Byndeweed Blooms

Beth, I'm new to morning glories; my first successful plants (this year) came labeled simply as "red" and "blue" morning glory seeds. I LOVE that silky chachamaru! Where can I get seeds?

I have some developing, should be ready by fall. Your MG's look great! Remember, chachamaru is a JMG and it is a "runt" among JMGs, so it won't get as big as the vines you have now. Check back with me in the fall.
Beth

Split Personality...starting to get more "splitting" of the blooms.

Oreheme

Wow, Oreheme is different, pretty! Love the foliage varigation. Is it white? It looked more lavendar/gray when I enlarged the view...

It is really white when the hot sun hits it. In this photo it is early morning and it has just opened.

I thought it was something like that. It's fun to take pics at different times of the day... gives a different hue and sometimes a cool effect... the latest fuji pic . . .

They are putting on a pretty show for you! I grew a purple Fuji in the house all winter under grow lights.

I'm seriously thinking about buying some grow lights.. I want to grow some colocasia in the basement this winter and start more seeds in late winter/early spring... What kind do you have? I think they can be pretty expensive...

I have a 400 watt HPS and a 1000 watt MH. They were about $200 for each unit, but I just started with one and added the other later.

I am so impressed with all these lovely MG pictures; I had no idea there were so many types and colors. I also didn't realize that they were annuals. When I was little, in SoCal, there was a nearby empty field and it was bounded on two sides with 6-ft fences that were completely covered by MG vines year round. They were so massive, they were actually kind of scary.

I only tried growing them because my husband was pestering me to plant some (he wanted them for goat feed!) so I started a few of the seeds he bought. Oh my, am I hooked now! Can someone tell me about what would be a minimum size for growing the JMGs in containers?

One gallon is good. They are not all annuals, some ipomoea are tuberous with a winter dormancy. They come back in the spring. In warmer climates like SoCal there are perennials like Blue Dawn.

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This one was sold to me as Ayume. It has been playing games with me....not opening until after I left for work and then I was finding it closed already when I got home from work. FINALLY! I caught one bloom open.

I know what you mean about the ones you can't get on your "schedule".. ;) It's a pretty one, though!

Nice bloom Beth.

Beth I like your Ayume!

Does anybody know if there is a difference between "Ayume" and "Aomurasakiyohatensibori"?????????????

hi beth
thats a pretty one!

pamsue

Wuvie, speaking of goat food, the results of googling Ipomoea + food might be interesting to your DH - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Ipomoea+%2B+food&btnG=Google+Search . We grew Ipomoea aquatica last year in an approximately 30" x 24" "pond", and that thing marched right out of its confines and up and down the hill up to a 20' radius where we let it. Check out what the Vietnamese accomplished with this one with waste water. (I confess we didn't eat it, though some did on this forum last summer - certainly should have)

& who has heard of I. velutina? Wonder if what the Australians are doing with this one would be adaptable to arid places over here? I just scanned the first page, but there seem to be some other species I've also never heard of that goats might like.

AuntB, love the dappled light you captured with red Mt. Fuji.

Beth, Ayume was worth the wait - maybe it'll stay open longer in September

I am growing Ipomoea aquatica this summer. It has not bloomed for me, but is throwing out LONG runners, out on the dry land. I am growing it in a large tub of water. I have put some of the leaves in my stir fry. Good vitamin content.

The muscles on those vines look like they're on steroids, don't they?

We didn't get flowers or seeds on it last year, either. I should have kept at least 1 seedling growing dry, since it was called a "dryland" cultivar, and tried extending its life over the winter to see if that would have facilitated any seed harvest.

Seems like this one would be a great candidate (invasiveness notwithstanding) for a permaculture experiment. I'd like to try this one again, perhaps in a mini-version of permaculture - a good one for Sustainable Living.

Beth - This bloom here
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=3867510
looks like the blue-purple flaked in the PlantFiles here
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/96809/

Me thinks 'ayume' is an e-bay name...

Ipomoea tiliacea has been used for both human and hog feed...

TTY,...


Ron

Thanks Ron, I thought they looked the same.

Thanks for the info on feed possibilities. With this weather we are starting to have some real problems with feed; it's even becoming difficult to buy grain, let alone hay.

i am growing some aquaticas in my pond..they didnt grow to massive proportions but they were interesting and ill grow them again next year

pamsue

The tunnel is a great idea! How did you make it?

woofie..im really concerned about this drought..and feed has gone sky high..i cant believe the prices ..feed has gone up to over 3 dollars a bag for rabbit feed.
we should have rain this weekend although i see sunny skies today

pamsue

Hi pamsue! Don't know anything about the cost of rabbit feed, but last year we paid at most $95 a ton for hay and this year we've paid from 125 to 150 a ton! Sure hope that rain they're forecasting shows up.

Did you know that those aquaticas are listed as a noxious weed? Where did you get your seeds? They sound interesting. Too bad the pond in our field doesn't have water year round; it would be a good place to grow them if it did. And I wouldn't have to worry about them taking over the place cause the goats would munch them down.

hi woofie
i got them from a DGer and yes they are listed as a noxious weed. i found out after planting them... but they havent gone rampant ..they are in a pot in a pond..to confine them and they grow pretty long..i thought the fish would nibble at them as they have ate up almost all the pennywort i put in the pond last year. I think the aquaticas would freeze and die over the winter..we will see
are you talking about grass hay?

pam

Hey, pam, I sent you a D-mail to keep from cluttering up this thread.

Beth, I love your creative idea about this tunnel. It is xxx outstanding. lol
I may copy it next year if we don't have another DECEMBER SUMMER. We have hog panels, and they have wires close together at one side, for hogs, puppies, sheep and the smaller animals you want to keep in.. The " big stock" panels are the most appropriate for this kind of tunnel, and are probably a little cheaper, because they don't have the double up on the wire on one side .

It has been so cold here we have yet to pick our first zuccinnii. Maybe before Labor day.

One wonderful thing about this cold summer, is that the Honeysuckles have been blooming all summer and are still in bloom. They normally get torched by the summer heat and give out, but they are going like gangbusters. They are wonderful companiion plants to Mgs. They need the same support. But they bloom high up on last years vines.
Their generous mild fragerance is out of this world. To pick some and bring them into the kitchen like my beloved wife does, fills the house with a wonderful fragrance.

hi frank
i dont know but it wasnt cold this summer..our zukes are petering out and ive already been picking tomatoes and melons and cukes and we are less than 100 miles apart
pam

Beth, I have sibori flaked and that really long Japanese name ending in sibory and they are the same thing in the pots on my front portch.

I also have Ayume out there, and it has not bloomed yet, but does have budd. The Ayume, I think is a nhil. It has very long calyx elements as Ron has pointed out for the Nhils. It may be a name created for Ebay . Created by a vendor.

This is why I wish we had an International Morning Glory Society, right here in the USA. We have a legal system that doesn't allow bait and swich.............shades of ebay. A Society cout have the authority to dictate what quality of seed coul bee published. I could go on a long time, but I better sign off. Frank FYI

I'm wondering if 'Ayume' was used by someone as an abrreviation for Akatsuki no Yume(??)...

Akatsuki no Yume in the PlantFiles
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/133764/

TTY,...

Ron

Frank is up higher in elevation than us on the valley floor, so I think he has had a colder summer. We've had tons on zuchinni from his seedless variety!

Here is a bloom sold as Scarlett O'hara (NOT).

Here is a bloom from a different nil that has a solid throat.

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This is over the mailbox.

Here is Oreheme with multiple blooms.

Here are some Heavenly Blue buds.

Gypsy Bride on the trellis