![]() ![]() ![]() It’s probably safer just to grow them for their beauty. Although primarily grown as an ornamental and somewhat as a food crop, some species of these vines were used as a hallucinogens by the Aztecs. Morning glories are in the Ipomea genus that features other common garden plants such as sweet potatoes and moon flowers. It’s a good day that starts out with the glimpse of an open morning glory blossom. Morning glories are bright, cheery, and inspirational. Walt Whitman once said, “A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.” I’d have to agree. This variety only grows 6 feet tall.Įxcerpted from my book, New England Getting Started Garden Guide. ‘Red Picotee’ is a newer variety with white edges on the petals and a double flower. This is an heirloom variety that has deep purple flowers with rose star patterns on the petals with a pink throat. ‘Scarlett ‘O’Hara’ is a common bright red variety. ‘Heavenly Blue’ is a popular baby blue colored morning glory with large flowers. However, they can grow well with evergreen shrubs, such as junipers and yews, providing a pleasant surprise of color against the green foliage. They don’t partner well with other annual or perennials flowers since their growth can overwhelm those plants. You can grow a trellis of red, white and blue morning glories if you’re feeling patriotic. Grow morning glory vines together with different colored varieties. Protect morning glory vines from a frost and they will continue to bloom into the fall. Morning glories twine around a support and don’t cling like a grape vine, so they grow quickest around narrow diameter fences, poles, and trellises. Grow morning glory vines to climb up a trellis, fence or arch. Although morning glories grow best on fertile soil, don’t over fertilize your plants or you’ll get mostly leaves, fewer flowers and they will bloom later in the season. In a container, erect a trellis or grow them near a railing so they can be supported. Plant in a full sun location only a few inches from a place where your morning glory vines can climb. You can also buy transplants in garden centers if you’re only growing a few plants. The seeds will take up water quickly and germinate faster in the ground. ![]() To ensure quick germination, nick the seeds with a nail file and soak seeds in warm water the night before sowing. The easiest way to plant morning glories is to direct sow seeds into well-drained soil after the last frost date. Morning glories also self-sow readily so they will surprise you each year as new plants pop up in different parts of the garden. The large, colorful flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. As the name implies, morning glory flowers open in the morning and close in the afternoon. The flowers, in colors from white to purple, begin forming in mid-summer and continue until frost. They can become a mass of leaves and flowers by late summer. The heart-shaped leaves form on quick growing stems reaching up to 15 feet tall. There are also selections that grow well in containers on a deck or patio. Morning glories are popular annual vines for growing up a fence, arbor, trellis or arch. Mid summer until fall in colors of blue, pink, red, white, purple, and bi colorsĪttracts beneficials, attracts hummingbirds Learn about growing morning glories including information on varieties. ![]()
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