convolvulus for gardeners

i albivenia doing great this morning, Ceej ~thought i'd share this pic as you are responsible, lol
:Darren

Thanks Martin :-)

Hey that I albivenia looks better than mine Darren :-)

Marie.. i have it on good authority that the species i'm looking for in those links is Texas Bindweed or Convolvulus equitans...

pic shows: C chilensis(pink) C sabiatus(blue)

Colin - Are the vines/blooms in the above photo from your garden? If so, I am quite impressed! Very nice species!

Darren - Your I. albivenia is starting to kick into growth high-gear! Looking good!!!

Hi Becky... yes they are growing over the edge of my greenhouse bench... i have some outside... they are doing fine, but the rain has ruined the flowers... :-(

oh I love all those cool flowers and information.. I can't wait to see my setosa bloom, and I love that field bindweed, looks like the whote and pink I have herre in kansas, daughter is going to texas, she is plant hunting for me on the way..

yes Ceej I worry bout a burst of our Summer heat and the water supply in the pot~ delicate balance all~!!!!! I hope I can keep it happy!
~have a great afternoon~
:D

Debra do you have a pic of your Kansas bindweed? i'd love to see it...

here is this one.. I have some growing, I dug it up... there is another one on a farm fence I am going after this weekend, it is more pink, and is vining up an old fence instead of vining out flat like this one.. all our wild flowers are awsome right now ( some are weeds)

that looks pretty Debra... could you save a seed or two for me please?

sure thing , colin.. will show a picture of the other one sun nite.. you mite want that one..

thanks Debra... that will be great :-)

here are the sepals of Convolvulus chilensis from chileflora...


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and here are the sepals of Convolvulus chilensis...
these came with the collection #RB94040

they look quite different... the bracteoles(think thas the right term here) are much closer to the sepals and the sepals themselves are relatively longer...

there is also a difference with the leaves... i can't wait untill these buds burst :-)

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and here are the sepals of C sebatius with a spent C chilensis (chileflora) flower... just 'cos i took the pic... :-)

wow debra i would like that in my yard too. looks pretty and bet alo looks really nice

here's a better pic of C chilensis(chileflora)

and a better pic of C chilensis (RB94040)

Colin - Awesome looking vine! Is that a bunch of buds on it that I am seeing??? Love the red background in the photo, too! :-) Love the blooms on both of those vines! Very unusual leaves...

thanks Becky...

here's C chilensis (RB94040) the flower is much larger than the chileflora, it is also larger than those of C sabatius...

another pic of C chilensis(RB94040) with C sabatius...

a profile shot... showing sepals and the darker markings along the midribs...
the bracteoles are further away from the sepals now it's in flower.... the difference i was seeing was due to thinking the flowers and therefore the bud/sepals where going to be the same size....



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Colin - I really, really like this bloom: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6727471 How pretty!!! Quite interesting the size of the flowers for each cultivar/species. That pink one just really grabbed my attention the minute I saw your photo! Very nice!!

this one here.. is awsome.. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6727481

I think the foilage is cool too on that! it looks almost like a phlodendrenn its so lobed.
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my Convolvulus althaeoides flowered :-) martin sent me this one and it is from Drat Mountain in Fes...

the whole plant... growing around it's hoop :-)

just thought this was a nice pic showing the colours, shapes and sizes...
top = C chilensis (chileflora)
midle C chilensis (RB94040 plant A)
bottom C sabaticus

the flower of C chilensis RB94040 plant B shown here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=6727471
the flower on plant B has larger and more rounded flowers and differently shaped leaves

the picture at the beggining of this post is the one that accompanied the C chilensis RB94040... as you can see the flower is much paler, a very pretty pale rosey pink in real life

Loss my MG's I planted by wall....think the slugs got them.....
Had put some in pots and they are fine...
Glad I have clematis the the slugs don't seem to touch!!

Good job, you did on Convolvulus althaeoides, Colin. Mine haven't grown that well because they are covered up by other MGs.



Martin

Colin - What a great photo! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6767105 I love the comparison of these pretty blooms! Seeing that photo after taking it, must have made your day!!! Great info about these wonderful vines, too! Thanks for sharing all this information with us!

geraldine - Glad to hear some of your potted MGs are doing fine after the slugs slaughtered your other in-ground vines. That is so frustrating. Been there! So sorry.

Martin - When are you moving?

Great comparison of the Convolvulus chilensis strains, Colin! I hope someday I will keep my vines alive long enough to see flowers.

Colin,
Good comparison pic, it give us more information than words!

Becky, I am not sure, I cannot put my friend out on the street. I had given him a job and a place to stay, I need to clarify with the church leadership....


Martin

Went to charlies for the 4th at his place on the lake, these have tons of seed pods, these are the pink ones..

Here is a close up of the leaf

The white ones are podding too, got seeds from them as well

They were all over the area climbing thru everything

Debra - Those are totally cool! This one here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6779341 What is it's growing habit? I truly like the look of the bloom and leaves. Very pretty!! I will be very interested to see how the seeds do for you! Are you going to grow them in pots?

going to grow in a spot by the north fence, and in a pot that hangs.. I am saving seeds for everyone.. they are a creeping vining plant, creep if nothing to cling to and climb if they can grab something.. good for ground cover, or for a small show area..the blooms are one inch in diameter.. ( these are) but in the country where we went on our trip, they were almost two inches in diameter and the leaves grew bigger.. the stay open all day and into the evening.. they close when they are ready to pod.That is what I have observed.

Fascinating observations! Thanks for sharing the info and hopefully seeds, too! What fun!

Creeping or climbing seems to be the habit of the Yellow Chinese Evening Glory, too. Looks like I am going to have to transplant it into a bigger pot with some taller stakes/supports. It's beginning to look like "Chinese MGs gone wild!" lol Must be typically of many wild species. :-)

here is the small white one leaves and seed pod ( on the right) and the bigger pink one on the left