Glory in the morning (Morning Glory)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Morning Glory
Date:	27/02/08 (41 review reads)
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Advantages: good for climbing over walls

Disadvantages: none

Heres a story about Morning Glory.

In the garden early in the morning after the sun has got up the Morning Glory also known as Ipomoea has opened its bell funnel like flowers. The flowers could be white, yellow, red, purple or blue. The flower only lasts one day.
The 5 inch long leaves shaped like a heart.The morning glory climbs up the trellis twisting and coiling itself along the tree branches for support it
The Morning glory is a plant in the Convolvulaceae, family there are several species of this plant.
The Morning Glory likes the sun all day it will climb to 10 foot or more perfect for hiding a tatty shed or garage wall.
You will find the morning glory flowering June till October depending on species.
The morning glory will produce seeds in a seed pod after the flower has dropped of there are about 5 seeds to a pod.

The morning glory does not like its roots in too moist and fertile soil. Morning glories do not like to be transplanted so if you are starting one of in your greenhouse soon use a peat pot that you can plant with the plant.

I believe that in the US humming birds will feed from the nectar of some morning glory species.


You can buy seeds for morning glory fairly easily
http://fothergills.co.uk/en/morning-glory.aspx has packs of 40 -50 seeds for £1.50-2.00 /. Other seeds merchants are similar. If you go to your locals garden centre you could probably buy them there too.

Summary: A climbing plant