Ipomoea, Tall Morning Glory 'President Tyler'

We live on an old farm in Northeast Wisconsin that dates from about 1860. Many heirloom plants have appeared in our gardens from long-do...Read Morermant seeds over the last 35 years. This morning glory was a volunteer in a flower bed near the house and has self-seeded ever since. I think it is "President Tyler" from searching the Internet for matching photos. Ever since a stray seedling sprouted in the pot of houseplant that was summered out of doors, I have had specimens of "President Tyler" blooming in a window all winter. It blooms in only a month from seed at a foot tall. It doesn't even need a south window. This winter one bloomed in a west window without supplementary light, and last year in an east window. All it needs is a string to climb and it's happy. The plant is a bit dwarfed when grown in an indoor pot, making it easy to confine to a smaller space than it would need outside. Believe me when I say that those bright little flowers can add a lot of cheer to a long Wisconsin winter. I would like to know about the history and origin of this heirloom plant. The people who settled this farm were from Prussia and nearly all the the early settlers in the area came from Germany. I have always wondered if they brought some of our heirloom flowers with them.

a nice morning glory to grow, it looks well when combined with other morning glories with pink, white or blue blooms, or at least i think so.

According to some sources, 'President Tyler' is so named because seed of this variety was exchanged between an Indiana farmer and Preside...Read Morent John Tyler (no one knows for sure who gave seed to whom). Both 'Star of Yelta' and 'Grandpa Ott's are similar-looking to 'President Tyler'.

This flower looks exactly like the morning glory cultivar 'Star of Yalta' that I grew this summer--it was spelled 'Yelta' on the seed pac...Read Morekage.