Cardinal Climber 'Apricot Candy'

Ipomoea sloteri, an interesting species, was first created by successfully hybridizing Ipomoea coccinea and Ipomoea quamoclit, thus creat...Read Moreing the new species of Ipomoea x multifida which when it had become fully stabilized after several generations was given the updated binomial of Ipomoea sloteri = an allotetraploid derived from Ipomoea x multifida . . .
The new species shows a flower most like the Ipomoea coccinea, sepals most like Ipomoea quamoclit, but with a new leaf shape with divided foliage like the Ipomoea quamoclit, but with the overall heart shape of the Ipomoea coccinea.


Ipomoea sloteri 'Apricot Candy' is a NEW cultivar from Texas and is a member of the Convolvulaceae Family, which the Morning Glory also belongs
. . . and is a Delightful Slender, Twining Climber.
Ipomoea sloteri is *NOT* to be confused with Ipomoea quamoclit Cypress Vine.
'Apricot Candy' is an interesting cultivar bearing deeply cut, Lanced Green Foliage and Gorgeous, Bright Apricot Blooms with a Vivid Yellow Center with slight Yellow dotting the edge of the blooms at the tips of each *Star* point. What sets 'Apricot Candy' apart from the ‘Regular’ Solid Red Ipomoea sloteri is the Unusual ‘Flower Color Dilution’.

This is the first time I have ever grown this unusual orange and yellow morning glory. At one time the seeds were exceptionally hard to f...Read Moreind. This is truly a warm, glowing flower. I find its foliage very attractive too.I keep my one plant well watered and it does not seem to diminish the number of blooms.I'll be sure to save its seeds to share.

Exceptionally easy to grow. I've had it flowering in a mere roughly 1 QT pot until recently moving it to a 1/2 Gal. Much akin to the regu...Read Morelar Ipomoea sloteri. Although this one has some gorgeous apricot colored blooms with a yellow center!