Morning Glory Research in My Garden. Want to Try It?

Top 2. Mar 27, 2000 5:19 PM

» Mary_Henry - starting morning glories indoors

No, you don't need to start them indoors. Until I moved to zone 4, I had never done it before. We always put them in the ground at the same time we planted corn and beans (when the soil has warmed). However, my growing season was 60 days longer in zone 6 than it is here. That is why we start them indoors here. That is also why we are always looking for varieties that will begin blooming sooner for us as we won't get to enjoy them as long as warmer zones will.

-- posted by Mary_Henry

Top 3. Feb 18, 2001 6:53 AM

» mrmorningglory - morning glories

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-- posted by mrmorningglory

Top 4. Feb 18, 2001 11:08 AM

» CarolWallace - New Varieties

Hi Mary, last September I toured the Burpees Farm with GWAA - and the highlight of the tour for many of us was a row of morning glories in the trial gardens - unbelievably beautiful! There was one that we kept dragging people lover to oooh and aaah over - multiple shades of blue streaked with white on a single vine - that I will most definitely want to grow when and if it appears in the catalog. Until I saw those I thought 'Heavenly Blue' was the most gorgeous of the morning glories.

Have you done moonflowers and had any luck getting them to bloom? I have managed to get some awesome vines but only once did I get a flower - and it flowered on the one night I wasn't home to see it!

-- posted by CarolWallace

Top 5. Feb 18, 2001 1:21 PM

» Mary_Henry - Re: New Varieties

In response to message posted by CarolWallace:

Carol,
The moonvine was the delight of my childhood and, no doubt, one of the plants that made me a garden addict. My dad planted them and would invite the neighbors to watch the spectacle when they bloomed. All of my siblings who have dirt to plant in, grow them. I would suspect either there was not full sun or you fed them too well. I learned early to keep them on the lean side for the most bloom. They also are not too early to begin blooming. I think they come about the same time as Heavenly Blue starts (late in MN) or just before. I hope you have better luck this year. They are definitely a focal point for a garden party since they bloom in the evening.

Mary

-- posted by Mary_Henry