Morning Glories 2007 #34

Wow! I'm still being amazed everyday with all of these blooms! Do the round and feathered always bloom on the same vine-or just sometimes? I have read about the mutant dianthus vine, which is fascinating to me!

Both the round and feathered blue/purple that I photographed above are on the same vine. But most MG vines don't have the feathered gene. That is a special cross of MG! :-) And all feathered cultivars will have the ocassional round bloom on the vine from time to time. Mine has a lot of both right now.

I wish someone could ID it for me! Ron, any idea?

I think the purple feathered purpureas have traditionally been called "INDIGO FEATHER"
at least that's what I've heard them called.

Ahh yes, Beth! Thank you! I believe that you are correct! The name does sound familiar now! Now I can tag it as such! :-)

Becky, the major difference between the feathered flower I showed and yours, is that mine is a nil and yours is a purpurea! The feathered nil flower is sterile and generally not as full as the purpurea feathered flower. It also never produces a full circular flower like you demonstrated the purpureas do. I like them both!

The nil I showed does not have a name, just a number!

Arlan

Arlan - Well, that is fascinating!!! A feathered nil. WOW!

Do you think that mine is probably "Indigo Feather"?

No seeds produced from yours? So how would you propagate it? Cuttings?

This is very interesting, Arlan! I had no idea that you could get a feathered bloom from I. nils.

Becky, I'm the wrong guy to ask about cultivar names! LOL! If yours consistently blooms with a purple flower, I don't think "Indigo Feathers" would apply! Indigo is a deep blue....! I think yours does look kind of blue though! I'm sure you could call it Indigo Feathers and not many people would argue!

I typically don't put too much trust in morning glory names (especially nils!), primarily because nobody maintains a standard, and so much focus is placed on the flower only and not other important defining characteristics like leaf color, shape, texture, variegation type.....plant growth habits, stature and vigor etc.. There are exceptions though, and the names applied do give one an indication of what might be expected!

Yes, the feathered nil plant does not set seed.....so you must maintain the strain through single flowered plants that carry the recessive feathered gene. then to get the feathered flowered plant, one must start many seeds to maybe get the desired genotype. It is part of the fascination of growing these...the anticipation and the appreciation when you do get a feathered flowered plant. You must plan ahead! Luckily, there are ways to identify the desired plants at the cotyledon stage, so rigorous selection can take place if you can't grow a lot of plants.....but then you need the others for their seed!

I've written a lengthy explanation of all of this here: http://davesgarden.com/tools/blog/index.php?tabid=4889

...and here is a journal on a feathered nil plant: http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/viewentry/104397/

I have some seed from this system if you are interested in the experience!

Arlan

There is an amazing amount of work to achieve the desired results! How long have you been working on this nil to get this recent specimen?

I would most definitely be interested in a small amount of seeds from you, Arlan. :-)

LOL! Make no mistake! I didn't develop this system! I purchased 5 seeds a few years ago, and only one plant was a "carrier" of the feathered gene! From this plant I was fortunate to get quite a bit of seed, which has proved to carry both the feathered gene and the duplicate gene which doubles the number of flower elements. This system was developed in Japan.

It is an incredible amount of work to deveolop new systems of these mutant genes that produce flowers that are pleasing! You have to sort through many trial grow outs to find the one that carrys the desireable characteristics. Once you have a system that can produce the desired flowers, then it is just a matter of keeping seed from only those plants that carry your selected gene combination....so you still need to trial each seed lot!

Arlan

My Thanksgiving Day blooms! This is the unknown which may be Blue Blizzard. With every bloom I see on this vine ... I just like it more and more!

This one is Morning Storm. First time in months that I have seen the blooms look different. They had always been consistent before. Would the cooler evening temps cause a bloom to change like this?

Here is what my blooms looked like in September and October:
http://davesgarden.com/community/blogs/t/beckygardener/7252/

And this is what it looked like today! I love the ray pattern being much more pronounced!

It IS gorgeous Becky!

I am fast becoming a fan of the Mt. Fuji Pink! I love the pinks!!

This one is labeled "Hatsu Arashi".

My Cocoa Chocolate is still producing blooms. Unbelievable! Most of the other vines are on their way out. The temps have been much warmer the past few days and the nils seem to like that! :-)

Indigo Feathers possibly.

And last, my Brazilian MG. :-)

Thanks Joanne! Are you growing any indoors right now?

Just my one little guy that I started from a seed that was outside for a few nights in freezing temperatures (-5C, or 26 F). I've got it growing in vermiculite, so I need to get him transplanted into some proper soil soon. I'll wait until February/March to start any more...will be tough to wait, but I'm happy to enjoy the pictures of yours and all the others here!

It's warm and humid here. Weather forecast says that we will be getting a "cool" front this weekend. I'm ready!

The I. nils and other MGs seem to be enjoying the heat.

Here is my unknown vine that produced a grayish bloom today. This should be called "Gray Shadows"! LOL! It reminds me of my Plum Shadows vine only the pattern on this vine is not as diverse.

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Here is one labeled "Akatsuki no Mai". It has some very pretty flecks on it!

Here is the unknown pink triple feathers. This vine is all over a section of my back fence. Very few seed pods from this one! :-(

I just love the Jishi vine. It produced a double and a single today. Here is the single. (Color is a little off. The blooms are a deep purple color.)

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Here is today's double bloom from the Jishi vine. Amazing!!! My new favorite! :-)

Mt. Fuji Pink with rain droplets on it. It rained briefly here ... more of a misty rain.

Here is some of the pots showing all the blooms! Amazing how some warmer temps can trigger so many blooms!

A cluster of Sunrise Serenade blooms!

Oh Becky, those are beauties... I know what you mean about getting a New Favorite...each one is so special. I've not had a double Jishi ever, so I'm looking forward to getting one next year..

You are so lucky to have that weather. We are supposed to get a freeze this weekend. ALthough I've got lots of plants covered with blankets, I think some will still get zapped.

Thanks, A! The really awesome thing about this Jishi vine is that the blooms change colors or depending on weather or time of day can be medium blue, deep purple, or pink. When I go out to look at it, I NEVER know what to expect. It's got a life of it's own and grows to the beat of a different drummer. It's definitely a non-conformist MG! Which just makes it that much more endearing to me! It doesn't even look like an MG to me. And the leaves are knobby, bumpy leaves. Just so different than all the other MGs that I have grown this year. It just stands out and I find myself taking a lot of photos of it! :-)

Here is my garden diary link on this vine. You can see the way this vine and it's blooms change from day to day! It's compelling and astonishing to say the least!
http://davesgarden.com/community/blogs/t/beckygardener/7470/

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Becky, the one you call Gray Shadows reminds me of the very gray fog we had this morning. It's an amazing bloom! And the Jishi is leaving me searching for words.

The deep purple color of the Jishi comes out on both of my cameras as this color. I have to adjust the color manually on a photo editor. lol

Gorgeous blooms Becky.

WOW!

Love the color(s)
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=4222191

Becky, I love that extra special Jishi you have there. This flower will steal your heart.

To help out here is a new thread...Morning Glories 2007 #35

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/792657/

Don`t see why not keep on chatting on this one though. ;)

Ya`ll have a great weekend.

Becky, I gotta echo everyone's sentiments for the Jishi! Gorgeous!!

Hey - what's the critter in the picture of your morning glory containers? Looks kind of like a squirrel?

Joanne

Joanne - Do you mean this little fella? lol I have 5 that come to the feeder every day!