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Moonflower - Blue Moon

19 years ago

I saw some moonflowers at my local nursery that were labeled "Blue Moon." No one at the nursery knew if that meant the flowers would be blue... Does anyone out there in gardening land know anything about the "Blue Moon" variety of moonflower? Is it truly a blue bloom?

Waiting to hear from anyone...........

marlene in michigan

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missdonna9769

9 years ago

I picked up a pack of moon flower seeds at walmart for .50ÃÂ¢. They had a pic of the white moon flower. I woke up the other day and went outside just to see if I had any new blooms on any of my plants and was very surprised to see my first moon flower and even more surprised that it was a beautiful blue with a hint of red or pink on some edges and white and yellow on the inside. Have yet to be able to find a pic anywhere of another one.
Can't wait til the rest of the buds bloom just to see what color they are..

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suthronrose
19 years ago
There are several traders here that have the lavender one and they report that it does not have a scent like the white one. "Katkin" from FL has seeds for the Blue and Lavender she planted recently. No word yet on if they are close to the same color or not. "Elise_W" has grown the lavender one as well. You might try contacting them directly to see if they know.
Hope that helps, I only have the white so if you get some seeds to either of the others holler at me I'd love to trade for some.
taylor_tx
19 years ago
Was the plant a vine, like ipomoea alba, or was it a bush like datura?
Both are called "moonflower", so want to be clear.
What is the name of the nursery? What is the price?
If it is a blue variety of the fragrant white moonflower vine, then it is extremely rare.
The blue/purple moonflower bush(datura) is not.
-T
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That depends on what genus you are referring to when you say Moonflower. If you are asking about Datura, there is one with a pale blue edge. Look at item 7718475830 on eBay.
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Neptune, the datura in the pic is well worth growing. They're root-hardy in some parts of my garden here in Tennessee, and get bigger and better every year. OK, thanks, msbatt. You should be able to get Ipomoea alba seeds at your local Wal-Mart, about a dozen seeds for $2 or less. Oh, I didn't realize that Wal-Mart carries them. I've been ordering them online. Thanks for the info. And they're one of the world's easiest seeds to germinate, I think. I soak mine in hand-hot water overnight, then plant only the seeds that have swollen and cracked. I soak the un-swollen ones another night, and yet a third night if any are left. Anything that's not cracked by then I throw out. That's an interesting technique. Actually, I haven't really had much problem getting them to germinate. Here's the way I've been doing it lately. Like you, I soak the seeds. However, I do it in regular-temperature water for only 8 hours. Then I rinse, drain, and let them sit out for another 8 hours. Basically, I rinse and drain every 8 hours until they start sprouting. Right now, I have some on the counter with sprouts about 1/2 inch long. I'll probably plant those tonight. My problems have been a) transplanting moonflowers already in soil and b) getting them to bloom. I have never successfully transplanted one, so I've decided not to try it again. Last year, I did have quite a few to come up, and then they developed into nice vines, but just never flowered. I'm not quite sure why. Moon vine just doesn't do much until it gets HOT.) It does seem to enjoy the heat. Have you ever had your moonflowers not bloom?
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sasha73
16 years ago
to my surprise my first moonflower blooms have been bright blue. it's a vine, grown from what was supposed to be regular (white) moonflower seeds that I got at Meijer of all places. they only bloom at night, really late, so I only see them as their closing in the morning. once totally closed they actually look lavender from the outside.

is this the kind you are saying is extremely rare?? I feel very lucky as this is my first time successfully growing moonflowers, last year they never bloomed as I planted them too late. so how weird is that?

-sasha
jln375
16 years ago
Sasha i really hope you are able to get seeds from this vine but i am even more hopeful that you are willing to sell or trade some of them ;)
let me know!
mollie_daniels
16 years ago
Blue moon flower that would have to be the most beautiful thing to see, I have the common white color all u can find around here just getting started with the moon flowers this year only have two vines, a start from my mom who only had 6 vines herself. I have blue morning glories vining my porch so every morning i open my front door its the first site i see. Would love to have some blue moon flowers then i could see the beautiful site at morning and at night. before this year i could get no flowering plant to live for me now i am learning how.
blueeyes6446
16 years ago
I am desperate to get any Moon Flower seeds of any color bush or vine. Please help me.
micheleyobelle444
16 years ago
blueeyes6446, I think I'll have seeds to share from 3 different datura plants: a purple double-flowering datura, a white double-flowering datura (also called devil's trumpet) and a white single-flowering. All are the bush variety. I'd love to find a blue variety. I got my seeds from Onalee's Seeds website.
Ninkasi
9 years ago
That is stunning! Beautiful flower.
Cassie Cooper
3 years ago
Yes, they truly are blue! They're huge and beautiful. I'm saving ALL my seeds for next year. I have them mixed in with my morning Glories.

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