A friend of mine told me to stop watering them and they will make more flowers? I'm going to try some next spring. She has never given me any bad advice and her morning glories are GORGEOUS!!!!

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God gave us memories so we can have roses in the winter.

They are called morning glories because the blooms only look good in the morning. Then they fall off.

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Once you plant them they never go away. I made the mistake of planting them on a trellis in the middle of my flower garden a few years ago, and now that I've removed the trellis I can't get rid of the things. I noticed the other day that they've sprouted up again and are wrapping around some of the other plants. So much for being annual.

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Angelblossom..Is that heavenly Blue??? They are very pretty.

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Nice!!! Do they get a lot of sun, I just planted some and the area gets some sun but not a lot. A friend of mine said they will grow just about anywhere and one of my neighbors has her's growing in the shade and the have flowers all over them.

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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away."


God gave us memories so we can have roses in the winter.

Thanks!! I like your signature too, espically the Support our Troops, my hubby is a Marine

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Monica

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away."


God gave us memories so we can have roses in the winter.

Very cool color Diane!

Here's mine this morning....

HELLO!

I must have planted 75 plants this year and finally got the morning glories I was after. They only bloom one at a time...but the trick is to get enough plants going so that you have successive blooms...also...watch out...don't over water and definitely don't overfeed...this promotes mostly leaf growth with little bloom...but...leaf growth is alright if you want to shade a nice feeder for the birds in summer. They seem to appreciate the vine wether or not it has blooms...Hope this helps...
Cheers!
HOLLYHOCKGIRL

HELLO AGAIN...

I think the problem must be feeding them...I feed mine once at planting with a slow release fertilizer...that is it for the season. Also...I only water when it is necessary...every 3-4 days...or whenever it is in the triple digits temperature wise. Try not feeding so much....these are really hardy plants that like a rougher environment...I have mine in containers and they have grown over 10 feet and have produced many flowers...also...as I said...the more plants you have the more successive blooms you should get. Also... I didn't see my first blooms until the plants were over 5' feet tall...so if they are small...give them a bit more time...August is usually the showstopper month here in the Pacific Northwest. Hope this helps!

Cheers!
HOLLYHOCKGIRL

MGs don't bloom when they are "well cared for". If you want more blooms and less foliage, you need to have a "poorer" soil quality. I have mine in a compost blend that is high and nutrients, and the leaves have taken over. I have only about 50-100 blooms a day (my vines are massive so 50-100 is not much).

However, I do grow them near and on my house/porch and their size has worked to my benefit by creating shade. I also have the moon flowers in the mix too, so I get blooms all day. My moonflowers produce more blooms than the MGs!

Good luck!

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I think everyone is correct. If you notice where you see morning glories, out by the fence at the road, or on mailboxes, mostly they're where they don't get much care. It's nice to have something so pretty you don't have to work at.

Loz, how do you keep yours from invading your other plants?

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HELLO DEBBYA!

I got to thinking about one of your posts earlier...it got me to thinking again....when it is 100 or over here in the temps...my morning glories do not flower well. I don't think anything but cactus does well in that heat...remember...flowering takes a lot of energy...so your plants may be too stressed trying to combat the heat to flower....wait until it cools off at night a bit...you might get more blooms then >???? Just a thought...hope it helps!!!

Cheers!!!
HOLLYHOCKGIRL

Here are mine...I really wish I hadn't planted them...I really wanted the blue ones, but had to hurry and get something growing on my arbor...now I am proable stuck with these. Mine don't seem to be producing any seed though, so maybe I won't be stuck with them after all?????





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What beautiful flowers!

I've never had mine reseed. I let them run through their "cycle," but they've never seeded. I always have to go and buy more every year.

I'm like you--I love the blues. I had to do the same this year and wound up with a crimson - they were supposed to be purple.

Good luck with getting the blue you want!

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CajunMama
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Ohhh those are so pretty

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Love It!!!

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Oh very pretty Njoynit!!! So what are the differences in Japenese and the more common morning glories????

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I didn't even know there was a Japanese MG ?

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HI, I have been reading all the info on Morning Glories. I have always been told that Morning Glories don't care for the strong afternoon sun. So you should plant them in an area that would be shaded some what in the afternoon. But from what I have been reading on here I guess that isn't the case? My MG's are growing well, I have them on 4 different trellises on our front porch. The problem I am having is that the ones that get the afternoon sun. Seem to be wilting in the afternoon, and not growing as well as the ones farther down the porch. Can anyone tell me what could be wrong? Also in the fall when you get the first real freez. Do you then cut them all the way back to the ground? And wait for them to grow the next spring? Any help would be great, thanks.

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HELLO AGAIN DEBBYA,

I have multi-coloured morning glories....I love them all...but I didn't get flowers much until the middle of last month....maybe yours is still concentrating on vine maturity? Also...did you get morning glory or "bind weed"? There is a difference...and the bind weed is exceptionally slow to bloom...and as some have stated can be hard to get rid of if you don't like the vine. Also...and this may sound odd....Do you plant by the moon phases? If you plant flowers or vines in a barren sign...sometimes you get little or no flowering??? I know that sounds crazy ...but I have seen such a difference in my garden since I started planting by the moon signs!!! Maybe give it a try??? The Old Farmer's Almanac and all the other gardening books recommend "moon" gardening....so...I figure they have forgotten more than I am ever gonna know!!! LOL Anyways...hope this helps...??? And hope you see some flowers soon!!!

Cheers!
HOLLYHOCKGIRL

That is a stunning plant. Love the varigated leaves!

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I don't know if this is a silly question or not, but here goes. Are all moonvines white? When I put moonvine in google search, it only comes up with a white bloom.

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I don't know if this is a silly question or not, but here goes. Are all moonvines white? When I put moonvine in google search, it only comes up with a white bloom.

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In the other morning glory thread if you go to that seed site (link)...they have a purple moon flower...So I would guess that there may also be other colors.

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JMG s are strains that have been crossed.some are mutations.some crosses have resulted in other cultivers of JMG(like asuguo,nil cornell,henko....ect.)some are bred for foliage,some for flower either size or coloring(s).

I know of 3 moonvines,the pink is actually a liliac& are two whites.one has very small black seeds& is actually perienieal.the other the regular moonvine with the big tan seeds.

I've grown moonvine with mandevilla B4.they looked nice together.I think this year I musta planted my moonvine on the wrong moon...lolIt has not bloomed at all yet& my neighbors has been blooming for 2 months...in shade at that.

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gardenfairy,

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I'm in the process of putting up a chain link fence in my back yard and wanted to grow morning glories on one side and my moonvines on the other. Do you just put them together and let them go? If so I'm just going to cover the fence in both.

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I planted my MGs and Moonflowers alongside each other. When they began growing I just let them mingle together, and have blooms all over the entire area -- MGs in the a.m., and moonflowers in the p.m.

I do have some that are more "sectioned" having MGs in a large cluster, then moonflowers in a large cluster, and so on.

Good luck on putting them together! They're a nice complement to each other.

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CajunMama
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