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kru Mount Pleasant, SC(Zone 8b) Mar 07, 2007

I'm new to Morning Glories and hoping someone can help me with this question. Can they be grown as a ground cover (sort of like an ornamental sweet potato vine, to which I think they are related) or only as a climbing vine? I'm in zone 8b if that matters. Any advice would be apprecieated. Thanks!

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) Mar 07, 2007

kru - The MG's that are most often used as a ground cover are the minute Dichondra
http://davesgarden.com/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=Dichondra&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search
which is used as a lawn substitute,but Convolvulus tricolor(a short non-twining bush form)
http://davesgarden.com/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=Convolvulus&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=tricolor&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search
is often used as a ground cover as is Ipomoea indica
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/89810/
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/86377/
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/31759/
...most vining MG's will sprawl if there's nothing to climb onto...most of the taller upright species like Ipomoea carnea
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/125216/
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/93513/
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/93514/
remain in an upright bush/tree form and won't naturally sprawl...

Hope that helps...

TTY,...

Ron

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kru Mount Pleasant, SC(Zone 8b) Mar 08, 2007

Thanks Ron!

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