Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) in the Morning Glories Database - Garden.org

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Vine
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 8b
Plant Height:	3-10 feet
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Blue Pink Other: Indigo
Bloom Size:	2"-3"
Flower Time:	Summer Late summer or early fall
Underground structures:	Taproot
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies
Resistances:	Tolerates dry shade
Propagation: Seeds:	Sow in situ Can handle transplanting
Containers:	Needs excellent drainage in pots

Common names

Common Morning Glory
Morning Glory
Tall Morning Glory

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-08-15
Flower shows reverse tube mutation

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-08-31

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: My garden, KY
Date: 6/15/2024
Received labeled "Valentine"

Uploaded by poisondartfrog

Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2022-09-11

Uploaded by HoodLily

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-05

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
No cultivar name - amazing color points

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-30

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Location: Orange, CA
Date: 2024-05-13

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-10-11
Flaked Purple Ipomoea purpurea flower

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: My garden, KY
Date: 2024-06-16
Valentine 2

Uploaded by poisondartfrog

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-09-12
Nice color pattern known as "flaked" type of color pattern

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-09-12
There is something enchanting about the reverse tube phenotype fl

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 9/10/2021
Unusual color pattern showing light decolored areas alternating w

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Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2015-08-09

Uploaded by poisondartfrog

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-20

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-04-28
Variegated leaf of - Ipomoea purpurea Japanese cultivar

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-26

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-24
cultivar 'Blood'

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-24
cultivar 'Blood'

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 10/8/2021
Milky Way on Steroids

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-08-04
Note the reverse tube trait rarely seen in Ipomoea purpurea

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-10-29

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-09-19

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-21

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Location: My Yard
Date: 2014-07-16

Uploaded by luvsgrtdanes

Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2022-07-27

Uploaded by HoodLily

Location: central Illinois
Date: 10-1-12

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-07-20

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-08-03

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: October 7, 2021
Common Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea # 297; RAB p. 866, 158-7-3

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-09-12
A volunteer Ipomoea purpurea with an ultra rare botan type of flo

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Japanese cultivar, sometimes with light yellow rays

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-22

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Date: 2023-07-05
Flower shape and sepals.

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-21

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: My Yard
Date: 2014-09-13

Uploaded by luvsgrtdanes

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
‘Pumpkin Patch’

Uploaded by Gerris2

Date: 2023-06-19
Ignore the tricolor behind the flower

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-09-12
I'm getting some interesting reverse tube crossings mediated by b

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Note the rare trait of reverse tube

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2/10/2023
A flower from my indoors winter garden

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-06-10
First leaves showing

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-08-04

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Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex.UK.
Date: 2022-07-25

Uploaded by RachaelHunter

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-08-23
A hige type of flower form for Ipomoea purpurea

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: August 9, 2022
Common Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea # 297; RAB p. 866, 158-7-3

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-09-03

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-09-19

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: On a railroad fence, next to lumps of trash.
Date: 2023-06-19

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Date: 2022-09-30

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-06-10
First leaves showing

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-08-04

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-06-30
Flaked color pattern

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Old house
Date: 2021-04-26
My “Bonsai” morning glory alongside a volunteer by the fence.

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 1/29/2023
Tri-lobed Ipomoea purpurea from my indoors garden

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2016-05-01

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Backyard
Date: 2022-09-30
Superbloom

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-01-27
Unknown cultivar that is joining the winter indoors garden party.

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Worcester, MA
Date: 2017-07-10

Uploaded by lmeglin

Location: Chino Hills, CA
Date: 2023-07-17

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-07-30
Mutant Ipomoea purpurea - same species as Grandpa Ott’s

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-27

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-08-04

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Garden
Date: Summer
Purple Morning Glory

Uploaded by HerbsRawesome

Location: my garden
Date: 2007-08-31
Plays well with butterflies at astonishing heights in the magnoli

Uploaded by Bluespiral

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-09-30
Milky Way on Steroids - dreamy variant of 'Milky Way' cultivar

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-23

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-23

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Outskirts of my yard
Date: 2023-04-21
Volunteer plant flower

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Date: 2023-05-31
Ipomoea purpurea flowerbud, showing hairs.

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Unusual trait in Ipomoea purpurea - tri-lobed leaves

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-03-27

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-03-27
Pure white is infrequently seen

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-12

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-12

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: central Illinois
Date: fall, 2012

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: central Illinois
Date: 9-23-11

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-05

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-05

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-10-01

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-11-05

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Cordoba, Argentina

Uploaded by Huertayjardineria

Location: Cordoba, Argentina

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Cordoba, Argentina

Uploaded by Huertayjardineria

Date: August
credit: Rjcastillo

Uploaded by robertduval14

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-05-21

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-07-17

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-07-17
“Hige” type of flower form

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-07-17
Developing flower in this hige cultivar

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-07-17
Attractive yellow leaf mutation in this leaf of a hige flowering

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Location: Bun, Punjab.
Date: 2012-09-25

Uploaded by KAMasud

Location: Bun, Punjab.
Date: 2012-09-25

Uploaded by KAMasud

Location: Indiana Zone 5
Date: 8-20-2012

Uploaded by gardengus

Uploaded by AlyssaBlue

Uploaded by AlyssaBlue

Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex.UK.
Date: 2022-07-25

Uploaded by RachaelHunter

Uploaded by piksihk

Uploaded by piksihk

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-09-30
Rarely if ever seen botan (peony) flower form of Ipomoea purpure;

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: August 9, 2022
Common Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea # 297; RAB p. 866, 158-7-3

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: August 9, 2022
Common Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea # 297; RAB p. 866, 158-7-3

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-23

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-09-30
Nice flaked color pattern

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: August 9, 2022
Common Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea # 297; RAB p. 866, 158-7-3

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-23

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: central Illinois
Date: Oct. 2007

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-23

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-09-30
Nice flaked color pattern

Uploaded by Gerris2

Date: 2023-05-31
Immature seed pods

Uploaded by fruitoverdose

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-06

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-07

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-06

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: July
credit: Magnus Manske

Uploaded by robertduval14

Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2012-10-03

Uploaded by Kelli

Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-09-02

Uploaded by Daylilybaby

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: August 9, 2022
Common Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea # 297; RAB p. 866, 158-7-3

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: August 9, 2022
Common Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea # 297; RAB p. 866, 158-7-3

Uploaded by WebTucker

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Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Aug 4, 2020 3:42 PM concerning plant:

Range: California to Texas. Habitat: fields, lots, and roadsides.

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