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Noell_swfl Fort Myers, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 30, 2007

I only took a pic as I only saw 2 blooms. I didn't want to mess with it. I didn't see any seeds.

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Noell_swfl Fort Myers, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 30, 2007

here is one more pic

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DaleTheGardener Tampa, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 30, 2007

Looks like Ipomoea acuminata. Flowers start out blue in the morning and fade to pink. Doesn't set seed very often, but, easy to root from stems under a mist system. Very fast growing and is considered a weed in some places.

Here is what it looks like first thing in the morning>

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paracelsus Elmira, NY(Zone 6a) Jul 30, 2007

I'm pretty sure this is Ipomoea pes-caprae:

http://www.floridata.com/ref/I/ipom_pes.cfm

I used to live in Sarasota and would see them growing on the dunes at the beach on Lido Key. They are cool. You can reproduce them easily with cuttings.

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ByndeweedBeth scio, oregon, OR(Zone 8a) Jul 30, 2007

I am looking closely at these leaves and I don't think it is pes-caprae. The leaves look different. Here are the pes-caprae leaves:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/12549/

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DaleTheGardener Tampa, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 30, 2007

I have both Ipomoea pes-caprae and I. acuminata. Ipomoea pes-caprae has very thick leaves and the leaves are always 'round'. The stems are always bright green, until they get woody, then have have bark.

I like Ipomoea pes-caprae better. It doesn't grow as fast as acuminata, flowers more often and it just easier to grow.

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paracelsus Elmira, NY(Zone 6a) Jul 30, 2007

You're right--it's not I. pes-caprae. I should have enlarged the pic. I think it is I. hederacea based on the leaves. I remember seeing this plant not by the beach but inland. I used to drive over to Arcadia and saw it growing on a fence in a rural area there. It can have blue, fuchsia, or pink flowers.

That I. acuminata is beautiful. Where did you get seeds for it?

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DaleTheGardener Tampa, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 30, 2007

Paracelsus, it doesn't make seed for me, I have had it for years and have only found 3 seeds and they weren't fertile. I grow it from cuttings. Where ever it touches the ground it will root.

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) Jul 31, 2007

The plant posted here
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=3795319
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Ipomoea indica
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/105125/

TTY,...

Ron

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