Showed up out of nowhere.

Anyone recognize it?

Becky might have grown that one last yr. It's a beauty.

The only name I can find for it is a descriptor - Purple White Swirl Flaked Hige - I was hoping I could find an actual name for it. It is amazing .. It showed up in a bunch of Split Personality Hige I grew from seed .. there are 5 plants in this bunch .. Trying to remember out who I got the seeds from.

Hi X

I have a cross that I did very similar to what you have growing, however, yours appears to have crossed again and is a lighter blue. Looks nice!

Flaked Feathered Morning Glory 'Aomurasakihigesibori'
Ipomoea purpurea

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/162147/

Thanks Emma - It is pretty .. hope I get some seeds out of it! As I said, a total surprise!

I hope you get seeds too. Forgot to also mention this is aka: a HIGE Morning Glory

Here is one of my blooms from this year

Emma, very pretty. You always have some lovely higes.

Thank You, Jackie

I was out this morning hand pollinating everything - I just hope there is enough time for seeds to get old enough before we have our first frost .. what I may end up doing is cutting it back and dig up the whole clump and overwintering it in the greenhouse.

X... surely a nice looking one.. yes.. I'd move it inside just the increase in seeds... or perhaps getting some at all.. would make it so worth it..Hinges are some of my favorites..love the light coloration there,,

Emma that last picture you posted is amazing!

Thank you X
Some of my Red & White HIGEs had neat blooms like that last year.

When I grow my Higes late in the year in a pot and move them into the GH, they continue to bloom throughout the winter as well as produce seeds.

DIG DEEP *-*

Also, if your vine is strong enough, I. purpureas are very easy to root in water - so you might try that as well.

Thanks for the info .. I thought that rooted mg vines rarely bloomed .. is that a nil thing or just not true?

I have more luck rooting I. purpureas than nils. In fact, I rooted several this year of a Dark Pink Hige that I thought we were going to pull out - then decided to leave it.

A couple of years ago I rooted a Purple-Flaked Shibori from a broken vine that went on to grow as large as the mother plant and bloomed abundantly.

Emma are you using a cloner? I haven't tried mine with the morning glories, just tomatoes and pineapple sage that are easy to root even without the cloner. I almost regretted the investment since I got mine from America and could not even use the pump because of our differing voltage here. I needed to see it so I can make my own tanks in the future. One could easily root the vines in a fish tank, same principle just without rooting agents, but I think they are not so important as long as the cuttings don't rot.


Martin

Hi Martin,
No - I've only tried rootings with water. Then when I had enough strong roots, like most any other plant - dip in rooting hormone and plant.