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Morning Glories
Morning glories are wonderful fast, growing vines that produce numerous blooms during August and September. Each bloom lasts one day and then when the flower falls off the seed pod develops. Seeds - pink & mauve morning glories
The first photo is the seed pod on the plant. The second photo is when it is dried out it ready for picking. The third photo is the seeds ... lighter colour for pinkish flowers, darker colour for mauve flowers. There are about 5 seeds to each seed pod.
Seed pod - blue morning glory
seedling morning glory Seeds can be sown directly into the ground or pot where the morning glory vine will grow.
Last year I moved a couple of pieces of trellis and fastened them onto the deck fence. I had already planted the morning glories into the small, long tubs and was getting them to twine around the lower lattice. I was trying to create a bit of shade on a very sunny deck and it seemed to work quite well. We left the trellis there over the winter and this spring I plant to plant the morning glories in some large tubs. The bigger the tub, the bigger the root system and therefore the bigger the vines. I'm hoping for much more shade this summer. The hummingbirds had discovered the morning glories and what a treat it was to watch them flit from flower to flower right from the kitchen door.
Print a seed packet or a seed label for morning glory seeds.
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