"phorbin" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

phorbin wrote:

Do you mean ipomoea, calystegia or convolvulus arvensis, or a
combination of all three? (morning glory, false bindweed, field
bindweed)(know your enemy))

We have all three but we -like- morning glories.

It seems to me that you put too fine a point on it: All are
Convolvulaceae.
The differences among them are purely academic. All have the same
invasive
growth habit. I don't believe most people can or do distinguish among
them. I
can't speak for anyone else but I certainly make no distinction when
pulling the
seedlings. Many (if not most), including some morning glories, are
classified as
invasive noxious weeds by USDA and among the states and for good reason.
Some of
us do not "like" morning glories.

Maybe so, but arvensis, is a tough persistent perennial and the worst of
the lot in our zone 5 climate. It's the weed we work hardest on.

I figure that if you don't know the enemy you wind up in one kind of
trouble or another either working too hard or not hard enough.


I've got four different colors , now that I got this reference. white
bindweed , the dwarf tri color one. a purple one . pinkish one,

Diesel.

"DogDiesel" wrote in message
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"phorbin" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

phorbin wrote:

Do you mean ipomoea, calystegia or convolvulus arvensis, or a
combination of all three? (morning glory, false bindweed, field
bindweed)(know your enemy))

We have all three but we -like- morning glories.

It seems to me that you put too fine a point on it: All are
Convolvulaceae.
The differences among them are purely academic. All have the same
invasive
growth habit. I don't believe most people can or do distinguish among
them. I
can't speak for anyone else but I certainly make no distinction when
pulling the
seedlings. Many (if not most), including some morning glories, are
classified as
invasive noxious weeds by USDA and among the states and for good reason.
Some of
us do not "like" morning glories.

Maybe so, but arvensis, is a tough persistent perennial and the worst of
the lot in our zone 5 climate. It's the weed we work hardest on.

I figure that if you don't know the enemy you wind up in one kind of
trouble or another either working too hard or not hard enough.


I've got four different colors , now that I got this reference. white
bindweed , the dwarf tri color one. a purple one . pinkish one,

Diesel.



I found an orange one at a friends place yesterday. The blossom is smaller
but bright orange. I was tempted to look for seed but the leaves and vining
habit warned me away. Isn't sweet potato in the same family?
Steve

On Sep 6, 9:04*pm, Derald wrote:
"Steve Peek" wrote:
Isn't sweet potato in the same family?

* * * * Yes, all of the plants under discussion are in the same family, the
Convolvulaceae. Sweet potato is an ipomoea. A morning glory. Sweet potato
blossoms are big and showy sort of purpley magenta like some morning glories. I
don't know how far north they grow.
--
Derald
FL USDA zone 9ahttp://www.onlineconversion.com/

North to the 48th parallel I can attest to. My wide got some to grow
for the first time on her arbor this year.

Convolvulaceae, the vines of the serpent. AKA ololiuqui, a
hallucinogenic. Its reportedly the shaman's LSD used to consult with
the Oracle or the devil depending on who you consult.

"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Sep 6, 9:04 pm, Derald wrote:
"Steve Peek" wrote:
Isn't sweet potato in the same family?

Yes, all of the plants under discussion are in the same family, the
Convolvulaceae. Sweet potato is an ipomoea. A morning glory. Sweet potato
blossoms are big and showy sort of purpley magenta like some morning
glories. I
don't know how far north they grow.
--
Derald
FL USDA zone 9ahttp://www.onlineconversion.com/

North to the 48th parallel I can attest to. My wide got some to grow
for the first time on her arbor this year.

Convolvulaceae, the vines of the serpent. AKA ololiuqui, a
hallucinogenic. Its reportedly the shaman's LSD used to consult with
the Oracle or the devil depending on who you consult.


Awesome....

"Derald" wrote in message
m...

"Steve Peek" wrote:

Isn't sweet potato in the same family?
Yes, all of the plants under discussion are in the same family, the
Convolvulaceae. Sweet potato is an ipomoea. A morning glory. Sweet potato
blossoms are big and showy sort of purpley magenta like some morning
glories. I
don't know how far north they grow.
--
Derald
FL USDA zone 9a
http://www.onlineconversion.com/

I grow sweet potatoes here in WNC. Last year's giant was almost 9 pounds,
not large as sweet potatoes go, but a respectable one for the mountains.

"Derald" wrote in message
m...

"Steve Peek" wrote:

I grow sweet potatoes here in WNC. Last year's giant was almost 9 pounds,
not large as sweet potatoes go, but a respectable one for the mountains.
Nine pounds seems respectable for anyplace, in my book. I quit trying to
grow sweet potatoes down here because they fall prey to too many boring
insects
and to earwigs. I guess if I started them early enough I might have some
chance
of getting a few before the onslaught. I know folks in GA, SC, and eastern
VA
that do well with sweet potatoes.
WNC? Where are you relative to, say Spruce Pine, Johnson City, Burnsville,
etc.?
--
Derald
FL USDA zone 9a
http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Just a bit southwest, closer to Asheville actually.

Steve Peek wrote:
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Just a bit southwest, closer to Asheville actually.

i lived in Asheville for a few weeks and ended up
renting a place just over the hills near Elizabethton,
TN. visited Asheville a few times and always enjoyed
my times there.


songbird

"songbird" wrote in message
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Steve Peek wrote:
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Just a bit southwest, closer to Asheville actually.

i lived in Asheville for a few weeks and ended up
renting a place just over the hills near Elizabethton,
TN. visited Asheville a few times and always enjoyed
my times there.


songbird

Asheville is unusual, a liberal boat in a sea of conservatism.