I cordatotriloba is trying to eat Summerville. Everywhere I go I see it. It showed up on my hedge rose last year and I spent the fall pulling vines and flowers. After all my hard work, it doesnt' look like I made much of a dent. Kinda like taking a cup of water from the ocean.
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This message was edited Sep 13, 2007 9:52 AM
It's a pretty flower with bud clusters, but very invasive, covering everything. Kinda like kudzu. Because it's so massive the chance for genetic oddities is great, so I'm keeping an eye out for the unsual and pulling off every flower I see.
You can see why it seeds so freely.
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Those are such a nice color too. I wonder how they would do in a drier area (State) in the ground..?? I have one growing for Ron in a pot, but it is always full of mites. Do you have any problems with that.
A.
Lol .. I wish .. you DONT want this .. trust me. It's horribly invasive all over the South .. like kudzu.
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It's funny how plants react in different locations.. your's so healthy and mine, well..???
I've noticed that I have more insect and fungus problems in the greenhouse. When I put a fan in there most of it cleared up. I think stagnant air my be part of the problem. Where are you growing yours?
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outside under the canopy of a tree, but there is a wall that surrounds all the pots because of wind issues. I really think the trees here have had mites before we moved here and we are treating them for it, and that they are infecting some of the plants.
Anne-X - This is a great photo
http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/Xeramtheum_1189691519_431.jpg
maybe consider posting it to the PF...
TTY,...
Ron
x, i had that problem last summer. i moved in july, and now have purselane growing everywhere. it co-exists with my cactus in their pots, in my garden, everywhere. i love purselane, but enough is too much.
Thanks Ron, I already did.
I was wondering after I took this pix then compared it with Quamoclit, .. could invasiveness of a plant be determined by position of stigma to anthers?
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Ann-X - Plants that have a very high proportion of thrums would tend to self and if this continued for long enough the plants could develop self-incompatibility thereby lowering seed production...
conversely plants that displayed alot of pins could potentially also progressively produce few seeds if there was not enough pollinators capable of reaching deep enough into the plant to access the main floral nectaries...
So,the answer is a very 'qualified yes'...
TTY,...
Ron
P.S. - The Ipomoea cordatotriloba produces a storage root that is more often than not perennial and where the weather enables it to overwinter successfully this atribute contributes to the invasive quality when combined with high seed production...
Oh joy .. I guess I'll never get rid of this monster if it winters over since it's entertwined with a hedge rose with razor sharp thorns. Sigh.
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New to this forum...just wondering...what is the size of the flower of the one this post is about. I have some that look very similar...however the flowers are maybe nickle size and come on in from 2 to 6 multiples. Any chance it may be the same thing. I have no idea what it is called. I can here to try to find out. Here is a pic for you.
Thanks
Robyn
another one so you can see the size...thanks
You're infected too! If your swarm is small and manageable, you need to start pulling off every flower you can to minimize the seed production. Living in Orlando, you don't have the luxury of hard freezes which slow it down.
I'll post a picture tomorrow to show you how big my swarm is.
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Here is a picture of the swarm on my side of the hedgerose.
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Moofiepoo-Robyn -
Your plant here
http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/Moofiepoo_1190563951_470.jpg
http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/Moofiepoo_1190580722_799.jpg
is Ipomoea triloba
Please upload these to the PlantFiles for Ipomoea triloba here
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/31837/
(or give me permission to do so ) >Thanks(!)
Ipomoea triloba is more often than not an annual that does not form the same type and/or size storage root that Ipomoea cordatotriloba does...
TTY,...
Ron
This message was edited Sep 26, 2007 2:33 AM
For some reason I have tried to post several times and it does not show up. IF my pics do not show up in PF then by all means put them in for me. I tried..but am not sure if they did there thing or not. I had written that my morning glories die back in the winter...and that post is not here either. So I will try again. They die back in winter and come back in the early spring. I pull any that are not on the part of fence I want them on and mow down any that are random in the yard. I have no problem keeping them contained as long as I take care of it as soon as I see anything in the wrong area. I love the tiny little flowers. I want to thank you for your help I have wondered for 4 years what these tiny little things are and no one had a hint.
Thanks
Robyn
Thanks Robyn...I'll check and see if they are added to the PF's and if not I'll add them ...your copyright will be on the photos...
TTY,...
Ron
Thank you so much
ok..nosey question....what is TTY? I know I should know...but I don't.
I am very happy to know what my tiny little morning glories are called. They were here when I moved here...and no one had any idea what they were.
Thanks again
Robyn
