I think mine is doning the same thing. I planted it in my yard last year.. it was blossoming at the time, fully opened flowers, but this year, the flowers get to a stage just before opening, then fall off. I fertilized it as well. could the wrong fertilizer cause the flowers to not open fully. and NO the answer is not that it is a variety that doesnt open fully.

Arum - There are alot of reasons that plants drop buds or the blooms fail to open up fully and 'remote' diagnosis is 'difficult'... Make sure the plants are getting enough water...insufficient nitrogen and/or phosphorus can cause reproduction problems as well as a deficiency of any of the important trasce minerals... There is a myth that MG's 'do not like fertilizer' and that is not true...MG's are tolerant of poor nutrition conditions but prefer a good balance of all of the Macro and MIcro nutrients... If the plants are blooming already try some Nitrogen and/or some Bloom Booster containg phosphorus...fish emulsion and liquid kelp are great for trace elements...many trace elements not considered to be essential(!) are still helpful(!) in assisting plant metabolism... TTY,... Ron Here is a link that might be useful: Morning Glories Macro and Micro nutrients...

Perennials: Lungwort (3 types) pink , cherry pink , purple ( 1 CHERRY PINK FOR GREYLADY) (ALL 3 FOR TULIPdone ) (1 FOR SERENDIPITY ) Ajuga "Chocolate Chip" (30 FOR TULIP done ) Evening Primrose Daylily Autumn Red (1 FOR ASHLEYdone ) (1 FOR TULIP DONE) (1 FOR SERENDIPITY) Daylily Ruby Stella (1 FOR BLUEIRIS) Daylily Blackeyed Stella ( 1 FOR TULIP done ) Daylily Serenade (1 FOR ASHLEY) Daylily Trahlyta (1 FOR ROSS) - (1 FOR TULIP done )( OUT) Yellow Loosestrife aka Willow Wort ( is in no way related to the Purple Loosestrife) ( 1 for FLOWERGIRL) Meadowsweet Valerian (1 FOR BLUEIRIS) 1 small Jack in the pulpit Siberian Iris (1 FOR ASHLEY) ( 1 for MARIA) Rudbeckia Lancinata " Golden Glow" Rudbeckia Maxima "Irish Eyes" (1 FOR GREYLADY) ( 1 FOR BLUE IRIS) Seven sisters rose ( 1 FOR ASHLEY)done (1 FOR DOTTERS) sedum Autumn Joy ( 1 FOR ASHLEY) OTHER SEDUM ? FOR ASHLEY WILL DECIDE AS I GO ALONG SEDUM Postman's Pride ( 1 FOR GREYLADY) (1 FOR TULIP ) .... CONFIRMATION WILL BE A WHILE . CANT TELL ONE SEDUM FROM THE OTHERS AS YOUNG PLANTS . Ground covers/vines Creeping Jenny Golden Creeping Jenny (FOR BLUEIRIS) ( for Greylady) Lamb's Ears ( 1 FOR TULIP)done (1 FOR MARIA) Sedum Bull's Blood - (1 FOR ASHLEY)done Ajuga Chocolate Chip ( FOR BLUE IRIS) Golden Hops Sedum Acre - yellow- (1 FOR ASHLEY)done Bulbs/corms Lily of the Valley Siberian Squill (1 FOR ROSS) (2 FOR BLUE IRIS ) Poet's Narcissus (1 FOR ASHLEYdone ) (1 FOR TULIP) done various daffs ( 1 pink daff and white daff for FLOWERGIRL) (TRIPLE YELLOW FOR TULIPdone ) (COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ONES FOR ASHLEY) (COUPLE FOR GREYLADY) (COUPLE OF NON YELLOW FOR BLUEIRIS) (1 for MARIA) Hosta Clausa - the only hosta that blooms but the blooms don't open . Doesnt set seed but increases via runners (1 FOR TULIPdone ) (1 FOR GREYLADY) ( 1 FOR MARIA ) Various hostas (6 FOR ASHLEY done ) (2 FOR MARIA) Vegetables/herbs/fruits Garlic Starts ( 1 pot for Serendipity) Chocolate Mint ( 1 FOR GREYLADY) Peppermint strawberries (3 FOR ASHLEY) (6 for Tulip) raspberries( 2 DOZEN FOR BLUEIRIS) (3 FOR ASHLEY)(6 for Tulip) garlic chives Chives (1 FOR Ashley) Chamomile Feverfew double (lots) single ( a few ) (1 FOR TULIPdone ) (6 plants for Tulips Mom) Costmary- Costmary was used to give a spicy flavouring to ale - thus its other name, Aletcost.'' ( 1 for WoodFishN) Lemonbalm - made a lovely wine with this last year mixed it with dandelion wine and Yumm!!!!!!!!! Self seeding annuals Violets - purple , white , reddish purple, white with purple centers and Freckles ( ALL FOR TULIP done ) (1 FRECKLES FOR BLUE IRIS) Forget me nots - white or blue ( for Maria) Grasses Feather Reed Grass Karl Foerster (1 FOR TULIP done ) ( 1 FOR ASHLEYdone ) 2 MORE DIVISIONS AVAILABLE (2 more for ASHLEY) NOW OUT Ribbon Grass (if you want to control it grow in shade ) (1 for Serendipity) UPDATES 05 /12/2015 Perennial Geranium - white , red( pink) , blue COUPLE OF EACH FOR ASHLEY Forsythia bush ( small 10 " rooted cutting ) ( 1 FOR FLOWERGIRL) NOW OUT small rooted cuttings of Boxwood( 1 FOR SERENDIPITY) False Solomon's Seal Turtlehead Iris Pseudocorus ( even though considered a water iris it grows really well in the garden and has gorgeous yellow bloom and is a nice architectural plant. I grow it quite successfully in many spots in my gardens . (1 FOR TULIP done ) Ladies Mantle Tansy HOUSE PLANTS Brugmansia aka Angel's Trumpet - double white blooms ( 1 FOR TULIPdone ) Hoya Carnosa - rooted cuttings (1 FOR FLOWERGIRL) ( 1 for Blueiris) Kalanchoe Creeping Speedwell pretty tiny blue and white blooms (ground cover) UPDATE 5/14/2015 3 divisions of daylily Parfait ( had to break apart clump to get weeds out of middle these came away in the process ( 1 for tulip done )( 1 for ross) UPDATE 5/16/2015 deep purple intermediate bearded iris 3 divisions available (1 FOR TULIPdone) Miniature iris soft yellow with purple beards 3 divisions available (1 FOR TULIP done ) (1 for Flowergirl) ( 1for Greylady) (1 for Maria ) Sweet woodruff (GROUND COVER ) Ladybells aka Adenophora ( can be invasive if you dont dead head as they reproduce via root and seed but gorgeous spikes of purple bells .) Lots small division of burgundy euphorbia (PLEASE IGNORE WEEDS i AM WORKING ON IT (lol) ( 1 FOR ROSS) NOW OUT ! Burgundy Lysmachia "Firecracker" BRIGHT YELLOW BLOOMS 3 small divisions of daylily Soldier's Memorial by Gary Carlson (1 for Tulip done ) (1 FOR SERENDIPITY) (1 FOR WMC1) ( 1 FOR GREYLADY) rudbeckia Triloba ( branching plant with hundreds of small brown eyed susan flowers) (1 for Greylady) Martagon lily bulbets (flowergirl) NOW OUT (SEE NOTE BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY) UPDATE 17/05/2015 pink with yellow center primrose (short front of border plant) (1FOR GREYLADY) Burgundy perilla (1 FOR FLOWERGIRL) Pink Yarrow 2 trades of very small SulphurQueen Hymenocallis bulb (1 FOR GREYLADY)( 1 for Ross ) UPDATE 05/18/2015 Couple of small "kiss lily" bulbs Aphrodite ( pink triple that has no pollen thus the name " kiss lily" because you can get up close and not get pollen on your nose. (1 FOR TULIP) Herb Robert edible Japanese Forest Grass(1 FOR GREYLADY) NOW OUT UPDATE 05/19/2015 Regular Shasta Daisy False Sunflower ( grows to about 5 feet tall ) Dame's Rocket ( hummingbird attractor) (for NAVYGIRL ) Pineapple (rooted and growing ) (FOR FLOWERGIRL) NOW OUT Hosta Lancinata( FOR NAVYGIRL) (FOR TULIP) Echinacea pink (1 FOR TULIP) Many things are last call . If noone is interested I will be composting things. So dont be shy ! UPDATE O5 /25/2015 pale pale blueish white iris .....(1 for BlueIris ) (1 forGreylady) (! for Tulip ) NOW OUT Larkspur maybe purple maybe pink Apple mint ( 1 for BlueIris ) UPDATE 05/27/2015 offering 1 teeny tiny martagon bulbet per person if they want them ( random selection) ( 1 for Greylady) ( 1 for Serendipity) (1 for Ross)( 1 for Tulip) Yellow Pixie lily ( Greylady) ( 1 FOR TULIP) Red Pixie lily Achillia " the Pearl" ( 1 for Blueiris ) ( 1 for Flowergirl) Trillium ( adding this here as it didnt get added before for some reason ( 1 for ROSS) Clematis cuttings ( 2 for Tulip) ( 2 for Ashley) Iris Sapphire Blue ( 1 for BlueIris) NOW OUT Mini Papyrus plant 1 division available. Signet

Celeste - All three of those Rice intros (Best for Last, Kentucky Lucky, and Willow Dean Smith) are outstanding plants. I doubt that Border Blessed would be a good plant for the north. I would think the blooms would hang terribly after cool nights. Since I had more open well than not, I'm hopeful that it will be OK here most of the time. The blooms are so gorgeous. I do love the recurving! Debra