Gardener2005`s Morning Glories Thread 2

Thanks Patootie and Gourd. Today was hot outside but I managed to get some pictures to share today. Another flower Bluespiral gave me is in in there too.

Karen

http://picasaweb.google.com/gardenpics2007/JapaneseMorningGlories2008?authkey=1JwIwINHEcA

Nice flowers Karen!!! What the heck ya got in that Louisiana soil anyway!! LOL

Karen - Looks like you've done some great crossing of your MGs! They are all beautiful!

Whatever happened to the DGer Ron_____________ (can't spell the botanical name)?
Where are you all getting your seeds to grow such wonderful MG?

Thanks luvsgrtdanes and beckygardener. :)

gessiegail, The last time I saw Ron was here.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/859011/

I have been collecting seeds buying from everyone I could find on ebay for the last 3 years. I also have been doing selective breeding and crossing and then more selective breeding. I also save the seeds off the best plants I like by tying blooms to avoid cross pollination issues. It saves me money if I can try and maintain a variety than to buy again. I also have done plenty of trading with DG members and have been the recipient of generous gifts. I also have done give aways and sent people seeds just `cause.

Karen

P.S. I love growing from seeds and I love taking pictures. I enjoy the pictures almost as much as my garden. This picture is two plants I raised from seeds I collected from my garden. This is a peachy/orange canna and a purple hige vine(ipomea purpurea)

Wow, what a canna! This morning glory thing is new to me. I am going to grow them out (all 9 cultivars) and I don't care if they cross. I just want seeds for next summer so I don't have to start from the beginning. If I get good, I will start buying and trading for seeds. Sometimes these whims only last a summer!

I love a camera like you do. It is always ready for a flower of any kind.

I can`t possibly tie all my blooms so I grow the open pollinated seeds too.

I finally got my Fuji No Monet from ebay this year. :)

It looks like there were different stem colors on the cotyledons so I`ll follow up on the other vines later.

Here is comparison with some of my other youjiros. Karen

Karen, I love the Youjiro's more all the time. Very pretty.

I really like the dark one!!!

I like all those spokes... good to see that the Fuji no Monet came out the way it is supposed to..

Hi, Thanks. I got another interesting one this morning. It was from one was supposed to be a Giant Konoko but it turned out to be a Giant Konoko Not. The parent vine of this one was a sort of mauve colored brushed and spoked large flower. Now we have this interesting pattern that reminds of of "ray flow" on the yoneda web site.

Note: I didn`t say my flower has "ray flow" but I said it resembles "ray flow". What do you think?

Karen

This message was edited Jun 12, 2008 2:01 PM

This one is the Kikyo Ice this morning.

I bought a kikyo mix from Onalee on ebay and here is the first flower. I like it. Karen

Last but not least, this one is from the large flower pink blizzard x blue kikyo and it shows the striations today and even a few blizzard spots. This vine has single and also very doubled blooms on the same vine.

Karen

Edited to add: This blue flower is the same vine at the beginning of this thread. The blooms range from single to very doubled.

This message was edited Jun 12, 2008 12:37 PM

Kikyo Ice is a show stopper. I'm in love.

Your Kikyo Ice is really a different looking bloom pattern. Very pretty!

Patootie and Beckygardener, Thanks. I have to do another grow out in the fall to check and see if it is more consistent and is not throwing too many variations. Time will surely tell.

Karen

This message was edited Jun 12, 2008 2:56 PM

Karen, your thread is ablaze with beautiful blooms!!! Well done!
Kim

Thanks Kim! I have also been blazing a trail through the garden every morning checking these out. I can see the worn places in the grass lol!

Karen

I found a interesting one this morning. It isn`t the best picture because the sun was melting it but I like it. Karen

I like it too, very different!

Another one. These are getting smaller toward the ends of the vine like normal. The progressive lightening is showing. I held it up because the sun was melting it. Gee, I would have started over on this side of the garden if only I had known.

Karen

Thanks Kim. That one is a "find" from some seeds I started this year. The second blue striped one is from a kikyo(star shaped small flower) x large flower blizzard pink F2 grow out. Now I see a intermediate size bigger than the kikyo but smaller than the other large flower parent.

Now,I will have to be greedy and gather all the seeds so I can grow a bunch of selfed pods from this to see if I can "find" it again. :)

Later on after I establish the type and get everything producing consistent seeds I`ll be able to share these.

Karen

KAREN, I really like the white with light purple streaks and bars, very pretty.

Thanks Patootie, That is the exact same vine as the first picture on this thread. It looks like a progressive white blizzard. It reminds me of a kaleidoscope the way the blooms change.

The one you like is different from the others and might show more variations. Karen

This message was edited Jun 20, 2008 2:23 PM

This is Kawaii chocolate.

A wierd one...

Willow dianthus from this morning...

Thanks to you know who you are. :)

Chrystal willow something or nother.

Karen

This message was edited Jun 22, 2008 2:53 PM

OK ladies its all you fault that I have MG planted all over my yard hunted high and low for these seeds there growing but no flowers so far Excellent flowers thanks to all of you for sharing Dana

Karen, can't wait to see what you get in further grow outs on some of these.
Love this mornings blooms. Joseph grew a Kawaii last yr but a different color.
Send us a pic please Joseph.

Lol Dana

Sorry Joesph, awesome flowers!

Here is the Kawaii Joseph grew.


http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/122883/

It came in a mix and I happened to get a chocolate and one was pink iirc. Karen

There are many pictures in the plant files. The Kawaii has small thin solid green leaves. Some of the pictures in the Kawaii section are Sunsmiles. The Sunsmiles have broader variegated leaves but the flowers look very similar.


I really like this little plant.



This message was edited Jun 22, 2008 3:31 PM

The link doesn`t work. Just type in "kawaii" and it appears.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/search.php?Search=Search+plants

The links aren`t doing right.

Go to guides and information, then plant files and then search plants. Type in kawaii.

This message was edited Jun 22, 2008 3:13 PM

Nice assortment of blooms, Karen! :-)

Thanks Karen. I did not realize Kawaai came as a mix.
Your first link worked for me. Loved all the colors shown and your
chocolate bloom above.

Karen, this is the ffo on the grow out seed that you gave away at jeri's last fall. Cindy sprouted it and brought one to me as I was not able to do much in the early spring.
It measured 4 inches and the foliage is variegated.
Sandra

Morganc, I noticed you asked about growing in our heat. I ordered some plants and they are blooming but next year I am either going to start them (the actual plant ) (or seeds in January) outside in March. I am too late this year .

On the other hand, I thought about starting the plants outside in late September and enjoying them through the fall here in south Texas.

Hi All,

Fall is a great time to grow JMG.

Remember the Sazanami give away last year?

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/759984/

They were open pollinated Sazanami seeds I gave out in a thread. I kept some for myself and grew them out this year. Here is a result picture from this morning. It is different than the first vine where I got the seeds because the blizzard progresses lighter.