Complicated grow-out of Italian ipomea purpurea

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gofast Aschaffenburg, Germany Feb 24, 2008

Yesterday I found this seed packet here in Morocco, which came from Milano, Italy. It's labelled wrong because these are not ipomea coccinea as indicated on the packet, but purpurea. I am enthralled by the colour of the red in combination with the white going quite a bit into the bloom.

Would anybody be interested in organizing a grow-out in the US. The conditions would be to share the red ones with me and the organizer (if he/she is interested in the red ones...) because I definitely would want them for future crossings.

As we all know paper is patient and I somehow distrust the red colour of the print, but you never know many surprises have come out of mislabelled seed packets...

Please gmail me. First serious person will get the packet.


Martin



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OhioBreezy Dundee, OH(Zone 5b) Feb 26, 2008

those are some lovely reds!

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Feb 26, 2008

Martin, You got that grow out set up? I`d be interested but you see I`m late to reply. I hesitated because some of my trades from outside the states did not arrive and I was afraid of your package being lost in the mail.

Karen

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gofast Aschaffenburg, Germany Feb 26, 2008

Grow out has been set up. Thanks Karen.



Martin

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Feb 26, 2008

It is very good to hear that. I hope you get some really special flowers for your garden.

Karen

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ByndeweedBeth scio, oregon, OR(Zone 8a) Feb 27, 2008

I sure hope you get those reds! Are they purpureas or nils? The red ones almost look like the Scarlett O'haras with the white eye, while the others look like purpureas. Should be interesting to see what they really are!

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) Feb 27, 2008

I have one suggestion for when you find something in a growout you can attempt to root a piece of the vine. Purpureas are very easy to root. You cut a offshoot that has the desired bloom color. Take care you don`t cut a piece connected to a expanse of vines but just find a small off shoot seperate from the others. Cut 1/2" below a leaf junction and snip off the leaf. Moisten and dip in powdered root hormone. Then you plant it in a pot of fine textured dirt and place in a cool spot with filtered sunlight until you see growth then you can gradually move it out in full sun. It will bloom within two three weeks and you can tie the flowers singled away from the others. I actually haven`t even tried to root a ipomoea nil but will try that later this year. Karen

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gofast Aschaffenburg, Germany Feb 29, 2008

Good advice, Karen, I must try that method...

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