Morning Glories 2008 #05

Here are 2 Blue Asago Willow blooms from today. Another pretty vine!

Second bloom on Kohkan. The bloom is about the size of a Hibscus bloom. The color is outstanding! Believe me when I say this ... the photo does NOT do it justice. (Can you tell I am a little bit partial to this vine! lol) Look at that beautiful foliage. It is already half way up my arbor and is such dense growth that I almost didn't see the blooms hidden in all that thick foliage! THANK YOU, PAM for the seeds! :-) This one is a keeper and shall be gracing my garden from here on out! I am madly in love with this vine! Whoo Hoo!!!!

Becky, All of them are very pretty, but that pink Kohkan is just beautiful. Be sure to save some seeds on that one. : )

~Lucy

This message was edited May 29, 2008 12:36 AM

Thanks, Lucy! Oh ... you better believe it! I will be hand-pollinating that one for sure! I want lots more seeds! And ya know I will share too! This vine is everything I hoped it would be and MORE! It is exactly what I was looking for! Gosh! I can't believe I got the perfect vine! I say perfect ... this is exactly my dream vine ... LARGE reddish blooms, variegated foliage, dense growth, and a fast climber. Did I leave any other quality out??? LOL! This vine rocks MY world! :-)

This message was edited May 29, 2008 12:55 PM

I think you just about covered everything. LOL You made a believer out of me. : )

I just started some from Korea, gonna see how they do. The package says Pharbitis.

Hi Becky,

Your Kohkan is out of this world! Please keep me in mind should you have any seeds to spare at the end of the season...

Enjoy your day,
Elsa

Me too, Becky. I love the foliage, and next year it's pink and white! ^_^

Today's blooms. This is one of 2 Shibori Purple X Gray Lady.

This is the other bloom on Shibori Purple X Gray Lady.

Rabenda X President Bush blooms today.

Here is Kohkan's bloom today and the spent bloom from yesterday. Soooo pretty!

And here is the foliage of Kohkan. This is the bottom of the vine. It's amazing! You can barely see the bloom through all the leaves! :-)

Love the variagation of that foliage Becky! And what gorgeous blooms for you today! Very nice.

Joanne Ü

Blue Jishi X Ten Ten. Looks a little different today.

Thanks, Joanne! I am thrilled to have the vines finally blooming! So glad the weather is finally just right for growing I. nils. :-)

This is the blooms for Lavender Mist X Tanchou Not.

Here are my morning shots:

These vines are now a good 4-5' tall now . . .

And, here is a bit of red to balance out . . .

Nichole - Love your vines. What is the first one? Can't believe how tall yoru dracula is!!! Very nice. Do you get hummers coming to your Cypress vine?

Becky - the first one is a Chachamaru. I haven't noticed alot of hummers yet - at my place, anyway! I've seen one or two at my mom's, though (she cheat - has a feeder!).

Pretty blooms Nichole

I need help . . . I'm fairly sure this is I. hederifolia var. lutea, but can't be sure, since just past the seedling stage, DD decided to rearrange all of mommy's little pots, and take the tags out . . .

I can tell you this . . . I put the seedlings into the big 5 gallon pot just two weeks ago, and it just took off! I try to keep it winding around the plastic fence, but it's beating me!

Here is a closer look at leaves . . .

Here is my bloom shot for this morning.

I am constantly amazed at how fast the I. wrightii is growing. I don't know how well this picture will look, but the shot is the connection between the two 10' pieces of pvc on my homemade trellis . . . the tallest vine is about 2" from it!

Every day I go out, and it has sprung side vines that stick out a foot or so, and so I tuck them into the fencing . . .

Lovely, Nichole! The I. wrightii will cover the arch in no time at all! How cool! Be sure to show us photos when it does! Love the leaves on that one! Your purple and white blooms are very pretty. What cultivar is it?

I sure hope Antoinette checks this thread! I got a gorgeous 1st bloom from one of her crosses. It sure is an eye-popper! It was labeled Blue Tie-dye X Fuji no Sora!

Becky - it is the Aomurasakizyouhantenshibori. These blooms are from the seeds I started on purpose. But, in the area I grew them in 3 years ago, I've got 3 volunteers. You can see one has grown up one pole of the tomato cage, another is growing up the pole of the metal thingy, and the third one is off to the side and only a few inches tall - just under the second walking stick kale.

You know . . . I am seriously considering adding another section to my trellis! Just need to go to Home Depot for more cement!

This message was edited Jun 1, 2008 9:11 AM

Wow, Becky, that is very nice!

Becky - that Blue Tie-dye cross is gorgeous!

Nichole - lovely Aomurasakizyouhantenshibori blooms! I started a bunch of those from the seeds you sent me last year. I might even plant them in their final container today...

Joanne

Nichole - I looked through my seeds and found some Aomurasakizyouhantenshibori that I got from Sylvia! I will be plantting one of the seeds out in the next crop. :-) Thanks for showing yours and reminding me how beautiful they are! :-)

Thanks, Joanne! Keep your fingers crossed that it produces seeds!

Y'all know I will share any and all seeds I get from this year's vines! I don't hold any back because they'll just go to waste if not planted. I only grow a single seed of each cultivar during each grow-out of vines. I am growing them along the picket fence and I can already see it is going to be an issue to figure out what vine/seed pod is which. I need to find some of those straws that Antoinette used last year. Time to check the dollar store. :-)

Tiny blue MG open this morning.

Just a few Morning Glories still hanging on.

Becky, I agree with Joanne, the Blue Tie Dye cross is a beauty.
Pretty blooms Nichole and gardenpom

Gardenpom - Nice blooms! Cute little light blue bloom! :-)

Jackie - Thanks! I can't wait to see yours and everyone else's blooms. It is soooo hot here right now I can not believe it. I bet it is 10 degrees warmer here than last year at this time. Whew!

Great flowers everyone...

Becky, thanks for posting photos... I really like them and so sorry I haven't posted much, have company for another week, then my son and grandson will be here right after that for a week or so.. then I can start taking photos.. I will be feeding like mad. (then I will have more company for another 10 days in July... and August.. normal for me I guess..lol, but very hectic. We try to cram years of activities together in such a short time.

I'm always doubting that the crosses took, so it is refreshing to see them flower from seeds... and then it makes you understand which parents produce what.. it's something to see that others have the same things at times. It is such a neat experiment for me to do this.

Jackie, I'll be better later taking photos to post..

you all take care..

A.

Nichole - Nice spot for your vines. Looks like it gets some shade! Your vines look great!

Gardenpom - Lookin good there!

Well, like a big dummy ... I posted all my daily photos from this morning on the wrong thread:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/857361/

Sheesh ...


This message was edited Jun 2, 2008 9:29 PM

The vine half-way up the arbor on the left side is Kohkan. It's got some very lush growth on it. The smaller vine on the other arbor side is also Kohkan planted a month after the first Kohkan. The vine is just perfect. Can't wait for lots more blooms from that one! You can see all the other different MG vines growing along the picket fence. They seem to be really taking off now. It's so nice to see that many MGs again! :-)