Morning Glory Problems

[jacob marley]

Just to make one or two a bit jealous i rotavated my garden were the morning glory and sweet peas were last year 3 weeks ago and lo and behold there are little morning glory self setters all over the the place so do not be surprised they grow any where jacob ps any body in or around Coentry nuneaton pm me and they are yours wellsome of them ok

[rustylady]

Just to make one or two a bit jealous i rotavated my garden were the morning glory and sweet peas were last year 3 weeks ago and lo and behold there are little morning glory self setters all over the the place so do not be surprised they grow any where jacob ps any body in or around Coentry nuneaton pm me and they are yours wellsome of them ok

Are you absolutely sure they're morning glory jacobmarley? I've never known them survive a winter. The only member of the family I've known to do this is bindweed (closely related, but a pernicious weed with large white flowers). Your mention of a rotovator worried me, as bindweed will grow new plants from any tiny bit of root that has been left in the ground, and if you chop up the roots with a rotovator you have the potential for thousands of new plants.

[Snadger]

By Morning glory I presume you mean Ipomea? If so I grew this in a greenhouse once where it tried to take over! It had lovely blue flowers similar in colour to the Tibetan poppy. I think its called morning glory because the flowers are dead by morning after flowering for one day. It had so many flowers it didn't matter anyway. I remember they used to stick to the greenhouse glass in there quest for light and once dried were a devil to get off. I tried a red variety after that and I remember not being very impressed with it!

[jacob marley]

Hi rustylady these are morning glory not from roots but from seed stacks of em

[Flummery]

We have had a record mild winter. If they were ever going to be able to cope, this is the year.