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May 8, 2019 · The common morning glory is an easy-to-grow ornamental flower that’s tolerant of a variety of conditions, a voracious grower that opens its blooms wide in the morning only to wilt by the afternoon. Requiring little care, it’s the annual groundcover and trellis plant of choice for gardeners everywhere.
Apr 25, 2023 · Photo: Marty Baldwin. Morning glory, a flowering vine with purple, blue, and pink flowers, grows easily wherever you plant it as long as it gets plenty of sun and a bit of afternoon shade. This annual, hardy in Zones 2-11, is grown from seeds.
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Mar 17, 2023 · Morning glory care is easy, but the vining flower can get invasive. Learn which varieties are best for home landscapes, and how to keep it under control.
Common morning glory ( I. purpurea ), an annual vine that bears heart-shaped leaves and purple, pink, or white flowers about 7 cm (3 inches) across, has become a troublesome weed in parts of southeastern North America. It is grown as an ornamental in many places.
MORNING GLORY BASICS. Zones: Annual in areas that get below 45 F, but can still reseed and come back year after year on their own; perennial in warmer, more tropical climates. Height/Spread: 6 to 12 feet, or more depending on variety. Exposure: Full sun. Bloom Time: June to October. Color:
Morning glory flowers are known for their vibrant colors and trumpet-like flowers, which open up during the day and close at night or on cloudy days. They come in a wide range of colors, including pink, purple, blue, red, and white, with some varieties having multiple colors on the same flower.
Their most widespread common name is morning glory, but some species in related genera bear that same common name and some Ipomoea species are known by different common names. Those formerly separated in Calonyction [6] ( Greek καλός kalós "good" and νύξ, νυκτός núx, nuktós, "night") are called moonflowers. [5] .
