Morning Glory
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Morning Glory (Ipomaea) - Beautiful, slender, twining plants of the Convolvulus family, for the most part tropical. A few succeed in the open air when treated as half-hardy annuals. The most popular of these is:-
Morning Glory Pictures
Ipomoea L. - morning-glory |
Ipomoea carnea Jacq. ssp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D. Austin - gloria de la manana |
Ipomoea coccinea L. redstar |
Ipomoea longifolia Benth. - pinkthroat morning-glory |
Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.F.W. Mey. - man of the earth |
Related Flowers
Ivy-leaved Morning Glory
Ivy-leaved Morning Glory (Ipomaea Hederacea) - Is somewhat similar, but has lobed leaves like Ivy. Its flowers, too, are smaller, of a deep blue striped with red. The varieties grandiflora (light blue), superba (light blue, bordered with white), and atroviolacea (dark violet and white) are all worth cultivating, and Japanese variety. Seeds may be sown in the open border in April, in light rich soil, where it will flower from July to September. N. America. Other kinds of I pomaea for open-air culture are I. rubrocaerulea, a half-hardy annual, and I. leptophylla, a hardy perennial from N. America.
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