My plant dies down in the winter. However, I really don't want to claim ownership of it anymore although I was the one who originally planted it because I thought the flowers were so pretty. It took over the fence and tried to take over the yard. It is still on my neighbors side of the fence and I pull it out whenever it tries creeping back over into my yard. I read somewhere that someone described it as "slipcovering a barn" and I believe it. A pretty plant but too invasive for me! I wish the cold winters would kill it but it survives.

Welcome to Garden Web! I don't have the seeds but just wanted to let you know that the way you have your settings, there is no way anyone can email you via GW, or get your addy and email you privately (non GW.) You can change your preferences by going to Member Pages. found at the very bottom (in the green banner) on any page here. If you pan to actively trade here, it is best to use the drop down box and choose to show your addy to members, and check the box to receive emails via GW. While there, you might want to add your garden zone and state abbreviation...lots of folks like to know where something has been grown b4 trading. Sue...resident busybody here

Image by: wintersown Ipomoea varieties produce seeds in similar manner and this FAQ may be applied to all. Morning glories are a lovely old-fashioned vining trumpet-shaped flower available in many colors and flower sizes, they are invaluable for covering an unsightly fence or creating seasonal screening as a living wall. Morning glories are excellent reseeders; so good at reseeding that if you plant them once you may never have to plant them again. To reduce their reseeding capability remove all vines after they are killed by frost, bag them, and set them out in the trash. Composting the plants cannot assure that all seeds will be killed. Morning glories produce clusters of round seed pods suspended from their vines. When they are mature the pods turn papery brown and are brittle. The mature seeds are dark-brown to matte-black, wedge shaped, and sized between and 1/8" and 1/4" long; a few, such as Hawaiian Wood Rose, are slightly larger. Seed collection is easy. To collect the seeds simply clasp the papery-brown pods with one hand and crumble the seeds into a cup held below with your other hand. Immature seeds will not come free. Dry the seeds for about a week on an open plate before packing, allow for more drying time if the seeds are large and/or the weather is damp.

I think I had bad luck 1st time with Heavenly Blue too. I was actually looking for a large true red flowered morning glory. At the time there was a big vole problem. For 2 or 3 years voles would eat my young plants. I'd look out the window and see my precious plants dissapearing down the voles throats. After many attempts involving chicken wire and such I did finally get one plant to bloom, and to my horror it wasn't true red, but purple. I think they were Burpee seeds. Since that time I have lost interest in the Ipomoea genus, but I'd still like to grow the yellow flowered varieties like the Hawaiian one.