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hey_jude Scottsdale, AZ Nov 05, 2006

Rivea corymbosa ??
I found them available at https://www.iamshaman.com/eshop/10Browse.asp?Category=Seeds:Morning%20Glory "These rare seeds are related to Morning Glories, and come from Oaxaca, Mexico " What actually does related to MG mean in this instance?


thought it best to ask before ordering.

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) Nov 06, 2006

pweelee - The 'rivea' seeds referred to are actually Turbina corymbosa...the official name change was made years ago...
Since many gardeners only think of MG's in terms of plants within the genus Ipomoea,you'll see many of these type of references to plants that are in other genera within the Morning Glory Family...in actuality all plants within the Morning Glory family > inclusive of all of the 55 genera can be acurately reffered to as Morning Glories...even though some are night flowering and usually close by mid-morning...

TTY,...

Ron

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hey_jude Scottsdale, AZ Nov 06, 2006

thanks Ron for straightening this out for me. I think I might try these too. Since you most likely don't follow the cottage gardening thread in garden talk, I'll bring you up to speed briefly in that Jo (roadrunner) turned me onto a tool I didn't have and I can now dig my so called soil to improve it and actually plant in it.

I"m thrilled beyond words knowing now I can actually have a garden!

Jude

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bluespiral (Zone 7a) Nov 06, 2006

Now, what cottage gardener worth his weight in trugs would grow MGs without preceding them with poppies earlier in the season?

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hey_jude Scottsdale, AZ Nov 06, 2006

blue, 'm just starting to put it all together, had nothing going and still don't. I'll have a riot of everything that will stand up to the heat shortly, thanks again to Jo

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bluespiral (Zone 7a) Nov 06, 2006

I hope you keep us posted as your garden develops, Jude.

To say every place is unique is an understatement, but it seems like the natural history of your area would have a special magic. I don't know any more than you do, actually, but the way zillions of seeds are said to lie dormant for years until that occasional rain transforms some western deserts overnight into a carpet of flowers is so intriguing.

To design a garden with this sort of feature, perhaps the places that lie bare until rain could function as "negative spaces". Asian art uses clouds as negative space in the composition of a scroll or woodblock print. A cottage garden uses paved or grassed areas as negative space. So, an expanse of "sand" artfully incorporated into an overall design as negative space could make a garden in your part of the world look as if it was all the creation of Mother Nature and not the resident human.

I'm just musing - not advising.

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