Carrie's Bush Morning Glories are beginning to strut their stuff!
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
5 years ago
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Carrie's Bush Morning Glories are really showing off!
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That they are looking so fresh and blooming in all this heat is really remarkable. And up against a fence no less ...
Carrie, thanks for sending the photos!
What's showing off for y'all? What ever it is we need to know about it ... :-)
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Morning Glory - How aggressive are they?
Comments (42)Im going back defending MGS for colder zones... Some of you in zone 4 are saying you will not try this now.... MGs are basically harmless in colder zones.. IVE never had a mature seed pod in 5 years of growing several types of MGS... They will not regrow from their roots in our zone... They are a great vigorous vine to use in alot of different ways, with wonderful results! GO MGS! BTW I feel like this could be the same argument with honeysuckle vine LOL! I know people willing to come up and rip it up with thier bare hands, but again, here in the north, it is slow to establish and doesnt get out of bounds, in fact some varieties die back a little each year... BUT THATS another argument! NOW Bindweed is different, bindweed is a smaller pinkish MG style flower that can be invasive. I doubt many of you are wintersowing that however! Silverkelt...See MoreHelp! Morning Glory is overtaking my Garden!
Comments (43)I have been fighting this purple morning glory for years, pretty sure it is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_indica. I thought it was beautiful when I first saw it too. It has choked out all my other climbing vines, passiflora, jasmine, honeysuckle, strangled fruit trees, completely obscured climbing roses, etc, etc. I spend at least half my time in the garden pulling it, it comes up in long ropes. It has taken over much of our block in, yes, San Francisco. It climbed in the space between my house and my neighbor's, and actually made it's way through the walls and started growing in the basement! My neighbor recently had her roof fixed, and the roofer said it was covering both roofs, he was kind enough to pull them off of her roof and our roof, where it was growing on top of the solar panels. This stuff is serious, and much more pernicious than the delicate blue morning glory. I have not used pesticides in my yard, so maybe I'll try the pulling the leaves technique, although there are a TON of leaves. Has this method worked for anyone else? I was thinking of trying to make a biodynamic solution out of the rotted plant, so I may try that in conjunction with something else. I think my neighbor is ready for the pesticides... This is a different plant than the much milder bindweed. If you are in a place without frost, be very careful about growing this weed. I will try to post some pictures soon, was going to do a whole blog post about it because this is one weed I don't want anywhere near my compost. OK, I'm calming down... now... Here is a link that might be useful: The Lazy Composter...See MoreJapanese Morning Glory
Comments (119)I have a plant that I am beginning to think is a Japanese Morning Glory... I have pictures that no one else has been able to identify for me. :) I posted them in a question on another website which I am linking below. From the sounds of this thread it might be a wonderful plant if i can get it bushing out and growing again! Here is a link that might be useful: Peggy's plant photos...See MoreRoses & Stuff #6 (2015)
Comments (119)I think that was a end of the year bouquet...lol... Notice all the blooms that was the year I grew Mister Lincoln in a large container until September when I planted him in the ground... OK I'll start a new thread.... lol...See More
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoTHANKS, CARRIE ITS A VINE. THIS IS A PIC OF THE SMALL ROSE BUSH THAT I SENT TO YOU. HOW IS YOURS DOING? I MEANT TO SEND A PIC OF THE VINE... "OPERATOR. ERROR'.. LOL YHE VINE PIC IS UP ABOVE,,' IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED'......
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