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Hate to say it, but I pulled up quite a few of these bushes thinking they were weeds. Forgot I had planted them!!!!

Well, to be fair, Beth - they do look a bit weedy when small. I've got 4 of them, about 3" so far . . . and if I didn't know better, I'd think they were weeds, too! (got some petunia seedlings that look weedish as well - but maybe that's because I haven't grown them from seed before)

They're lovely Beth. Wish I had started my seeds.

Jackie

Beth, that is one of my all time favorites. They have a flower that is true to its name, unlike many of the pinks with red names. I planted them last year in a scatter garden, and when they began to bloom I almost got goosebumps the blue was so true. They bloomed until frost also.
Good luck Beth, and, an interesting note for the rest of us, would be to let us know what your lattitude is and if they had ripe seeds this fall, and by what time. Mine never got ripe seeds. Whats more, living about 100 miles north of you, I don't know anybody who has. And I have tried. I love saving seeds. Just think of all those dehumanizing trashy sitcoms I miss for that. Dawg gone it. One more think Beth, drueling, if you plant seedless watermelons in that wonderful flat garden space in Corvallis, remember this: the seedless watermelons will not make fruit without a different variety that blooms at the same time for a pollinator. Good luck.
Frank

Frank, Wasn't is seedless zuchini you send me? They are making zuchinis already!

Frank,
Here they are.

yep, add me to the weed club. I would add the pic but I am on a different computer. lol Flowers are perty though

Oh, those flowers are brilliant Beth. Can hardly wait for mine to bloom now. And no, the foliage isn't special, is it?

Joanne

Help! I cannot find much seed on this Ensign Bush Morning Glory plant and I wondered why.

How many seeds would each flower typically produce? What do they look like?

How do I know when the pod is ready?

Thanks for any help on this,
Suzy

Suzy - I don't know if these particular Ensigns grow into bush form . . . at least the seed packet from the ones I have say they trail. Mine are only about 5-6" tall right now, and so far, only the blue has bloomed. There are alot of people here that know much more than I do, so it's possible I'm totally of the mark - although I know there are bush type MGs.

As for seeds, this is the first time I've grown them, so have yet to get my first seed pod. However, the seeds I still have are a bit smaller than coriander seeds (and not as round).

I would assume the pods on the ensign mix would be the same as other MGs - when the pod is brown and dried - just about ready to crack open itself.

Nichole

I have collected some seed from the ensigns this year. The pod is smaller than a MG pod and the seeds are smaller, but they are there.

Thnanks, Beth, I'll keep looking.

Syrumani, It's not really a bush, I think thay call it that to distinguish it from the true vining Morning Glories.

Suyz

Mine sure didn't get very bushy, but I thought it might be because I had them jammed fairly close together in containers. The plant is sure weedy looking, but boy when the blooms are open, they are lovely. Everyone always wants to know what it is.

Joanne

I have the Enchantment mix this year again. These hoverflies sure like them.

I like that picture, bigcityal. That blue, yellow and white is so vivid. Just perfect. : )

~Lucy

Thanks. Had to wait for an overcast day to catch that open enough.

Speaking of weeds, we were out picking elderberries this morning along a local horse trail, and a pale yellow toadflax was sprawling all around the bush in the sod - Ensign would have been just the thing to go with those two. Blooms of wild clematis were sprawling all over the bush - very pretty.

yess Beth, the seedless zuccinnii are quite different from the seedless watermelons. The Zuccinnii are only seedless because they are parthenocarpic, like tomatoes. They can produce fruits even if they are not pollinated. The seedless watermelonons on the other hand need two varieties of seedless watermelon varieties to pollinate each other, to get great seedless watermelons. They are not parthenocarpic, like zuccinnii, cucumber and tomatoe varieties .
Frank