Double bindweed

Here is a very pretty double blooming type of bindweed that a nice DG'er in Iowa sent me.

Very interesting seeing this characteristic in a non commercial inbred type or specie. Can you tell us the specie, and if it is of the native specie there? Frank

The person that rooted it and sent it to me identified it as Calystegia hederaceae, False Japanese Bindweed

I love it Beth.

Hi Beth - Nice (!)...

The exact species of this double form is still in question,although some historical notes that I have indicate that it was first discovered in a container of peonies growing in China...

The latest info ( as per some correspondence between some chinese botanists and some botanists at harvard) relative to this double form is that it is likely to be a (natural?) cross between Calystegia hederacea and Calystegia pubescens (syn. Calystegia japonica)...

Good to see it being preserved...

TTY,...

Ron

Oh Beth I ♥ it!!!

Beth - Very, very pretty bloom on that vine! Does this cultivar of bindweed grow as quick and thick as the bindweed we usually see and hear about? Or does this one have a different habit of growth? That's quite amazing that it has the double blooms! Really neat!!

I like it too and the soft pink color!!

It's too early to tell if it will be as vigorous as regular bindweed, but I'll keep updating it's progress.

Hi,
I have been growing the double bindweed for a few years, and it is vigorous and spreads/suckers like the wild ones do. I have it in a spot where it has to compete with other things, and I do pull out sprouts of it to keep it under control, but any piece of root left behind grows back. My original plant came from Arrowhead Alpines, I think they still carry it. I brought it because I had never seen or heard of it before, and thought it might look nice. Flowers are pretty, but the vines can be raggy at times as it ages, after the bugs get to it. As one might suspect, it does not set seed. It is cold hardy in my zone 6/7 (more like the latter in recent years) NY garden.
Ernie

Isn't that beautiful...looks like the Hige...at least I think I remember that being it's name...that EmmaGrace brought to the Jacksonville Roundup, I can hardly wait for the blooms..

"eyes"

They are very compact blooms, each a little different.

I'm wondering if these sterile blooms still produce nectar...have you ever seen any pollinators like bees or butterflies visit the flowers (?)

These were my first few blooms....so I'll watch for any interest from pollinators. Maybe I'll bring a bloom in to look at under the microscope.

Boy Beth, this one looks like a winner for a hanging basket, and maybe on a perrenial basis too.

Hope the rasberries are doing well. We had really great luck with Heritage,...........thornless everbearing. Frank

Beth - Is this the bindweed double blooms??? http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=5241031

If it is, I am REALLY impressed! It looks like rose or gardenia blooms! How pretty! Does it have a scent? I can't even tell that it is in the MG family! WOWWWW!!!

Hi Beth,
Really beautiful! Would love to grow some. A pity they don't set seed...

Elsa

very jealous...in a good way!
:Darren

Beth, I thought about you the other day... went to eat at a local restaurant and what did I find climbing on the fence... bindweed MGs, I got a few seeds if you want some.. they are pink, not the striped ones, but have almost half the petal pink. I plan to go back to eat there and get some more seeds, the leaves are elongated, just as bindweed leaves do, they are the size of a dime maybe a little bigger. Send me a dmail if you want some of these.

A.

Gourd, Ron, Beth (anybody?) familar with varieties of bindweed, which I have read is "invasive" (whateveer~) anybody know if it can tolerate the 90s+ I get here? I have a micro climate where it is cooler/humid in my backyard that is fenced in high, and would love to try some bindweeds in with what else is going on if they could survive a bit of sun~a large bit. All my 'regulars' are good now and its 109 today, at least...the sweet peas are way on the last leg, no doubt but growing happy still withing the MG vines or the other way around? :)
any experiences and or ideas?
Thanks!
:D

Hey Darren,

My thoughts are that the strains that are adapted to hot and dry would do the best in your area...

The Convolvulus equitans
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/130710/
comes to mind...

The larger flowered bindweeds would probably make it if provided with enough water...

The larger bindweeds growing here have been seeing 90's quite a few days,but it's also been raining here every few days...still the leaves have been fried off of some of the plants...

Merremia dissecta (although not usually described as a 'bindweed')
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/86978/
(although not usually described as a 'bindweed') comes to mind as a species that would likely do okay where you are...

I think making sure that the plants get enough water is the most important factor...

TTY,...

Ron

thanks, Ron~!
:Darren