#630 Ipomoea tricolor Common Names: morning glory Family: Convolvulaceae (morning glory Family) Get link to this Profile or click for data record #630 e-mail this page

This is the popular 'Heavenly Blue' morning glory. Click to download a larger version (800x600).

Location
The morning glory, Ipomoea tricolor is native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central and South America.

Culture
Light: Full sun preferred for most prolific flowering.
Moisture: Morning glory enjoys moist to moderately dry, well drained soil.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 10 - 11. Morning glory is a perennial in Zones 10-11, but this frost tender vine is also widely enjoyed as an annual in temperate zones.
Propagation: Seeds (soak or nick before planting), tubers, or rooted cuttings.

Usage
Morning glories are usually grown as an annual vine. A row along a fence line provides a quick, if temporary screen. More permanent, slower growing evergreen vines can be planted simultaneously the first year. Morning glories are ideal planted over trash heaps and brush piles, and in such situations provide good habitat for wildlife. They can be planted adjacent to a dead tree or anything that can provide structure for the vine to climb.

Features
Ease of cultivation and speed of growth provide quick gratification to the impatient gardener. For this reason, morning glories are recommended for a child's gardening project. Flowers are prolific and downright gorgeous, whatever the color, and the vine is immensely versatile as an ornamental.

Jack Scheper 2/14/00; updated 6/3/01, 6/9/04, 1/27/07

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