Ipomoea Species, Morning Glory, Beach Morning Glory

This one grows along the dunes and I don't really think it is that pretty. I wouldn't take the time to harvest seed and plant them to hav...Read Moree such a puny, ugly plant.

The blue-flowered version grows profusely at Cape San Blas, FL (on the Panhandle, between Appalachicola and Port St. Joe). I had a home ...Read Morethere until last Fall, and propogated it by seed,"layering", and transplanting to help with the severe dune erosion we had. It was also a nice color and texture contrast to our sea oats.

The plant we in south Florida call "Beach Morning Glory" is the plant called "Railroad Vine" in this database. I would enjoy seeing a pho...Read Moreto of this one; it sounds quite different.

Ipomoea imperati is a species of morning glory that grows on beach sand, from South America to Southeastern coast of USA. Almost all part...Read Mores of this plant are found undergrounds, sprouting 2 or 3 leaves here and there. The flowers comes to the surface in unexpected places. In conditions of relatively high moisture, it takes over the place, although unnoticed.

The flowers are cream colored, funnel shaped, very delicate.

It requires full sun, beach sand (salty white sand with a regular income of salt from the air), constant moisture (though never overwater it). It's listed as native from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (?), Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas and Virgin Islands, so these are the places to go. It's considered invasive in many of them, so watch out.