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I grew these a few years ago too, I think they are Convolvulus 'Blue
Ensign'.

JD

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:33:37 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior
wrote:

I think this is from a packet of mixed seeds that were supposed to produce
blue flowers. It's a cute little thing but I've never seen anything like
it before. It's maybe half or a third of the size of a Morning Glory but
it grows on a plant that looks almost like a Balsam. The flower comes out
on a thin stalk from where the leaf meets the stem. (Photo of that
included, too.)

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John - Pa. wrote in :

I grew these a few years ago too, I think they are Convolvulus 'Blue
Ensign'.

JD

I'm startled to see Convolvulus called "Bindweed". It certainly looks a
little bit like the Bindweed that strangles gardens except it isn't a vine.
It must be a kissing cousin to that nasty little vine, huh?

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FragileWarrior expounded:

John - Pa. wrote in :

I grew these a few years ago too, I think they are Convolvulus 'Blue
Ensign'.

JD

I'm startled to see Convolvulus called "Bindweed". It certainly looks a
little bit like the Bindweed that strangles gardens except it isn't a vine.
It must be a kissing cousin to that nasty little vine, huh?

Yep, it is.
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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I think John is very close. I believe it is C. tricolor "Royal
Ensign"

See:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/bot...us/index.shtml

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Robert L. Chehey
Boise, ID, USA, USDA Zone 7. Heat zone 7
Cold, Mediterranean Shrub-steppe (Köppen BSk )
and deciduous riparian forest
N43º38.67' W116º13.68' Altitude: 816M
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:24:11 -0400, John - Pa. wrote:

I grew these a few years ago too, I think they are Convolvulus 'Blue
Ensign'.

JD

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:33:37 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior
wrote:

I think this is from a packet of mixed seeds that were supposed to produce
blue flowers. It's a cute little thing but I've never seen anything like
it before. It's maybe half or a third of the size of a Morning Glory but
it grows on a plant that looks almost like a Balsam. The flower comes out
on a thin stalk from where the leaf meets the stem. (Photo of that
included, too.)