Moon Plant... Moon Vine...that would be a Moonflower, also less commonly known as an Evening Glory. Any place that carries seeds should have the moonflower seeds. Probably even Wal-Mart.

Try the seed exchange - I've seen it listed several times. If you're looking for the vine, it's an ipomoea - basically a morning glory. If you're looking for the plant, it's datura - a member of the nightshade family.

Please note that datura is posionous and I believe ipomoea seeds are posionous as well. Do a google search to make sure this is the plant for you.

I have both and am really enjoying the challenges of making this moon garden work. Have fun and keep informed.

Could you send me the pictures? It sounds like with that many blooms in one night that the plant might be a Evening primrose. I have the moonflower vine, the moonflower bush[Datura],and yellow evening primrose ,and the primrose is the only one that has ever had 200+ blooms every night. Joyce

I've never heard or seen a Moonflower bush. Tried to find it in my book but it wasn't there. Do the flowers look like the flowers on the wine? Where did you purchase the plant? I just found this forum and am very excited to be here.

I've got some datura seeds you can have for a sase. This is my first year with one & it has amazed me!!
Mine is a big bush type with the big white flowers.
I've read it will come back next year from the roots.
I got my seeds from the seed exchange forum here on garden web......wish I could remember who it was so I could thank them again.
email me at debbiesl@cox.net if you want some seeds.

I have a moonfower plant. It is generating 20+ long white trumpet shaped flowers every night. I have been deadheading it but plan on leaving some on as the season ends so as to have seeds. I would be happy to send seeds to anyone who wants some. I do understand that the plant does not make a lot of seeds tho. JIM

Good lord, if you have datura Jim, you have hundreds of seeds. It's a huge pod stuffed with seeds. Enjoy! I think you will have a lot of fun with this.

I do the same thing, Jim. I have been cutting all the seeds off so the plant will bloom longer, but plan to stop doing that soon, so there will be seeds. Each pod will have quite a lot of seeds. I have trouble getting them to germinate usually. Last year I was gone for a month, and came home to LOTS of seed pods on my yellow Datura (moonflower), so I cut them off and just threw them in a bucket that had holes in the bottom. NO DIRT. I thought I would discard them, but neglected to do so. This spring the 3/4 full bucket of seeds started to sprout! I just took the plants out and put them in dirt and more would sprout! There are still seeds in that bucket sprouting as I type. I guess when I don't try I get better results! LOL
My white one doesn't have as many seeds, or blooms, as the yellow one, or the purple one. This year I may have a bucket for each color! Grin!

Hi Can someone here tell me how to get seeds from the moonflower vine? Do you have to leave the dead flowers on to make a seed or do seed pods form independently?

i have a which was called a moon plant it is about 3ft tall and only blooms at night and has a trumpit shaped flower white, can you help and will it come back each year?

well a moonflower vine it is not. the way your describing it it seems like creek mom said is an evening primrose because moonflower vine has white flowers large heart shaped leaves an gets almost 10 to 15 feet long here are some photos

Sam

I tried the moonflower vine last year with wonderful results! I even had regular visits from lots of hummingbird MOTHS!
This year I also have 3 dature (moonflower bushes) that haven't bloomed yet - but are growing well!

I got some seed last year at the fair and they were labeled moon vine, well so far it shows no sign of being a vine. It is around 3 feet tall. I planted it in a hanging basket but had to sit it on the porch. The stems look like the have a thin layer of white fuzz, but as the plant gets bigger the stems are taking on a purple hue. It has several pods for blooming growing pointed straight up. You can tell when the light hits them that there is a bloom growing inside. Some are just about full. The leaves feel like swade (bad spelling). Any one have any ideas what I got? Thanks

I love my moon flowers! I always have a ton of seeds from each flower but my first year with them, i removed them all thinking to replant them in another area. Without the seed pods in the original place, well you dont get anymore in that place. so pick some pods to give away or replant but leave plenty in your flower bed so they will come back.

Any in Ohio who would like some, I'm willing to share granted you send a SASE.

They do SPREAD!! so if you are wanting them contained.. it's difficult to do.

I dont dead head mine at all, I let them go. As of this morning, I had 20+ blooms with about 30-40 more to bloom tonight. And at times, they do last longer then 15 minutes in the sun. Mine lasted this morning until almost noon..
well worth the night hours to see them.

hiswife I would love some i can send u a sase pls contact me ty

Beware !!! This is a beautiful gorgeous plant and flower. It is deadly to horses. I lost my beloved LaDeDa 12 year old paint mare. We cleaned out our flower bed clippings and took to the horse pasture to burn in the spring cleanup. By midsummer a seed had took root and grew to be a full blooming plant. Within days my horse was staggering blind dehydration and only lived a few hours more. I had no idea the plant had come up nor did I know it was toxic to horses. Please beware also never entroducee foreign plants to a horse pasture.