Greetings gardeners-

I have a vine which simply showed up and started to grow aggressively. It even
began strangling other plants. My estimate is that it grew 8 feet in two weeks!
I live in coastal Southern California.

It looks like morning glory flowers, but the leaves do not, however I'm only
familiar with the standard species.

Please take a look he
http://www.warrenize.com/_tempy/Mglory_or_what.jpg
and let me know what you think.

Thanks
warren

Exactly what is your "standard species" of "morning glory"?

The plant in the picture is Ipomoea purpurea, the "common morning glory"
widespread throughout much of the US.


wrrn wrote in message
.com...
Greetings gardeners-

I have a vine which simply showed up and started to grow aggressively. It
even
began strangling other plants. My estimate is that it grew 8 feet in two
weeks!
I live in coastal Southern California.

It looks like morning glory flowers, but the leaves do not, however I'm
only
familiar with the standard species.

Please take a look he
http://www.warrenize.com/_tempy/Mglory_or_what.jpg
and let me know what you think.

Thanks
warren

Well, I don't know much about gardening. I've just recently been turning my
black thumb into a green one. I've only seen the "heavenly blue" etc. as the
commom type.
Thanks for the ID.
warren

That is a morning glory, have many of them starting to grow in my yard.
Kirsten in Ohio

wrrn wrote:

Well, I don't know much about gardening. I've just recently been turning my
black thumb into a green one. I've only seen the "heavenly blue" etc. as the
commom type.
Thanks for the ID.
warren


Heavenly Blue is a named cultivar. I've got the regular wild ones, they
grow everywhere. They don't hurt trees and bushes. If they come up
where you don't want them, just pull them.

We have a wild abandon of purple and pink ones, they are absolutely
gorgeous in the mornings. They bloom from July through frost for me.

Janine

"wrrn" wrote:

I have a vine which showed up and started to grow aggressively. It even
began strangling other plants. I estimate that it grew 8 feet in two weeks!
I live in coastal Southern California.
It looks like morning glory flowers, but the leaves do not, however I'm only
familiar with the standard species.

The "standard varieties" are cultivars that are selected for use in the
garden. The wild species is commonly called bindweed when growing where
it is not wanted. It is difficult to kill since each piece of root will
form a new plant. A horticulturist at Longwood Gardens had some in an
asparagus bed. He put on a plastic glove with a cotton glove over it
and applied round up to the bindweed without getting it on the
asparagus. After a couple applications he succeeded.

--
Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to
Visit my Rhododendron and Azalea web pages at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhody.html
Also visit the Rhododendron and Azalea Bookstore at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhodybooks.html
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman

We are dealing with two completely different species here.

Ipomoea purpurea is the common weedy "morning glory".

'Heavenly Blue' is a selection of Ipomoea tricolor.

They can be told apart at a glance. I.purpurea has hairy stems and flower
buds while for I.tricolor they are smooth.

Check out the Ipomoea homepage.
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/7150/


jrstark wrote in message
news:VWuXa.44457$cF.16784@rwcrnsc53...
wrrn wrote:

Well, I don't know much about gardening. I've just recently been turning
my
black thumb into a green one. I've only seen the "heavenly blue" etc. as
the
commom type.
Thanks for the ID.
warren


Heavenly Blue is a named cultivar. I've got the regular wild ones, they
grow everywhere. They don't hurt trees and bushes. If they come up
where you don't want them, just pull them.

We have a wild abandon of purple and pink ones, they are absolutely
gorgeous in the mornings. They bloom from July through frost for me.

Janine

Not so.

Bindweed is the common name for Convolvulus arvensis not Ipomoea.


Stephen M. Henning wrote in message
news
"wrrn" wrote:

I have a vine which showed up and started to grow aggressively. It even
began strangling other plants. I estimate that it grew 8 feet in two
weeks!
I live in coastal Southern California.
It looks like morning glory flowers, but the leaves do not, however I'm
only
familiar with the standard species.

The "standard varieties" are cultivars that are selected for use in the
garden. The wild species is commonly called bindweed when growing where
it is not wanted. It is difficult to kill since each piece of root will
form a new plant. A horticulturist at Longwood Gardens had some in an
asparagus bed. He put on a plastic glove with a cotton glove over it
and applied round up to the bindweed without getting it on the
asparagus. After a couple applications he succeeded.

--
Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to
Visit my Rhododendron and Azalea web pages at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhody.html
Also visit the Rhododendron and Azalea Bookstore at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhodybooks.html
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman

We are dealing with two completely different species here.

Ipomoea purpurea is the common weedy "morning glory".

'Heavenly Blue' is a selection of Ipomoea tricolor.

They can be told apart at a glance. I.purpurea has hairy stems and flower
buds while for I.tricolor they are smooth.

Check out the Ipomoea homepage.
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/7150/


jrstark wrote in message
news:VWuXa.44457$cF.16784@rwcrnsc53...
wrrn wrote:

Well, I don't know much about gardening. I've just recently been turning
my
black thumb into a green one. I've only seen the "heavenly blue" etc. as
the
commom type.
Thanks for the ID.
warren


Heavenly Blue is a named cultivar. I've got the regular wild ones, they
grow everywhere. They don't hurt trees and bushes. If they come up
where you don't want them, just pull them.

We have a wild abandon of purple and pink ones, they are absolutely
gorgeous in the mornings. They bloom from July through frost for me.

Janine

"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote:

Bindweed is the common name for Convolvulus arvensis not Ipomoea.

There are three kinds of Convolvulus or Bindweed in our native flora:
the Field, Hedge, and the Sea Convolvulus. We have also many southern
species growing in our gardens, chief among which are the handsome
Morning Glory (Ipomea purpurea Linn.), C. purpureus, a native of Asia,
with large purple flowers, and the pretty little annual, C. minor, a
native of southern Europe, its cheerful flowers a combination of blue,
yellow and white.

--
Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to
Visit my Rhododendron and Azalea web pages at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhody.html
Also visit the Rhododendron and Azalea Bookstore at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhodybooks.html
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:11:12 GMT, "Stephen M. Henning" wrote:


The "standard varieties" are cultivars that are selected for use in the
garden. The wild species is commonly called bindweed when growing where
it is not wanted. It is difficult to kill since each piece of root will
form a new plant. A horticulturist at Longwood Gardens had some in an
asparagus bed. He put on a plastic glove with a cotton glove over it
and applied round up to the bindweed without getting it on the
asparagus. After a couple applications he succeeded.

Bindweed is convolvulus, not ipomoea. Close, but not the same at all.

Good for you, Steverino.

The only problem is that none of that is relevant to the original question
that was asked by Warren.

Also the genera Convolvulus and Ipomoea are NOT synonymous.


Stephen M. Henning wrote in message
news
"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote:

Bindweed is the common name for Convolvulus arvensis not Ipomoea.

There are three kinds of Convolvulus or Bindweed in our native flora:
the Field, Hedge, and the Sea Convolvulus. We have also many southern
species growing in our gardens, chief among which are the handsome
Morning Glory (Ipomea purpurea Linn.), C. purpureus, a native of Asia,
with large purple flowers, and the pretty little annual, C. minor, a
native of southern Europe, its cheerful flowers a combination of blue,
yellow and white.

--
Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to
Visit my Rhododendron and Azalea web pages at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhody.html
Also visit the Rhododendron and Azalea Bookstore at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhodybooks.html
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman

Cereoid-UR12- wrote:
Good for you, Steverino.

The only problem is that none of that is relevant to the original question
that was asked by Warren.

Also the genera Convolvulus and Ipomoea are NOT synonymous.


Stephen M. Henning wrote in message
news
"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote:


Bindweed is the common name for Convolvulus arvensis not Ipomoea.

There are three kinds of Convolvulus or Bindweed in our native flora:
the Field, Hedge, and the Sea Convolvulus. We have also many southern
species growing in our gardens, chief among which are the handsome
Morning Glory (Ipomea purpurea Linn.), C. purpureus, a native of Asia,
with large purple flowers, and the pretty little annual, C. minor, a
native of southern Europe, its cheerful flowers a combination of blue,
yellow and white.

--
Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to
Visit my Rhododendron and Azalea web pages at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhody.html
Also visit the Rhododendron and Azalea Bookstore at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhodybooks.html
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman



What I've got looks similar to the picture posted. They are mostly
shades of violet to purple, some bluer, some pink. All have the white
throat and violet star. Leaves are heart-shaped as shown. They were
originally planted as garden flowers (40 or so years ago) and have gone
wild. We've planted various seed packets over the years, I always
assumed that's how we got the pink ones. When I was young we only had
purple. They are, or act as, annuals (zone 5-6).

A few years ago we started getting white flowers with arrowhead shaped
leaves, which I now know is bindweed. They may have come in a
wildflower mix, don't know.

Janine

What I've got looks similar to the picture posted. They are mostly
shades of violet to purple, some bluer, some pink. All have the white
throat and violet star. Leaves are heart-shaped as shown. They were
originally planted as garden flowers (40 or so years ago) and have gone
wild. We've planted various seed packets over the years, I always
assumed that's how we got the pink ones. When I was young we only had
purple. They are, or act as, annuals (zone 5-6).

A few years ago we started getting white flowers with arrowhead shaped
leaves, which I now know is bindweed. They may have come in a
wildflower mix, don't know.

Janine

I have a perennial morning glory and it is invasive if I allow it to be. Here
is a photo of it, but the photo shows the flower color to be purple, while the
one I have is no different other than being a deeper true blue than 'Heavenly
Blue' the annual.

http://www.mediterraneangardensociet...oea.indica.cfm

Victoria

What about the named cultivar "Scarlet Red"? I'm growing these along with
"Heavenly Blue" and the reds have hairy stems...

"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote in message
m...
We are dealing with two completely different species here.

Ipomoea purpurea is the common weedy "morning glory".

'Heavenly Blue' is a selection of Ipomoea tricolor.

They can be told apart at a glance. I.purpurea has hairy stems and flower
buds while for I.tricolor they are smooth.

Check out the Ipomoea homepage.
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/7150/


jrstark wrote in message
news:VWuXa.44457$cF.16784@rwcrnsc53...
wrrn wrote:

Well, I don't know much about gardening. I've just recently been
turning
my
black thumb into a green one. I've only seen the "heavenly blue" etc.
as
the
commom type.
Thanks for the ID.
warren


Heavenly Blue is a named cultivar. I've got the regular wild ones, they
grow everywhere. They don't hurt trees and bushes. If they come up
where you don't want them, just pull them.

We have a wild abandon of purple and pink ones, they are absolutely
gorgeous in the mornings. They bloom from July through frost for me.

Janine