another pix for Ron

Hi Ron,
Please, your help for correct on this one, also.
Thanks :-))
~Alice

Hey Alice,

The "Sunrise Serenade" is Ipomoea purpurea...if you look in the upper right corner of the photo you can see that the seedpod pedicels are reflexing (bending to point towards the ground) which is a major key to use for Ipomoea purpurea...in contradistinction to other common garden species like Ipomoea hederacea,Ipomoea nil and Ipomoea tricolor which all have seedpods which do not reflex and remain erect...

The "Sunrise Serenade" can start out as a split petal flower gradually progressing to more of a double petaled flower or the first flush may display a double petaled flower...

There was also a blue Sunrise Serenade that is extremely rare today...

The Sunrise Serenade can cross fertilize with other Ipomoea purpurea...consequently a definitive visual clearcut distinction between what was marketed as "Sunrise Serenade" and the many hige/feathered types from japan is currently obfuscated...

TTY,...

Ron

Are the leaves in the background from the Serenade? One of the vines I planted from last year is coming back, of which I thought may be the purpurea, but the leaf structure on the vine are unlike MG, which has thrown me into a quandry. I will photograph it today. If I recall correctly, this particular vine perished before it bloomed. Hence the down fall of having a few different vine types growing, and an aging mind..:><
Rj

RJ - The leaves in the above photo that are basically in focus are consistent with Ipomoea purpurea...

If you want to forward me a photo of whatever other leaves you are asking about...I'll take a look at them and report...

TTY,...

Ron

Okay Ron, Thanks.

Beautiful Alice!
rj

Here is a photo of Sunrise Serenade bud about to bloom for me.

And blooming.

Ron,
What is the difference between Sunrise Serenade and Hige - Akahigezaki 'Feathered' ?

Emma

Backside of Hige - Akahigezaki 'Feathered'

I've decided not to go into anymore indepth explanations...although there are some differences in the varying 'tighness' of the blooms and the shape of the base of the petals...as I've mentioned previously...

I have a very limited small supply of some original seedstock of "Sunrise Serenade" this seedstock originated from the company that first introduced "Sunrise Serenade" to the US >i.e., Mandeville Seed Company...and from this I have 3 noticeable variations...

The type has been kept true to original form by strict fertilizational controls...

I perceive that the "Sunrise Serenade" was/is a cultivar that was selected out and bred from the hige/feathered types...

I will be supplying some seeds that will be grown out this season to a few of my MG friends who are also great shots with the cameras and everyone can see them (as a picture is worth a thousand words) and compare the structural features...

'Keep your pants on' and hope for a healthy early season...

TTY,...

Ron

Here is mine purchased with the name "Hige Pink".

This message was edited Feb 9, 2007 11:30 AM

THANKS RON. . .

I've grown SS a couple of times and each time I never got many blooms. Probably just me, or where I had them planted.

I do have seeds from the UK that I think I'll plant this year and see what they do.

Pretty Blooms, Karen.

Emma

Thanks. Some of these reseeded themselves and sprouted during a brief warm spell. They were doomed of course when it got cold again but I was impressed. These "hige" look just like little pom pom balls. They are small cute flowers and the leaves look huge next to the flowers.

Great pix here!!!

Thank you very much Ron.
And everyone else, too :-)
This is one of my fav morning glories.
Alice