If you need to cover a trellis or fence in a short amount of time consider planting annual vines. They provide a vertical interest to a garden, add privacy and shade, block the wind, and camouflage any unsightly view. Annual flowering vines tend to grow vigorously and continue to bloom until frost kills them.
Although morning glory vine is usually grown as an annual, it will grow as a perennial in zones 10-11.
Morning glory vine (Ipomoea tricolor) is a fast growing tender vine that can easily climb a trellis or fence by twining itself around the support. The funnel-like flowers open in the morning (hence the name morning glory) and last for one day.
Plant in any type of soil but it grows better in poor well-drained soil and blooms best in full sun to light shade. Plant seeds 1/2″ deep and space 6-12 inches apart. Keep the soil moderately moist to dry.
Seeds*
Sow directly into the ground after the soil warms up. Before planting, scrape the black seed coat with sandpaper and soak in water overnight to allow better germination. The vine can also be started from seeds indoors in peat pots 4-5 weeks before the last frost date.
Once established Morning glory can self-seed and spread becoming a weedy plant, smothering plants and difficult to control in the flowerbed. To avoid this problem be sure to remove the seed pods. Grow it in a container or adjacent to a sidewalk were it can be managed. The large flowered cultivars tend to reseed less. Morning glories can be used to attract beneficial ladybugs into your garden.
Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) has large flowers in shades of red, white and blue. “Heavenly Blue” cultivar of (Ipomoea tricolor) is a popular blue color.
A compact series with variegated foliage ‘Good Morning’ and ‘Mini Bar Rose’ can be grown in baskets and containers.
Another vine worth mentioning is Moon Vine (Ipomoea alba) which produces heart-shaped-leaves and large fragrant white flowers. Because the flowers open from dusk to dawn, this vine can be enjoyed in the evening garden, by the light of the silvery moon.
*Morning glory seeds are considered poisonous and should not be ingested.
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Thanks for the great information. I am a newbie to gardening but discovered the passion of taking care of the green and seeing it grow. I am expat in Thailand at the moment and I guess the wolly morning glory (or elephant…
Read Farouk discussionI planted a bunch of seeds around a mailbox this spring, unfortunately I am completely new to gardening and did not understand what thinning out meant. So I planted seeds a couple inches apart and did not remove any. I used twine…
Read Lindsey discussionHello, I live in central Washington, and I have planted morning glories (heavnenly blue, and flying saucers) for the past 3 years in late april after the threat of frost has past and have had beautiful thriving plants with many blooms. By…
Read Brad discussionSave seeds I want to save seeds from summer flowers such as Morning Glories, Hollyhocks, etc. How and when do you do this? Thank you, Pam & Donna Saving seeds is a matter of observing and right timing. When the plant matures,…
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Save seeds
I want to save seeds from summer flowers such as Morning Glories, Hollyhocks, etc. How and when do you do this? Thank you, Pam & Donna
i recently moved into a new house and there are morning glory vines everywhere, what is the best way to get this plant back under control.
Hi,
I planted morning glories from seeds about two months ago. The leaves look quite healthy & are starting to put out runners. Within the last two days a noticed quite a few holes in the leaves. Looks like something is eating the leaves, but I didn’t spot any worms or anything anywhere around them. Any suggestions as to what to dust them with or spray on the foliage?
I have two gorgeous morning glory plants…every time they look full and fantastic my husband insists on chopping them back with hedge trimmers flat against the wall…I am spitting mad right now because they look dead. Is this truly how they should be done?????
In East Texas, the Tyler area, are morning glories strictly annuals or will they survive the winter? if so will I need to replant every year or will they reseed themselves? The ones I planted this year are already six to seven feet tall but show no sign of blooming. How long do they usually take to bloom?
I have lots of blooms, but there are yellow leaves to be picked off every day. These plants were established when I got here, I recently used a fertilizer stick and water daily in this hot area.
I have a plant 20 ft high but no blooms. Planted in large container, what can I do, I have to water every other day so too much fertilizer should not be a problem. Any suggestions.
My morning glories have some yellow
leaves. I have been removing the leaves
everyday. This didnt happen last year.
HELP!!!!!!
Have you had a lot of rain???
YES WE HAVE HAD RAIN DAYS AND
SOME EVENINGS
Thanks for the help. This plant is in a large container, if not watered it wilts and looks like it will die. I guess I have a choice, no blooms or lots of leaves. I put a lot of my plants in containers as we here on the Outer Banks of NC have hurrincanes in our history. I have lost entire planting and started over, just something you have to accept if you want to live here.
My Morning Glory vine was thriving this summer but has suddenly begun to fail. Its leaves are wilting, turning yellow and falling off and its new blossoms are falling off before they open. I am also trying to find out what type of Morning Glory it is. It has deep pink blossoms but its leaves are not the heart shape that I am used to seeing. They are istead an elongated oval shape and quite thick. Any information or advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
hello,i really like ur site. i have a problem with my MG vine. my zone is 9-11. summer goes to 40c here. i have planted my MG in a 16” container. It gets 5 hours after noon direct sunlight. ALthough it has reached 10 feet climbed, but all the trunk portion of vining is droping the leaves. they get yellow and brown and wilt. Upper leaves are fine. Lower 1 feet portion is naked now. There are also yellow spots in the bottom leaves. here is the pic. http://khabbab.pictiger.com/images/16139552/
. i sprayed mild general pesticide only on bottom leaves. still problem unresolved. kindly help.
PS: when will it bloom?. i keep it normally dry and no fert.
Khabbab, Lahore, Pakistan
My Morning Glories have a lot yellow bugs and a few black ones. they are killing the plant. the yellow ones seem to be veryvery close together and in rows. What Fertilizer or remedie should i use? i have other flowers close to them but they are not there yet.
i am in southeast ct. when should my morning glory and moon flower start too bloom and for how long? some in ground some in pots climbing up and around deck?
How do I keep my morning glory from growing into a light on a lightpost? I’ve been redirecting but should I cut it? Also what to do at end of season/frost do I cut back or leave as is?
I planted several morning glory seeds that I found in my shed from last year (not thinking they would grow). Since then the vine has grown so much that it is starting to take over the eaves of my patio. It has grown off the trellis and is still climbing. Can I cut back the morning glory?
How to plant Morning Glory cuttings
How would I grow morning glory indoors?
i live in a dorm and i wanted to plant morning glories inside. would they be able to survive as long as i took care of them and gave them plenty of sun light. and also if they would survive would they eventually die or keep on living since they are in a controlled enviorment? thank you
Our morning glory recently received the first frost and is now all wilted. Should I cut it back for the winter or leave it alone? I live in the Illinois. Thanks
There are wild “morning glories” that grow like weeds everywhere in the Northwest, with a white flower. If you have these, I have been told they are not true morning glories. They spread runners everywhere and can grow back from a tiny piece left in the ground. They don’t grow from seed. Rip them up constantly and hope for the best.
If your rampant morning glory is the beautiful colored ones- like Heavenly Blue, lucky you! They are nearly impossible to grow where I live (Bellingham, Washington), so I plant them in pots and let them grow on a string around my south and west facing windows.
Hello, I planted a MG plant last summer and it went wild on our back fence to our delight and the neighbors also. But, all of a sudden the leaves took on a mottled appearance, got brown spots that turned into holes and then leaves and blooms died and fell off. Happened quite quickly. I have pictures of the leaves here on my blog http://appelquilling.blogspot.com/search/label/Gardening and when you click on it to enlarge the photo you can see the leaves starting to mottle, some are yellow w/holes.
And here you can see the leaves when it was bad at this link: http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq141/sea7777/quillingmg031.jpg
Now there are seedlings comming back and they have this look to them!!! Could you please tell my what it is and how to fix it? I really loved them and would like to have them healthy again.
Thank you
Sonya
I planted a morning glory before knowing anything about them. The plant was mature and was thriving for a while. It was climbing a trellis and my fence and even a tree but now it’s dead. The leaves fell off and all that’s left is dead vines. Will it grow back? Should i pull it out and start over? I live in Northern California-Bay Area.
Will morning glories and moonflowers survive year round in a greenhouse with a natural spring and high humidity at 75 degrees?
My first morning glory was grown inside, when I rented a small single room in a big house full of twenty-somethings. I grew it in a small pot by a sunny window- it climbed up and around the rods of the window and bloomed wonderfully. It was so beautiful, framing the window with twisting vines and sky-blue flowers (Clarke’s Heavenly Blue). Very little work, super-easy (and I knew nothing about horticulture) and helped make a small space lovely.
What do I do with the dead flowers? Do I “dead head” them? I have some morning glories in a nice window box, but I don’t know how to care and maintain them. Please, help.
Thank you,
April
I unknowingly fertilized my Morning Glories. Is there anything I can do to fix this mistake?
I just planted some morning glory plants I got from a local nursery. The weather has been stranger than usual here with quite a bit of rain and then getting really hot. I planted the plants in really bad soil, and watered after planting. My plants look really wilty. Should I water the plants more often due to the heat, or wait and see if letting them dry out works better. How much water do they usually require? Thanks for your help.
Hello, I live in central Washington, and I have planted morning glories (heavnenly blue, and flying saucers) for the past 3 years in late april after the threat of frost has past and have had beautiful thriving plants with many blooms. By this time the plants are usually beginning to thrive and make there way up the trellis and fenced deck. This year has been very different, as they are still very small and only one has begum to shoot its vine up the trellis, and its smaller than normal. The rest appear to be getting eaten, possibly by little tiny ants that I have seen around this area, but rarely do I see any insects eating them. Im guessing that the holes in the leaves are depleting the plants of energy from the sun, and thats wahts stunting their growth. The other problem is, I planted much more than what has come up, there are bare areas, where I planted 5-6 seeds and none have grown. The soil is poor, and I thought they liked this, since they have done so well in the past. SHould I fertilize? And how can i protect the plants with insect holes in them from further damage? I dont want to kill the poor things from the wrong type of insecticide, and am sort of weray of the idea of using an insecticide in the first place, i will if i have to. I’m almost positive the enemy are these little ants. I would really value any tips, i love these plants, and need to save them before its too late. some have been chewed to destruction before any vines shot out.
hi, my zone is 10b. can i grow Convolvulus tricolor as perennial in my zone? If yes, what is ideal sowing time?. Summer reaches over 100F here while winter is mild not below 5c. We also get moonsoon rains in july/august. Note that we grow ipomoea purpuea (morning glory) as perennial here.
hi, what exactly do you mean when you say “pull out in winter”? Do i literally pull out the plant with roots and all? i dont understand how it will reseed at this point. Unfortunately, I had no idea what MG was and planted it with a Jasmine plant as it was so small and has overcome the climbing jasmine and all the climber. I thought all i had to do was cut all the leaves which i think is alot just doing that without harming the jasmine. I have to say the deep purple with jasmine is beautiful. i hope i havent harmed the jasmine.
please tell me the jasmine will survive.
I planted several Heavenly Blue morning glories from seed in pretty poor soil about 7 weeks ago. They are interspersed with sunflowers in a full sun area in a 6 x 9 rectangular shape (trying to grow a “sunflower house” for the kids and the morning glories are supposed to wrap around the sunflower stalks.)
However, the MGs are only about 2 inches high and don’t seem to have grown much at all in the last few weeks. The sunflowers are now about 14 inches high, which may impeded with the light the morning glories get, since they haven’t taken off yet. I am watering more than usual because of unseasonal hot weather. They are in an area with some tree roots (which I tried to pull up when planting the seeds.) What could be causing this stunting? Should I water more/less? They are mulched with grass that had been treated with weed/feed a few weeks before cutting. Could that be the problem? I’m located in Alaska.
MG and clematis
I am concerned that my morning glories may choke out my clematis. Am I well advised not to not plant them too close together next year? Is there a danger that the morning glories (an annual) might utterly destroy my perennial clematis?
My morning glories have beautiful, healthy vines, but the blooms never open! I am in Illinois. What could be the problem?
My Morning Glories bloom nicely for the day and usaully do not reopen the next day, is this commom or is something wrong?
I have morning glory flowers here in NW Oklahoma. Once they vines die out in the winter, should I remove them or will they come back in the spring?
No seeds
I live in southern Australia and have a beautiful blue MG vine that covers most of my yard. My Sister wants to grow it at her house but my vine doesn’t seem to produce any seeds. are there seedless varieties.
Yellowing leaves
Hello, I’m growing 2 Heavenly Blue MG’s, they are 3 Months old and the leaf’s have started to get yellow from the bottom up.
I think the problem is the container they are in, it’s a 25 Lt. that probably ran out of nutrients, specially nitrogen.
I’ve been watering them with humus tea to get some nitrogen in the substrate but the yellowing keeps climbing up. Any suggestions? I water them once every 2-3 days.
my morning glorys was doing great but two days later they shriveld up and is hanging flat on the pots
Controlling morning glory
I live in northern ohio when i bought my house the whole back yard was covered in morning glorys and every year it gets worse how do i maintain them without killing all of them thanks.
Cutting back morning glory
I didn’t provide supports for my morning glories when I started them in pots. Now they are all grown together and it’s one big, tangled mess. Will the plants survive if I cut them back and just keep the bottom 6″ or so, or do I have to unwind all those vines?
Transplanting morning glories
Hello, I live in Massachusetts and I planted morning glory seeds indoor. The plants started well and when they were 5-6 inches I transplanted outside in larger planters on my deck. After few days outside, they started look very unhappy, with wilted leaves etc., and they died eventually. Now I have a second round of plants, grown in the same ways…the weather has been inclement in the last couple of days, lots of rain, so I moved the planter with the little plants inside, is that correct ?
I don’t understand if too much water and rain and wind is so bad for the small plants to die, or if they simply suffer being re-potted outside after being in the house for a couple of weeks. Any clue ? thanks !
Holes in Morning glory leaves
Hello,
I planted morning glories about 2 and a half weeks ago. They have grown to be about 2-3 inches high at this point. All of a sudden, I have started noticing very large holes in the leaves. Some holes have almost taken over the entire leaf itself. Any thoughts on what may be causing this problem, or how to eradicate it? We have many carpenter ants all over the deck in which these are growing next to. I planted moonflower near this same area as well and the same thing is happening to my baby moonflower leaves.
Hi! This year, my morning glory plants [potted] are doing terribly. today i noticed that there are very small black bugs on the leaves. they look a little worm-like. i actually thought they were seeds of some kind which had blown or fallen onto the leaves, and then i saw a couple of them move. there are some holes in a few leaves, but mostly all of the leaves look as if they’re being drained of color. very spotty and patchy shades of green to white and a little yellow here and there. the nearby parsley [another pot] is also starting to look measly. lavendar is still okay and salvia is still okay as well as the other herbs and flowers I have on the other side of the porch. I’ve also seen more caterpillars on the parsley this year than i have in the past. I’m in New York. We’ve had quite a bit of rain followed by blazing heat. Not sure how to connect the dots or what to do…. just wanted to give you all the info.
Thanks!
Bugs on new growth
I have a newly planted Morning Glory that is starting to climb and the bottom leaves are very healthy; however, the new leaves are getting holes all over them. Could ants or some other insect be causing this problem? Does anyone have any suggestions to the problem or remedy? Please advise.
Thank you,
Thanks! What fertilizer do you suggest for potted morning glory plants? BTW: I actually wiped the bugs off of the leaves. I’m not sure if they’ll come back, but I have not seen them back yet. Leaves are certainly sickly looking. Will try to ID and let everyone know if I find an answer.
I appreciate the help.
-AZ
I planted a bunch of seeds around a mailbox this spring, unfortunately I am completely new to gardening and did not understand what thinning out meant. So I planted seeds a couple inches apart and did not remove any. I used twine to wrap it around the post of the mailbox and it is just reaching the top. I’m concerned about where it is going to head next, I don’t want it to cover the mailbox for the mail but there is not more height for it to grow. Will it head back down and grow into itself? Should I let it get to the mail hole and cut it back?
Also, I’ve been trying to search the internet about the species I collected with hardly anything coming back. The package says Tall Mix, Gloria De La Manana. Do you know anything about this species? It has not flowered since planting over 2 months ago.
I also read you told someone else when cutting back to make sure you have a few healthy true leaves, if I do cut back can you tell me what to actually cut? I see the bud at the end of the vine that continues to grow (I’m assuming this is not the flower).
Sorry for all the questions, I don’t know what I was thinking. My mom had them growing wildly around her mailbox years ago and hers did not grow this large so I had no idea of their capability.
Thanks!
How long does it take before the Morning Glory will flower? Mine is almost to the top of the trellis, but has not flowers yet. Please advise.
Thank you,
Julie
I planted morning glory and moon flowers this year and I am just blown away by the crazy morning glory vines. They are so think and so full…but I would like to know if it is ok to thin out some of the beautiful leaves. The reason I ask is because there are so many flowers that do not get seen because of the abundance of leaves. Is it ok to pull them off, or clip them or pinch them? Another question is, I live in Louisville, KY…will my Morning Glories reseed? And if I want to pick the seed pods myself…what am I looking for? Also, my moon flowers have yet to produce a bloom…any idea why? And thanks for ALL the great info and the time you take answering everyone!
trimming the vine
Hi There!
I have a very hearty “few” morning glory plants grown from dropping quite a few seeds in one spot. I thinned them and then put a tomato cage on top upside down for them to grow on. Well they have filled the cage and are blooming but now the cage is starting to fall over and give. (It was an old cheap cage bending easily). Can I cut back some of the vines? Besides all of the blooms seem to be on the inside of the cage rather then out side where they can be easily seen.
Thanks A Bunch!!
Dee
My neighbor planted morning glories on our common fence 8 years ago. I curse them all the time as they choke off all my plantings, and I was always trying to pull off the trailers. We have had a huge rat problem the last several years, and traps and bait were not controlling the issues. One day, sitting on our porch, my daughter and I saw a rat run up the wrought iron fence pole into the morning glories. I told my neighbor, and he seemed unconcerned. Stated he would tell his exterminator. He did not take the morning glories down, and they grow all year here in Southern California. SO, after seeing another rat, I started pulling and cutting 8 years of growth back to the fence. It was gross! We could actually see the nests, like looking into an ant farm. I again said to my neighbor that we were seeing rats nest. He still has done nothing, and since I clipped back to the fence line, a portion of the morning glories on his side are falling down. They are upset about this. (Personally, they have two young daughters, I would be concerned about rats being less than 8 feet from my back door-which is open).
I have some heavenly blues that were growing great. Were forming flowers getting ready to pop out of the first tiny buds. Now I am noticing many of the young flower buds turning brown. Extremely worried. We have had a lot of rain.
I inherited a morning glory vine that is growing across our porch and up the side of our house. It is starting to make its way under the shingles on the house and into the other plantings and I am worried about it wreaking havoc. I cant seem to find the base of its vines – it just seems like a big tangle without any clear origin. Any suggestions about how to control it? Do I need to worry about it destroying the house structures (foundation, shingles, gutters/drains) and should I just annahilate it (but it is quite beautiful)? if so, how?
Brown horned Caterpillars – My 3 morning glory vines have been invaded with caterpillars – what do I do?
Cutting back morning glory
I purchased two potted morning glories last year. They produced flowers nicely. I trimmed them down for the winter and put them in my basement.
They have grown alot this summer and started to produce flowers nicely around the end of August. I plan to cut them down about a third of their length. Isn’t this what you suggest? Also can I store the plants for winter in my garage? It is insulated and it doesn’t get below freezing in it during the winter. I live in south central Illinois. Also do you suggest repotting the plants next year?
I planted heavenly blue and blue dawn morning glories around 5 of my oak trees this past spring and now i have beautiful canopies of leaves and flowers as high as 30 feet up the trees and on the branches. My question is will the morning glories smother and kill my oak trees?
I was very discouraged in the spring as my MG did not bloom after I had tried everything but then they just went crazy blossoming in clusters of 20 to 30 flowers and climbing up to the neighbors porch upstairs. Now we have had the first frost ( I live in Central Michigan) and I am not sure if I should cut them back or just leave them alone????
I’m house-sitting for a friend in the Los Angeles area. The sprinklers are on automatic and the morning glories on the fence have been beautiful. Then the heat wave came… I tried to make sure the plants were watered in the evening, but apparently, the neighbor down the street did too. I think they got over watered. The once lush, thick-vined plants are thin and fragile. What’s worse is now we’ve had a full week of non-stop rain.
Is there anything that can be done over the next few weeks to improve the vines or should I pull them all out and just by new ones to save myself the shame of failure…? 🙁
When is the planting season for Morning Glory flowers?
I just transplanted my morning glories (flying saucers and red picote) outside. The seed packet said they were annuals, but this sight says they can come back. On their own every year. I live in an area that when I move it can’t stay behind. Are their certain kinds that won’t come back or should I go move them to pots?
Thanks for the great information. I am a newbie to gardening but discovered the passion of taking care of the green and seeing it grow. I am expat in Thailand at the moment and I guess the wolly morning glory (or elephant creeper as its called here) is more or less “home territory”. I live in the last two floors of a 15 floor building and decided to cover the entire “front” with the creepers. They grow SO fast. I am having trouble in keeping or directing the stalks to make it less messy but I learned how to do it.
– 1st mistake: I fought with new pests all the time but I almost burned the plant when it was still new with pesticides, leaves turned brown in corner and just fell off. Thank god the plant is strong and it managed to get through the ordeal. Now I spray the creepers once in 2 weeks with natural NEEM OIL that works like a charm especially against white flies.
– I noticed some small larvae on the new stalks shrouded in their cocoon (around 2mm in length, brownich yellow flat and eye shaped). I tried to spary neem oil but am not sure it works. I still have to wait a bit more… I am reluctant to spray pesticide (S-65 its called) which is against worms and caterpillars. Any advice?
-It has been raining a lot (rainy season starting) but all the creepers look good in all 6 balconies except one. The leaves started turning yellow very fast and am losing them. As I read here it could be too much water, but I would presume the rest would be the same but they look super healthy. If its a root problem???? what can I do? I know neem oil is also considered as a fungicide, can I just dilute it and pour it to the roots?
Other than that its a great plant… it saves my place from the very strong sun we have in Thailand and I even found the first 5 flowers (bell shaped and the insides is deep purple) .. I planted it only 8 months ago! The only thing is all these flowers planted only in one section (the top) and from only one stalk… perhaps I should wait to see it from other parts as well…
Thanks guys and greetings ….
will try and send some pics to the admin in case it can be published…
I live in DE and bought Murasakihigezaki Japanese Morning Glory and Akahigezaki Hige Japanese Morning Glory. After reading the comments here I think I will pull up the seedlings as I don’t want reseeding or any invasive problem. They are on trellises close to perennial plant.
hi here is my problem i planted my morning glorys and they have been doing great and they r huge and growing up my porch over hang just like i want but i noticesed that the bottom of the plant is starting to thin out and some leaves r turning yellow which i know is from to much water but there r other leaves that r turning brown and it is just not that full at the bottom is this normal or am i doing something wrong
Hi Ray
It’s normal. You will get some lower leaf loss from less light and more nutrition going up to the new growth.
ok but after hearing this in the past few days it is really getting worse it is now moving up the vine more and i am noticing that the leaves r wilting during the day i know it is really hot here in miami but it is happening to both areas i planted then on either side of my gate they seem to be still growing but what was once a lush green area around my gate is starting to thin out and the leaves r dying and some r turning yellow i am going to stop watering for a few days is that a good idea i usually water every other day with the rest of my yard also when i planted the seeds i did plant the whole pack in a 2 ft area could that be the problem i have noticed that there is on vine that is thinker then the rest coming out of the ground any help is welcome i worked to hard to lose them now
From a earlier post I see that if morning glories get too much rain they can start to die and look wilted. This is occuring with mine. It was a beautiful plant and with all the rain we have had it has just begun to die and the leaves have started to shrivle up and get sort of yellow and even white. My question is will it come back after the rains have stopped and we get more sunny days? This is the first time I have planted a morning glory and I was so excited to see it climbing and growing and now it just looks so pathetic.
Mix seeds
Hi, I live in mountain Guatemala. The temp ranges from 58 F to 80 F all year round. I am filling the entire 50 meter roadside fence outside with morning glories of 4 different colors. (Naturally I have VERY low labor costs.) I want to have continious year-round blooming so I plan to plant new seeds in small black nursery bags well before the older ones stop blooming. To replant I will just slash the bag good and plant the entire bag.
Also we have a nice native morning glory growing around close – dark purple with a bright red throat.
My question is I am worried that the different colors will mix when making new seeds. And maybe degenerate like petunias do. Should I try to replant from cuttings¿ Mil gracias
Ants on morning glory
How can you get rid of tiny black ants on my morning glories . They are eating holes in my leaves ! HELP PLEASE
Ants on leaves
well a new problem i have found these little ant that r living on the underside of the leaves and on the buds what can i use to kill them and not hurt the plant
Hi Ray
see previous answer regarding ant/aphids
if i cut a bloomed flower to put in my hair, will it close?
Why don’t you try it and see.
how do i get rid of them
i got the spray thanks also i have one more question i have noticed that during the day the leaves on one of my vines seem to drop and look wilted but then most day they seem to come back to life at the end of day why is this
Transplanting morning glory
For 2 years now i have let the morning glories grow all over my fence but last year the strangled the neighbors roses and some other plants (we share a picket fence in a mobile home park). Is there any way to keep them from growing on certain parts of the fence? My husband was suggesting Vaseline so they could not hold on 😀 Also i was reading that they do not transplant well, mine are about 5-7 inches at the biggest right now and i would love to move them a little further down to cover the fence where they could run free, is their survival rate higher if it is the same soil mostly?
Thanks for your reply, to bad cloudy,cool days never happen in the desert. I will see how it goes.
Then transplant in the evening.
My morning glory is growing great, beautiful flowers, for ONE day, something keeps eating the flowers during the night, what could it be and how do I put a stop to it?
How do I get the neighbors goat not to eat my morning glories off the fence? Please HELP!!!
Hi: one of my new planted morning glory annuals just lost it’s foliage from an errant string cutter – will it regrow new foliage – or should it be replaced?
I live in oklahoma. I planted morning glories about 2 months ago. The foliage is out of control but I have no blooms. I have fertilized and I water everyday. Am I watering to much?
its like a weed. Don’t worry, it will grow back!!!
I have a number of various types of morning glories that I trained up and around a cypress tree in my yard. Mixed in are a number of moonflower (evening glory) vines as well.
A couple of days ago, at about 11 AM, the morning glories and moonflowers are all full and green and looking wonderful.
When I peeked back outside about 3 hours later, ALL of the morning glories are massively wilted. Only the morning glories, mind… the moonflowers were not affected.
It almost looked like the morning glories were sprayed (they weren’t) or as if someone cut all the root stems (still intact and healthy-looking).
It’s two days later, the moonflowers are still growing like crazy, but the mornings are still wilted. They don’t really appear dead, but like they may soon be.
Any idea what could have happened???
forgot to mention…
I live in South-central Louisia, not far from the Gulf coast.
I bought potted morning glory from the store.They had already beautiful flowers.Yesterday I decided to replant them in a much nicer pot, which is lower and wider. Well, I had to cut the half of the roots in order for the plant to fit inside the pot. I also added fresh soil. Today, MG didn’t look healthy at all. Will they recover?
My morning glory plants were doing great, then I noticed a lot of dead vines. I discovered that the stems were being ‘cut-off’ at the base of the plant. Any ideas why?
I live in zone 5 and have some morning glories that form buds which turn yellow and fall off when they are tiny. The leaf stalks have small projections that look like thorns and don’t scrape off with a nail. There are also yellow, chewed leaves. I have innspectedd them at all times of day, top and bottom and don’t see anything. I bought the plants when they were about 8 inches tall.
About 5 feet away is a self-seded heavenly blue vine that got a later start. No buds yet but no disease either. Any idea what this is and how to treat?
Rabbits seemed partial to the morning glories in my yard, before the new fence. They leave them “cut off” at the base, and don’t even seem to bother with eating the rest of the plant.I only discovered this after finding my precious vines dying.
hey well i havent talk on this site for a while but he is the latest i had to pull all my vines out and start over this time i spaced them perfectly and i have built a trealices for them to climb up i have not watered them to much but it has rained alot ere in miami and it is a very hot summer they started out fine but then belive it or not the afids got them again i sprayed and all was well then once again they started to turn yellow and dry out and leaves r faling off but i have noticed a lot of seed pods r taking the place of the flowers and it is really looking ugly but my other vine that is growing on my fences is still green pretty and lots of flowers why is it when i grow then up the seem to have a problem but the one growing sideways on my fence is doing so well thanks for help sorry so long
Trimming morning glory vine
I planted morning glories along my fence so I wouldn’t have to look at my neighbours weeds and garbage. I now have a beautiful fence of flowers and leaves and can’t see the neighbours at all. How do I keep it this nice without it overgrowing into my garden and strangling my own plants. I just want it on the fence, but it keeps creeping into my garden and wrapping itself into the flowers and bushes. Can I cut these creepers off without doing any damage?
Hi I am sue and I got MG seeds out the ears. I love the vines everywhere so pretty sue
I am growing Morning Glories with Moonglows. they look beautiful. My pot size are retangular 5″x 7″ x 24″ the dirt about 4″ deep. Will the Morning Glories survive in this setup. The box is a well drained mesh type of container.
My mom planted some of her morning glories along my fence last year. When I cleaned up before winter, I cut down the vines thinking they were going to grow back because I didn’t want to look at the brown mess all winter. Now I’m thinking that may have been the wrong move?? Will they grow back?
Thanks,
Becky
Grow Morning glory in So. Cal
I live in So. California, summer temps reach 110 plus… will my morning glories survive out summer heat? I have them under my patio cover growing up a fence, not in direct afternoon sunlight. I have the heavenly blue, crimson rambler, and milky way types of mg’s. Will the vine live year around?
Thrips
Hi I am successfully growing 2 controlled pots of blue morning glories from seeds which I planted. I have not had any flowers yet however, I notice many white spots all over the leaves. At a previous home I planted (from a pot) a blue morning glory and the same thing happened. These are not white flies. I have thoroughly examined the leaves and can’t find what is causing this. This problem somehow affects the plants ability to produce any flowers. I live in south Louisiana about 30 mins noeth of new orleans, my plants are in direct sunlight and are not being over watered. I thought by planting from seeds I would have a better chance of seeing flowers but not sure what to do at this point. Any help would be great. Thanks!
My mgs have little black bugs that look like tiny ants that are laying little black eggs on the back of the leaves,turning them yellow and ultimately killing the leaf. What are these bugs and how do I get rid of them?! I have used Bayer 3-in-1,insect,disease,&mite control ; to no avail Please help me!!!
saving morning glory seeds
To save money, I harvested my morning glory seeds each year and planted the previous years seeds each spring. I started with white ones, blue ones, pink ones and small purple ones. Each year the color mutations were more interesting, I got white flowers with purple and blue stripes, blue flowers with pink centers, white flowers with purple edges, small purple flowers with pink streaks, and several other interesting color variations. I looked forward each year to see what new colors I would get!
Rust
my morning glories have holes in the leaves but also when u turn them over they have an orange powdery substance on hte back of the leaves. I s this a fungus if so do i need to treat or just pull all the infected leaves. my vine is hughe and has multy colored flowers, alsoo is grown in a hughe pot for several years. this is the first year this has happened. but i moved to a new home . but no change in enviroment.
I have a beautifully growing morning glory climbing up a young tree, it hasn’t bloomed yet but the landscape crew wants me to cut it down because they beleive it is choking the tree, is that true? I will be happy to cut it if it is but if not I want to see it bloom because it is going to be beautiful when it does…….. Help I can’t find an answer to this question anywhere so far..
I was wondering if the Morning Glory plants that I planted last summer will come back. I did not save or collect any of the seeds just left them on the vine.
Hello,
I was wondering… did something out of the ordinary and I started my own potted flowers… Wanted to know if freesia’s and morning glory’s could be potted together.. Traditionally I know that they shouldn’t be potted.. but I want a big hanging basket that will blossom nicely for my hummingbird garden. What is your opinion… am I going to have a mess on my hands or do you think It could be managed??
thank you
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I got myself a blue MG from a greenhouse and put it in a pot on my balcony. It seems to be doing ok so far, but some of the leaves have light-coloured spots along the stems, and others have puckers/wrinkles that kinda look like warts. The leaves look healthy on the underside. Is this normal? What should I do if it is a disease?
Hi, my neighbor planted morning glories in her yard a couple of years ago but didn’t know how to control it. It has now come across/around/under my yard and has now grown under my patio and into my foundation and is now growing through my floor in my dining room. I need to know who to call or what to do to stop it from destroying my foundation any more then it already has.
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My Morning Glory plant has large silver colored splotches on almost all of the leaves. Do you know what this might be and what I can do to get rid of them?
Hi there I have white looking leaves on my plants. I think it could be rust mites. What can I spray to get ride of them
I planted Jasmine for our arbor and my husband thought it would look good with MG’s growing with it. Will it hurt my Jasmine?
Bunny Rabbits keep attacking my morning glories…I have tried cayenne pepper and moth balls but the bunnies keep attacking…how can I stop this and will my glories survive?
Anybody what should I do my mg’ s were beautiful and now they are scraggly and brown vines some still green with flowers should I take them out
Hi my morning glorys will bloom and then next day they’re closed up why
My husband got 2 morning Glory plants. We got them to grow up our windmill. One of them is going up but one of them isn’t. It isn’t doing anything please help me find out what to do next. How long before they will bloom ? I am not seeing any flowers even started. HELP !