct 01, 2006

I was trying to remember what I had heard somewhere about the "Wedding Bells" story. My father has blue version which is common called "Heavenly Blue" I told him what I could remember about someone finding it in their closet after many years of being thought to be lost for good. Does anyone know where I could read about this? My father was very interested since he loves morning glorys and he was very interested in hearing more about this. I am hoping that by next spring I will have some plants to give to him that are the "Heavenly Blue" as well as the "Wedding Bells" I would think they would look wonderful growing side by side.

Thanks

Teresa

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) Oct 01, 2006

fairyhunter - scroll down to my 3rd post on this thread
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/553228/

TTY,...

Ron

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Txwillie Lubbock, TX(Zone 7a) Oct 01, 2006

Teresa, I have read that the Wedding Bells is hard to keep pure for the pink color. If it is raised around any other Tricolor there seems to be a problem with contamination and subsequent loss of the Wedding Bells color.

Ron, what has been your observation on this?

Perry L. Williams

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) Oct 02, 2006

Hi Perry - I do hand pollination of my Ipomoea tricolor cultivars to make sure that the cultivars remain true...but since Ipomoea tricolor cultivar "Wedding Bells" can cross fertilize with other Ipomoea tricolor cultivars such as Heavenly Blue > subsequent loss of the pink color in the Wedding Bells cultivar is certainly possible...

I've seen pictures of a strain of Heavenly Blue in Japan that looks like a cross between Wedding Bells and Heavenly Blue...it is speculative as to whether the unusual color of the I.tricolor that I've seen depicted in Japan is a cross or yet another mutation of Heavenly Blue...

TTY,...

Ron

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