Non-Invasive Morning Glory?
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Comments (56)I have a north facing hillside that I'd prefer to not have to weed. Bermuda grass and sheep sorrel (two really horrible rhizome spreading nightmares) are endemic in my neighborhood. So I've planted all tough plants that can compete back, and with each other. Some posters complain about rudbeckia black eyed Susans being invasive, but mine are struggling against the evening primrose and Bermuda grass: This was in May, when the primrose was all in bloom. Now daisies and echinacea are blooming, and they are too large to go down in the sea of invasives. The grasses as well are quite tough and hold their own. Gaura is the one plant I wish I could get to thrive here, but it's had trouble. Summer heat and drought tends to beat down the smaller invasives and lets the larger, tough grasses and coneflowers and daisies cement their place. I've released mint on this hill, as we churn through the fresh herb for cooking, but it has had trouble taking off. A month later, the beginnings of the echinacea flowers:...See MoreAZ native morning glory (Ipomoea) seeds?
Comments (2)The plant in the linked to photo is Ipomoea hederacea.This species is generally considered to be alien to the continental US, although Dan Austin reversed his ealier opinion and decided that Ipomoea hederacea was in fact "Native" to the USA, at the very least to Arizona and likely New MExico and Texas. The sepals are often the most important part of the plant to examine when trying to identify within this plant group and I enlarged the photo and was able to see some of the sepals recurving , which is a characteristic of Ipomoea hederacea.I have a group on FB "Morning Glory Gardeners"....See MoreAre morning glories invasive here?
Comments (2)You may be confusing corn bindweed, also called field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) with giant morning-glory (Calystegia silvatica). Both are common, but the Convolvulus produces pink or white flowers less than 2 inches across. Anyway, try spraying when flowers appear (see label directions) but not before. With glyphosate the top of a plant has to be big enough to pick up enough of the spray to kill all the roots. Even then persistent perennial weeds may require repeated assaults. With some weed patches there may also be dormant seeds in the soil that sprout after the existing plants are cleared away....See MoreAre morning glories invasive here?
Comments (6)Creeping jenny or field bindweed is sometimes called wild morning glory. It tends to have all white or white with pink tinged flowers, smaller than regular morning glories. So if yours are all white and very invasive, could that be the problem? Those things are trouble, the roots can be over 20 feet long! Yes, morning glories reseed themselves. But I grew a ton of morning glories the past three years in WI, and only had a few volunteers each year, so I think the problem is overstated, at least in my zone. And I do let mine all go to seed. There are lots of weeds that resemble morning glories, and I think that gives them a bad name. I was growing both fuchsia and blue morning glories for a few years, and this year my best volunteer is the most glorious purple, so they finally bred together. Don't be afraid, if they are really morning glories they are easy to pull out. Marcia...See Morem ml
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