Morning Glory and Moon Flower

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beachbum23 Northridge, CA May 25, 2009

I've just recently been introduced into the world of gardening and in an effort to beautify my weedy backyard, I bought a few packages of Clarke's Heavenly Blue Morning Glories and Giant White Moon Flower, wanting to sow the seeds along a wrought iron fence.

I've already started to germinate both types (moist paper towel in a tupperware container with plastic wrap) and have already seen sprouts from the Morning Glories (within the last 12 hours or so..). So excited!

How should I plant these two together so that I get the best of both worlds (blooms in the morning and at night)?

I was contemplating alternately planting a Morning Glory seed and a Moon Flower seed every 12".... Will this work? What has worked for you?


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gcorrier Lenoir City, TN May 25, 2009

Beachbum: I am one who prefers a more random approach. Although I do try to look at and allow for spacing and heighth I tend to plant as nature has for millenia. I understand a lot of people prefer a formal garden. I just look at nature and see so much in the chaos that it actually is comforting. To know that so many plants and animals can exist in a totally chaotic eco system even as small as a weedy back yard it makes the chaos of the lives we live seem so routine.

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edgeoftheworld Conneaut, OH(Zone 5a) May 26, 2009

I have planted different MG together.I have also planted them in separate places.Moon flower vines are much larger(the leaves and the flowers).Moon flower vines will take over and drown out MG.Therefore I like to plant them in sepatate places or at least plant them a fair distance apart.Edge

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pastime Waterman, IL(Zone 5a) May 27, 2009

I planted one of each on my arbor last summer. The moonflowers are a little slower getting started than the morning glories. By September the morning glories were taken over by the moonflowers. Which was fine with me, the MG's were pooped out anyway.

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