Ronnie, they are gorgeous, especially the first one.

Thank you Joseph for the welcoming - and thanks again for sharing.

Ronnie,

Wow...what beauties!

I am also amazed by that purple-stripped in the top... Does she have a name?

Thanks guys and Carsten...no name, it came to me as chocolate silk cross...no idea what it was crossed with and no longer correspond with the original trader to ask them

Thanks Ronnie - pleasure to be here... and thank you for sharing
Okay....well she sure is/was a beauty on that picture in my eyes

Nice cluster from a neighbor's driveway -

I love that..

quietyard said:I love that..

Heavenly Blues that ate the clothesline.

love the blue

Wondering if jmorth's neighbor stopped parking in the garage when that beautiful morning glory wandered in front of the door... ?

Ronnie, I'm looking forward to lots of surprises next year! Every time you post those "random cross" blooms, I just ooooohhh and aaahhhhh like I'm seeing fireworks.

Ipomoea cardiophylla is flowering like crazy for me. Indoors location, of course.

Ipomoea bolusiana in all its cragginess. The second photo has a view of an Adenium, too, which is not a morning glory.

My Adenium's pretty much hate me. Lost one, the other is still around. From my experience they need almost no water. I over did it and turned the dead one to mush.

They need more water than a cactus, but it does have to be fast draining. I use cactus mix, but add 50% pumice or perlite to it. They love full sun. I used to keep mine too shady. In full sun(when you've acclimated them) they bloom well. I keep mine indoors or in the GH in winter. Move it out when nights stay above 60.

Full sun??? Maybe that is part of my problem. I had them on the patio in very filtered light. Do bring the last one in, in the winter. Thanks for info. This will be my last one if it goes.

Few morning glories w/ butterflies from Oct. >






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from Sept.. >

That butterfly was enjoying the flowers!

Ripe seed pods of Ipomoea albivenia. The tissue is woody-like, quite stiff.

Here is a cultivar of Ipomoea nil which came to me with the name Tokiwayama, grown 4 years ago. I learned from a person in the know that it is not true Tokiwayama, due to various reasons I have since forgotten. I really enjoyed the deep saturated blue flowers and variegated leaves. The leaf shape was also different from the usual dragonfly shape we see in large flower Ipomoea nil.