Ipomoea Species, Morning Glory

This plant took a full year to get established from seed. The first year it was sown the seedlings almost did not survive. It was very ...Read Moreslow grower and I gave up on it. This year the vines came back on their own very unexpected.

They are supposed to form a tuber, but I have not been able to detect one and will dig further to take a photo.

The flowers are worth the wait, they are gorgeous.

Out of 10 seeds I sowed, only 5 germinated and only two vines made it to this stage.

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I've since moved from Southern CAL 10/2006 to NM and I brought the tubers with me.. low and behold, it survived the freezes here outside in a pot top dressed with bark. One large tuber made it and one small one. I've changed my rating to positive because it looks like once it is established, you can have some great flowers and anything that I can leave outside for the winter is a winner with me.

This species is most closely related to Ipomoea amnicola..

I have tried many times to germinate this Morning Glory and finally got a couple to vine and flower. Very pretty flowers and leaves but t...Read Morehe seeds are really unusual. They resemble Althea seed (Rose of Sharon), they are fuzzy with a flat whorl of fuzzy like you see in Athea seed.