Morning Glories

It’s funny how just a glimpse of a particular flower can improve your day. Each time I open the back door I have to smile: the blue morning glories just cheer me up! They remind me of other gardens and other people and other times. They look beautiful and give me a sense of hope. I can’t imagine a home without them. No wonder they are called “heavenly blue” morning glories.

I’ve written about morning glories before. I actually wrote an article about them for Flower and Garden magazine. It was titled, “Ipomoea Sisters”. Morning glories are part of a group of 500 species of climbers, but we know three of them better than the others. Morning glory, cypress vine, and moonflower are garden favorites. I love them for their different colors, bloom times, and foliage. And nothing beats the smell of the  moonflower’s perfumed blossoms!

I suspect that people like morning glories because they require so little care. Once they sprout and get a little water they will find their own way. They wind around fence posts and trees and other flowers with abandon. One year I had such a great crop of flowers that people actually stopped and asked which fertilizer I was using. I hated to tell them I hadn’t done anything or added anything to produce the abundance.

So today I will share my little backyard view with you. Hope these glorious beauties make you smile.

Comments

[Jessica Robertson]

Hi! Funny I see you post today because I need some help. I love morning glories and found a fence covered in them a few days ago and took some snips as well as some roots hoping to transplant them. What do I do? I have them and a few sprigs of wild honey suckle in the window in a cup of water. The honey suckle has been there for weeks and is finally growing roots. I know this plant takes over that is why I want it I have so much underbrush and stuff I want to hide it. Also about the moonflowers I love those to but I hear they are toxic wondering if know anything about that. I love flowers but I have to have things that spread and are easy to grow. I only have hedges in my flowerbed out front what else is really EASY!!

[Marilyn Crabtree]

Your flowers are absolutely
gorgeous! You certainly have a "green thumb."