Sheila M. Averbuch - AuthorAug 22, 2023

Morning glory Grandpa Otts: this electric beauty surprises me every morning as its trumpets open at different places on the vine. I managed to keep the slugs off (garlic spray!) when they were babies, so now about a dozen plants are climbing through the August garden. Each flower opens for just one day. But what a day.

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Show threadKlaus Alexander Seistrup
@sheilamaverbuch

I am also a big fan of this plant. 😻

This year I found out that although the plants will die away during the winter, their seeds are frost hardy (at least down to −6°C). So come the spring and I will sow a lot of morning glories at the foot of a long ivy covered wall in my garden, in the hope that the glories will use the ivy as kind of a live trellis support and make the ivy more colourful during the summer. And if this works, I hope the seeds will germinate the year after and perpetuate the cycle.

Anyone here who have tried this?

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Aug 22, 2023 at 9:13amWeb
Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupAug 22, 2023
@sheilamaverbuch @gardening @plants I forgot to attach a photo…
Show threadPickPoppiesAug 22, 2023
@kas My seeds survived the winter too (Stockholm). I do wonder if the soil around the ivy will be too compact and hard for the seedlings to thrive tho?
Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupAug 22, 2023
@PickPoppies So do I, and also if the ivy is too competitive when it comes to water and nutrients.

I would love to see the ivy partly covered in morning glories, though, so I'ma give it a try. Let's see next summer. 😺
Show threadPickPoppiesAug 22, 2023
@kas It cost nothing to try with collected seeds. An alternative could be to grow them in a pot among the ivy to make sure they have some soil all to themselves
Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupAug 22, 2023
@PickPoppies Indeed, and that's what gave me the idea in the first place:

I had a quite big pot with leftover soil from last year, and it turned out there were seeds from last year's cherry tomatoes and morning glories, all of which had survived the frosty winter.

During a recent rain storm here I moved all the pots in the garden as close to the walls as possible so as to protect tall plants from being damaged by the strong winds.

Next thing I know is that the unbidden morning glories are using the ivy as climbing support, and I thought “why not”.

But you're right, it's a completely different game when the glories have their own private pot (well, shared with tomato plants, but they seem to get along just fine).
Show threadSheila M. Averbuch - AuthorAug 22, 2023
@kas @gardening @plants I did this! The seeds dropped into two different sheltered borders along walls of the cottage, and they've germinated. The ones in the sunniest border are blooming now.
Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupAug 22, 2023
@sheilamaverbuch Great to hear. Thanks! 🙏
Show threadPJD65Aug 22, 2023
This is a picture of morning glories that my parents planted at their place. They were planted from seed at least 20 years ago. Every year they pop up in various places around the yard and my mother just weeds them out if they are somewhere she doesn't want them. There are always some that show up and grow over the arbor. We are in zone 5 (northern Illinois)
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Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupAug 22, 2023
@PJD65 Whauw, I can't wait to see my ivy next year. 😻
Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupSep 4, 2023
@sheilamaverbuch @gardening @plants

The morning glory on ivy combo is gonna work so well: the rather young morning glory in a pot near an ivy covered wall has already climbed to nearly 2 m. Come springtime, and I will sow most of my morning glory seeds under the ivy. 😍

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Show threadSheila M. Averbuch - AuthorSep 4, 2023
@kas @gardening @plants That looks beautiful!!