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Morning Glory
I love Morning Glories. Our local parks (we're located in Silicon Valley)
have them trained up fences and they seem to be perennial. However, I have grown some and they have now died off. I would like to have a permanent growth of them on a trellis. Are there particular varieties that are perennial? TIA Bernard Golden |
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Morning Glory
"Bernard Golden" wrote in message om... I love Morning Glories. Our local parks (we're located in Silicon Valley) have them trained up fences and they seem to be perennial. However, I have grown some and they have now died off. I would like to have a permanent growth of them on a trellis. Are there particular varieties that are perennial? I wish you lived up the road from me in GA, so I could just throw some vines in your direction. You wouldn't have to plant them, just stay out of the way so you didn't get tangled in them. Tom J who hates morning glory as much as trumpet vine, but not as much as kudzu |
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Morning Glory
"Tom J" wrote in message ... "Bernard Golden" wrote in message om... I love Morning Glories. Our local parks (we're located in Silicon Valley) have them trained up fences and they seem to be perennial. However, I have grown some and they have now died off. I would like to have a permanent growth of them on a trellis. Are there particular varieties that are perennial? I wish you lived up the road from me in GA, so I could just throw some vines in your direction. You wouldn't have to plant them, just stay out of the way so you didn't get tangled in them. Tom J who hates morning glory as much as trumpet vine, but not as much as kudzu Kudzu is a beautiful plant as long as someone else has to deal with it. I remember seeing it covering telephone poles and wires for miles when we would go visit relatives near Chatanooga. Just thinking of all the bugs living in it creeps me out We have a wild morning glory type wildflower here called bindweed. Lovely small pinkish purple flowers. I would rather deal with trumpet vine than wisteria, creeping fig (like every house around here has on the walls) or english ivy when it has found a comfortable spot. Shell |
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Morning Glory
"Shell91" wrote in message m... I would rather deal with trumpet vine than wisteria, creeping fig (like every house around here has on the walls) or english ivy when it has found a comfortable spot. I absolutely set my foot down and wouldn't allow wisteria anywhere near my property, even with wifey saying "but it's so beautiful in the spring". I really just don't like VINES, also including passion plant (May Pop), ivy of any kind from poison oak, poison ivy to English ivy, jasmine etc After 20 years I think I have the morning glory down to about a 10' area, the English ivy and poison ivy both are still sprouting up over the entire place and the trumpet vine was still trying to put up new runners over about 20' this past year. The only thing I have managed to completely eradicate is the may pop and jasmine. Tom J |
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Morning Glory
Tom, Maypop - Passion Vine (Passiflora). Why did you eradicate a
butterfly larval and host plant? J - a habitat gardener http://www.celestialhabitats.com Tom J wrote: = I absolutely set my foot down and wouldn't allow wisteria anywhere near= my property, even with wifey saying "but it's so beautiful in the spring".= I really just don't like VINES, also including passion plant (May Pop),= ivy of any kind from poison oak, poison ivy to English ivy, jasmine etc = After 20 years I think I have the morning glory down to about a 10' are= a, the English ivy and poison ivy both are still sprouting up over the entire = place and the trumpet vine was still trying to put up new runners over about = 20' this past year. The only thing I have managed to completely eradicate = is the may pop and jasmine. = Tom J -- = Celestial Habitats by J. Kolenovsky 2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal |
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Morning Glory
Yes, and I have it. I don't know the botanical name, but it is perennial. It
is not evergreen, but it comes back every year. I can send you some if you pay postage. It flowers spring through frost a beautiful, large, blue bell. On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:32:54 GMT, "Bernard Golden" opined: I love Morning Glories. Our local parks (we're located in Silicon Valley) have them trained up fences and they seem to be perennial. However, I have grown some and they have now died off. I would like to have a permanent growth of them on a trellis. Are there particular varieties that are perennial? TIA Bernard Golden |
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Morning Glory
I also love morning glories. In many temperate zones they are banned as
invasive because they don't die back. In my zone 5 they act as an annual. "Bernard Golden" wrote in message om... I love Morning Glories. Our local parks (we're located in Silicon Valley) have them trained up fences and they seem to be perennial. However, I have grown some and they have now died off. I would like to have a permanent growth of them on a trellis. Are there particular varieties that are perennial? TIA Bernard Golden |
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Morning Glory
"J Kolenovsky" wrote in message ... Tom, Maypop - Passion Vine (Passiflora). Why did you eradicate a butterfly larval and host plant? The roots were running all through my garden and sending up new runners everywhere, just like every other vine plant does here where I live in GA Tom J |
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Morning Glory
"Pam - gardengal" wrote in message news:gnRub.247318$HS4.2189458@attbi_s01... There is such a hue and cry about invasives these days (and rightly so, in many situations) but it is important not to tar all plants with the same brush. Common names are extremely misleading, as many plants with widely different habits can be included under the same common name. And not all invasives will act the same in different climates and locations - invasives are VERY regional in nature and it is important to make that note when referring to them. okay, off my soap box now :-)) pam - gardengal That's what the nursery told my wife about the trumpet vine she brought home, that it was not invasive in our location and would stay put. NOT!! I don't do vines of any name, horticultural or otherwise, anymore Tom J north of Atlanta GA and still trying to eradicate that vine after 5 years |
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Morning Glory
"Trish Kargman" wrote in message news I also love morning glories. In many temperate zones they are banned as invasive because they don't die back. In my zone 5 they act as an annual. Only certain species of morning glory are invasive, primarily those referred to as bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis and Calystegia sepium, and are widely naturalized throughout most of North America. Most of the others are tropical in origin and act as annuals and are very well-behaved garden vines. A few are more perennial but only in warmer zones. There is such a hue and cry about invasives these days (and rightly so, in many situations) but it is important not to tar all plants with the same brush. Common names are extremely misleading, as many plants with widely different habits can be included under the same common name. And not all invasives will act the same in different climates and locations - invasives are VERY regional in nature and it is important to make that note when referring to them. okay, off my soap box now :-)) pam - gardengal |
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Morning Glory
"Tom J" wrote in message ... "Pam - gardengal" wrote in message news:gnRub.247318$HS4.2189458@attbi_s01... There is such a hue and cry about invasives these days (and rightly so, in many situations) but it is important not to tar all plants with the same brush. Common names are extremely misleading, as many plants with widely different habits can be included under the same common name. And not all invasives will act the same in different climates and locations - invasives are VERY regional in nature and it is important to make that note when referring to them. okay, off my soap box now :-)) pam - gardengal That's what the nursery told my wife about the trumpet vine she brought home, that it was not invasive in our location and would stay put. NOT!! I don't do vines of any name, horticultural or otherwise, anymore Tom J north of Atlanta GA and still trying to eradicate that vine after 5 years Tom, there is a world of difference between "aggressive" and "invasive". An invasive plant is typically an exotic that has naturalized itself to the extent that it will out-compete native species for space, moisture and nutrients and generally one that will self-seed with abandon. An aggressive plant is one that exhibits thuggish behavior - spreading rampantly throughout the garden or in the case of the trumpet vine, sending up shoots at considerable distance from the mother plant - but typically does not self-seed prolifically or spread outside the garden to native areas. FWIW, there are many vines that are extremely well-behaved garden inhabitants - clematis probably top the list, but even some of those can be invasive AND aggressive as well IN THE PROPER SITUATION. It is merely a matter of choosing the correct plant for the correct situation and knowing its habits. And I have been attempting to rid my garden of trumpet vine for several years as well. While my resident hummer loved it, I did not appreciate it popping up wherever it felt like, even through the pavers of my patio! pam - gardengal |
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Morning Glory
And where I live ( High Mojave Desert ) there is no such thing as an invasive
plant out here, it the summer dry heat doesn't kill it, the cold sometimes freezing winter will. Or lack of water too. -- "In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go again." Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars SIAR www.starlords.org Freelance Writers Shop http://www.freelancewrittersshop.netfirms.com Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Ad World http://adworld.netfirms.com "Pam - gardengal" wrote in message news:EuTub.248407$HS4.2192678@attbi_s01... "Tom J" wrote in message ... "Pam - gardengal" wrote in message news:gnRub.247318$HS4.2189458@attbi_s01... There is such a hue and cry about invasives these days (and rightly so, in many situations) but it is important not to tar all plants with the same brush. Common names are extremely misleading, as many plants with widely different habits can be included under the same common name. And not all invasives will act the same in different climates and locations - invasives are VERY regional in nature and it is important to make that note when referring to them. okay, off my soap box now :-)) pam - gardengal That's what the nursery told my wife about the trumpet vine she brought home, that it was not invasive in our location and would stay put. NOT!! I don't do vines of any name, horticultural or otherwise, anymore Tom J north of Atlanta GA and still trying to eradicate that vine after 5 years Tom, there is a world of difference between "aggressive" and "invasive". An invasive plant is typically an exotic that has naturalized itself to the extent that it will out-compete native species for space, moisture and nutrients and generally one that will self-seed with abandon. An aggressive plant is one that exhibits thuggish behavior - spreading rampantly throughout the garden or in the case of the trumpet vine, sending up shoots at considerable distance from the mother plant - but typically does not self-seed prolifically or spread outside the garden to native areas. FWIW, there are many vines that are extremely well-behaved garden inhabitants - clematis probably top the list, but even some of those can be invasive AND aggressive as well IN THE PROPER SITUATION. It is merely a matter of choosing the correct plant for the correct situation and knowing its habits. And I have been attempting to rid my garden of trumpet vine for several years as well. While my resident hummer loved it, I did not appreciate it popping up wherever it felt like, even through the pavers of my patio! pam - gardengal --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 11/10/03 |
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