Gulf Coast blooms # 3 2009

Love your blooms.. esp the mutant.. awsome!

Todays blooms, rose stars with nice leaves.

Thank you Jackie, Becky and Debra!

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I like this one too,it has nice large blooms.

A huge bloom from Incredible Blue blizzard.

This vine has darker blooms too.

Thank you Emma, second bloom on pretty Purple Smoke!

Another bloom on Fujishibori.

Sun shining behind Blue Frost.

Last repeat!

I started my seeds in january and they all bloomed indoors I have kept them all short about 7 inches tall so they are now ready to transplant outdoors since last night was our last cold night and warmer weather is forcasted and some rain for the next few days to help them root hope to have lots more blooms by next month will post them as they come

mona

Incredible Blue Blizzard indeed.

what great flowers so pretty compare to the old ones we use to get

Mona will be looking forward to seeing your picture posts.

Thanks Jackie. Got a couple of good blooms today.

Lav. striped blizzard

I've got lots of these vines & blooms this year!

this one bloomed about 6 weeks ago in the house

I like this one

when I saw this one I was amazed with the colors

That is a really pretty blue color & bloom Mona. I didn't have any luck getting my vines to bloom in the winter, I only had a few.

A new bloom today. Silver Shadow, thank you Emma.

Excuse my spelling.

This message was edited May 27, 2009 7:36 AM

Pretty blooms Mona, it looks like flying saucer. I'm growing a vine of those too.

Another vine with SOH.

This Mutant is giving me a lot more blooms than the other vine with curled leaves.

mine did bloom much since I kept them short but now that they will be outside and able to climb they should do better with more blooms

Blooms of Incredible blue blizzard are huge & gorgeous.

This message was edited May 27, 2009 7:54 AM

I also grow moonflowers

Mona, we had a cold spring here too. I know your vines will take off with warmer weather outside.

I hope so
I have a question do these vine live all year in warmer climate is that why in some areas they are considered invasive or is it the amount of seeds they produce that grows the next year

Very pretty Moonvine, I also grew a vine last fall. My vine did take the cool to cold weather better. I think blue star did too.

I have been growing moonflowers and morning glories for years since I love the vertidal look of them at the back of the garden and it covers fences which to me are eye sores

Let me see if I can answer your question if not someone else I hope can. My vines don't last all year b/c we get a few frosts late fall & winter. They might be considered invasive by being reseeders. I have quite a few vines coming up now after it having rained here quite a bit lately. Since I started my vines early some have produced lots of seeds and are not making flowers now as much so they might not last too long especially b/c it will get very hot here in the summer. The I. purpureas I think are considered to be more invasive and reseeders in warm climate areas. I think I'mgoing to let mine growout just to see what I get blooming from them.

I usually dont let mine seed for the first couple of months of blooms and then as the season is getting shorter I allow seeds to collect for the next year and they do seem to keep blooming more when I dead head them just like all the other annuals and perennials

That's a way to do it. I do have a few I. nil that have not made hardly any seed pods and it might be b/c of low or no pollen on them. Usually some very pretty ones that I want to keep growing, that's a bummer.

Helena - This one is outstanding! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6603647

I'd love some seeds if you get enough. And also some of the SOH. I love yours!!! Mine has a white throat, so it's not as "true" as yours! I love your Blue Blizzard bloom, too! Gosh! All of them are so pretty!

Mona - You got some rockin' beauts too! I think invasive means that they produce lots of seeds which become volunteers and will over-run an area with vines. Which happens here if I am not looking. I am constantly pulling up volunteers from my MGs and from my 4 O'Clocks. :-) Not always a good thing if you are growing other plants in the same area. Mine also cover some of my fencing to really make my yard look more "jungle" like! :-) I love lots of color and lots of green foliage everywhere!

Thanks Becky, that one is turning out some nice blooms. I'll put you down for seeds from it & SOH which has produced lots of seeds on the first vine. I probably should give a few of the vines some bloom booster to keep them flowering!

in my zone I dont really worry about stuff being invasive just the dandylions that are taking over my front lawn lol since they banned all the stuff to get rid of them and out in the countryside you cant control what grows in the fields so its a loosing battle against the weeds I use lots of mulch and do my best

Another bloom from the incredible mix today.

Incredible blue blizzard.

Another bloom of ICB

Todays Fujishibori.

This message was edited May 28, 2009 7:24 AM

Baby Blue Frost.

Don't know about this one, just a pretty bloom.

This message was edited May 28, 2009 7:32 AM

From Onalee's large I. nil blooms.