I have Sunrise Serenade. What yellow morning glory are you looking for? I have plenty of Ipomoea hederifolia var lutea, and also a few seeds of Ipomoea obscura, pale yellow form. I would be interested in your Girasol Sunflower and 'Captain of the Blues' Sweet Pea. LMK, Alana

Barb, Mg crosses can only occur between the same type of MG. Ipomea nil with Ipomea nil. etc. Emma could cross with another nil, but not with a japanese variety. so far I have never had a cross come out with any of my MG seeds that I have saved. On the other hand, I'm getting lots of them from trades and commercial purchases. I believe your white hige is a japanese variety, but grandpa otts, emmas gift and knoila black are all nil and they could cross pollinate. No worry, though. I've been growing emma's gift for 5 years. first year from seeds from emma herself and since then saved seeds. She comes true to seed every year and gives me tons of seeds, so will have plenty of seeds for trades, more than I could ever use in a 100 years. Last year I sent out 75 packets with 25 seeds in each one and still have a ton of them left over. No worry on knoila black either. I laugh when I see that one on ebay as "very rare". I don't know how it could be since it is such a huge seed producer. Each pod has 4-6 seeds in it and on mine, my friends and my neighbors, every flower turns into a seed pod. So far I have 40 seeds off one vine and lost count after counting 60 more pods on it. One vine will give you well over 200 seeds. granpa otts I've never grown, but from what I have heard it produces tons of seeds too. As for the number of new possible MG blooms, it will happen when the bees go from one plant to another, but it doesn't always happen and you have to collect seeds from that one pod, if it was crossed. And wind can do it as well. When I plant my MG on the fence, I keep a minimum of 2 feet from each vine, usually 3 feet and never put a nil next to a nil or a purpurea next to a purpurea. So far it's worked for me without any problems and I've been doing it for over 10 years. I also keep very careful eye on my vines and don't let them tangle with each other unless they are tangling with the same one. I have enough space between each vine that I can just put a tag in the ground for each vine and label it that way. Once I plant all my MG, I then make a map of the fence and mark where each vine is on the map, so if a tag goes traveling on me, and they are known to take many a walk in the mouth of a chipmunk, i can still know what each one is supposed to be. If it blooms something that it isn't supposed to be, I can change the tag to mark what it is on the map and not worry about the tag. My map isn't fancy, very simple as simple is much easier to deal with than big fancy stuff. The tape works great, masking tape and a sharpie works well, even better is fine pointed deco paint pen. if the sharpie print is in full sun it can and will fade on you. Fran

Of the ordinary ones I grow, I absolutely love Star of Yelta (grandpa ott)...it's still blooming outside my kitchen window. I have seeds if you want them. But, like you, Shannon, I'm ready for some new ones. I like the tie dye too. Ebay has the fancy Jap. seeds all the time, but I can't vouch for that. Maybe I'll try it on a seller with 100% feedback. I always get too many leaves though and I don't feed them nitrogen. I once saw them growing on fences in Virginia...leaves to flowers, about 3:1...that would be nice.

I love Morning Glories too, and they will almost grow themselves, but what are you growing them up? If it is a trellis, or some sort of wire that has fairly large openings it is good...but if you're planning to put them on chainlink fencing, or chicken wire....beware!!! MG tendrils grow up and around any and every conceivable wire...which is a delight to the eyes....but miserable to remove come fall. I've even left it up over winter thinking the stems would soften by spring: they don't. It takes alot of finger strength and time to untwist each and every little tendril off the fence. With larger fencing you can sort of yank it down, clip, yank, clip, yank.