To decorate arbors, verandas, fences in the country and loggias in the apartment, flower growers often use flowering climbing plants. One of these vines is morning glory, which is distinguished by long flowering and simple or double flowers of various colors that open in the morning. The plant is not very capricious in its care and cultivation, therefore it is popular among gardeners who decorate their summer cottages with it.

Description of Ipomoea perennial

The plant belongs to the Vyunkov family, which are naturally found in the subtropics and tropics. There are more than five hundred species of this loach, which is cultivated as a perennial in warm countries, and in the regions of our country it is grown in open ground as an annual plant.

Liana is distinguished by heart-shaped densely leafy stems that can grow up to five meters in length. They are abundantly covered with beautiful fragrant flowers formed on long pedicels. The buds open in the morning and on a cloudy day they close in the evening, and on a sunny day they turn after the sun and close in the afternoon. The flowers are like a homophonic trumpet and can be single or double. There are many varieties of morning glory with a wide variety of bud colors.

From the dissected or heart-shaped leaves of the loach, a green mass is formed, against which delicate buds look very beautiful. The plant has a tap root, which is why it was called "ipomoea", which in Greek means "worm-like".

In autumn, large morning glory seeds are formed in a closed fruit box, which, after cracking the fruit, fall to the ground and sprout easily. Therefore, several generations of loach can grow in one growing season.

Types and varieties of morning glory

In horticulture, several dozen species and varieties of this flowering loach are used. The most popular are:

Ipomoea variety

Ipomoea Kvamoklit

Liana with light green dissected openwork leaves and small pink, white or red flowers up to one and a half centimeters in diameter. It blooms from mid-summer to autumn and loves moisture. Insufficient watering can lead to a delay in the development of the plant and the crushing of its buds. The most common Quamoclit varieties are Fire Red, Lobe, Motley, and Slaughter's Quamoclite.

Ipomoea moonflowering

The loach is distinguished by shoots up to six meters long and a stem up to three meters high. It has large heart-shaped leaves and large, fragrant, white buds up to ten centimeters in diameter. Flowering begins in July and continues until mid-autumn.

Ipomoea purpurea

A plant with a long pubescent stem, opposite, lanceolate or oval bare leaves and single flowers up to seven centimeters in diameter. Gramophone-shaped flowers can be pink, white, blue, purple, deep purple or red.

Ipomoea "Flying Saucer"

- an annual plant is distinguished by large variegated flowers, the diameter of which can reach fifteen centimeters. The petals of the flower have purple-blue and white stripes. Blooms all summer until frost. When planting in a pot and providing supports, this species can be grown as an indoor morning glory.

Ipomoea blue

A powerful plant with a thick stem, from which shoots grow, forming a sprawling bush. The plant blooms only after it has gained the necessary mass of foliage. Under favorable conditions, blue flowers on the bush bloom in mid-July. Flowering continues until frost.

Ipomoea Batata

is a herbaceous plant up to thirty centimeters high. The overgrown bush in diameter reaches one or two meters. Depending on the variety, the leaves of this variety may have a light green, purple, bronze or green-purple color. Ipomoea Sweet potato can be propagated by cuttings or tubers. A low plant can be planted in a pot and grown as an indoor crop.

Ipomoea terry Serenade

Liana with a stem up to three meters long, rich green leaves and as if corrugated buds from pale to deep red. The plant needs good lighting, otherwise it will lose its decorative qualities.

Ipomoea Nile

A highly branched liana with a stem up to three meters in length, dark green, broadly oval large leaves and funnel-shaped flowers up to ten centimeters in diameter. Semi-double buds come in a variety of colors and can be purple, dark blue, blue or red. The variety blooms from mid-summer and with good care, flowering stops only with the onset of frost.

Growing Ipomoea from seeds

Ipomoea planting methods In order for beautiful delicate flowers to bloom on the liana in the summer, it is recommended to grow it in seedlings at room conditions. For this, seeds are sown in April-May. The culture is growing rapidly and in three weeks will be ready for planting in open ground, so the timing of sowing depends on the region.

Seeds must be pre-treated. In order for them to ascend, it is necessary to break the integrity of their shell, that is, to stratify. You can simply soak them for one day in slightly warm water, and if they do not swell, then gently pierce them with a needle, and then knead them again for a day in water.

Before sowing seeds, it is necessary to choose the right soil, which for American plant species should consist of the following components

leaf humus- 2 parts;
coconut fiber- 1 part;
vermiculite- 1 part;
peat- 1 part;
fine expanded clay- 0.5 parts.
African varieties prefer soil for succulents, to which small expanded clay is added.

Each seed is placed in a separate peat or disposable cup, which is covered with a film or glass on top. Seedling containers are placed in a warm place with an air temperature within +20 degrees. Every day the soil should be ventilated and monitor its moisture content.

After about ten days, seedlings will appear, the care of which consists in the timely watering of the soil and the garter to the support, after the small bushes grow to fifteen centimeters. As the plants grow, the transshipment method is transplanted into larger containers and pinched so that side shoots form on the main stem.

Landing in open ground
How to propagate morning glory Young grown plants are planted on the site when there are no frosts and the earth is well warmed up. The distance between the bushes should be from twenty centimeters. A support is immediately fixed near them, as which you can stretch a fishing line or install a lattice of rods.

At the end of May, morning glory seeds can be sown immediately in open ground, but in this case it will bloom later. The site for the vine is chosen calm and well lit. The soil for planting morning glory should be slightly acidic and well-drained.

Features of care

When caring for morning glory, special attention should be paid to its watering, which should be moderate, but regular. From excessive watering and stagnation of water in the roots, the plant may begin to rot. However, poor watering for vines is also dangerous. Therefore, in spring and summer it is watered without waiting for the soil to dry out, and in autumn only after the soil has dried.

During the growing season, the crop requires regular top dressing, for which you can use fertilizers for succulents or flowering plants. You can water the bushes with nutrient solutions or spray their leaves in cloudy weather. Fertilizers should contain phosphorus and as little nitrogen as possible. When making a large amount of nitrogen fertilizing, only the green mass will grow well. Flowering may not occur or be inconspicuous.

Ipomoea reproduction

Bindweed can be propagated in two ways:
seeds

cuttings.

seed propagation

How Morning Glory Flower Grows Morning glory seeds can be bought or harvested from plants grown outdoors. They are formed in a brown box, which should dry out and open slightly. The fruit is formed on the site of faded buds, and the seeds will be ready for harvest in about a month. They should be stored in a paper box or bag. Seed material retains its germination capacity up to four years. We described how to sow morning glory seeds a little higher.

cuttings

Ipomoea Sweet potato and some other species can be propagated by cuttings that are cut from cut shoots. Each cutting should have two internodes and be about twenty centimeters long. Below the knot, about one and a half centimeters, a cut is made at an angle of forty-five degrees. The segment is placed in a container with water, after cutting off its lower leaves.

After five days, and sometimes even earlier, roots appear on the petiole. It is planted in a container with soil and grown at a temperature within +22 degrees. The stalk will take root in seven to ten days

Diseases and pests of morning glory

A plant with a fleshy stem and large leaves is very attractive to pests in the form of spider mites and aphids. Aphid settles on the shoots, and the spider mite on the underside of the leaves. They feed on the juice of the plant, because of which it begins to turn yellow and dry out. You can get rid of the tick by spraying the bushes with water, and from the aphids - by treating with soapy water. But if the vine is heavily affected by pests, then the use of insecticidal preparations will be required.

Among diseases, morning glory is often affected by:

White edema - the disease is not infectious and appears in case of frequent waterlogging and hypothermia of the soil. They mainly affect indoor and greenhouse plants. Manifested in the form of bumps and blisters on the leaves. Over time, the leaf plates dry out and fall off.
Viral diseases can be different. They are not treatable, so damaged plants are cut and burned, and the soil under them is treated with special preparations.
Fungal diseases - soft, black, table, root rot, anthracosis, white rust. Liana can become infected with them through the ground. Plants are treated with fungicidal preparations, after cutting off rotten areas.
In order for morning glory to grow well, bloom beautifully for a long time and not be affected by any diseases and pests, you need properly selected, disinfected soil, a well-lit drained area and proper care.

Planting and caring for morning glory involves a number of activities, but caring for such a culture is not at all difficult. The main thing is to create conditions for her that are closest to the climate of her homeland - tropical America. Ipomoea belongs to the flowering plants of the bindweed family. There are both annual and perennial varieties. The name of the culture comes from the Latin word, which translates as "like a worm."

Many types of morning glory are known - more than 300. Only 20 of them are used in floriculture. There are 2 more types that are used as food. These include the following:

1. 1. Water spinach. Also called water yam. This species has lanceolate and oval leaves up to 17 cm long. The petals have a pink tint, and the core is darker. This plant is semi-submersible. In the wild, it grows in places where rivers, ponds, rice fields are located. Such a vine can be planted for landscaping ponds. In cooking in Asian countries, young shoots are used.
2. 2. Sweet potato. This variety is valued for underground tubers. They are orange, white, yellow, purple, red. The inflorescences are quite large, have pink petals.

As for the decorative types of morning glory, the most famous are the following:

1. 1. Cairo. Homeland is Australia and Asia. The stems grow up to 5 m in length. This morning glory is grown as an ampelous plant. Its inflorescences have blue petals.
2. 2. Purple. This vine is an annual crop. The stem has villi. It grows up to 8 m in length. Inflorescences are pink, white, blue, purple, red. Flowers up to 7 cm.
3. 3. Nile. The plant is highly branched. Liana reaches a length of 3 m. Flowers in diameter up to 10 cm. Inflorescences are pink and purple.
4. 4. Tricolor. This morning glory is also called red-blue. This perennial has a stem up to 4 m. The inflorescences are pale blue at first, but in the withered state they become purple-pink. Flowering lasts from early summer until the first frost.
5. 5. Ivy. The stem is highly branched. It is no more than 3 m long. The diameter of the inflorescences is no more than 5 cm. Usually they are pale blue with white edging around the edges, but there are instances with pink, burgundy, red petals.
6. 6. Moonflowering. The stem is up to 3 m long. The foliage is heart-shaped. The inflorescences are very large (up to 10 cm) and fragrant. They open only at night, and with the first rays of the sun they collapse.

In addition to the listed species, palmate, Brazilian, Mauritanian and others are also known.

Quamoclites form a separate group. These are morning glory, which are distinguished by the presence of openwork carvings on the foliage. The inflorescences are very small, have a tubular shape. There are such popular types of quamoclites:

1. 1. Cirrus. This Ipomoea is a climbing type, which, when proper care can reach a length of 5 m. The leaves are light green, openwork. The inflorescences are very small - usually 1.5-2 cm each. They have a star shape. Shades are different - red, white, pink. Flowering lasts from April to early autumn. Such a form of morning glory is not able to survive a transplant.
2. 2. Slaughter. Also called cardinal liana. It is no more than 3 m long. The leaves are carved at the edges, they look very gentle. Inflorescences have a rich red hue. They are up to 2 cm in diameter. A feature of this species is that it reproduces only through seeds. They are planted immediately in open ground.
3. 3. Fiery red. This plant is an annual. It has very thin stems that can grow up to 3 m in length. Inflorescences are red. Up to 2 cm in diameter. Distinctive feature is that such morning glory quickly loses its decorative properties.
4. 4. Bladed. The plant is up to 3 m long. The leaves are three-lobed, in the form of a heart. Inflorescences up to 3 cm in diameter. A distinctive feature of this variety is that the inflorescences change shade as they open - from bright red to orange, and then light yellow.

Many varieties have now been created through breeding:

1. 1. Black Hart. It is a plant with purple leaves that turn dark emerald over time.
2. 2. Blacks. The young foliage is purple with a bronze sheen, but then becomes almost black.
3. 3. Lady Fingers. The foliage is excessively dissected. It has a green tint, but the veins are purple.
4. 4. Margarita. The foliage is lobed, green with a golden tint.
5. 5. Terey Lime. Outwardly, it resembles the Margarita variety, but is smaller in size.
6. 6. Tricoloro. Triangular leaves have white strokes and pink edging.
7. 7. Ace Spades. Foliage is almost black.
8. 8. Sweet Caroline. This is a variety series with plants that have shallow root systems. This includes Bewitched, Green Yellow, Raven, Red, Light Green, Purple, Sweetheart Red. They have bronze, golden white, green, purple, red, purple leaves.
9. 9. Illusion. This is also a separate variety. It includes Midnight Forest, Garnith Forest, Emerald Forest. They have black-green, light bronze and pale green foliage.

Growing from seeds

Growing morning glory from seeds is considered a simple process, since the plant itself is picky - it quickly adapts and takes root. In a tropical climate in the wild, the culture propagates by self-sowing, but at home it is necessary to plant it yourself and select a suitable place before that.

The seeds of such a vine remain viable for up to 3 years. The process of planting morning glory for seedlings is as follows:

1. 1. Soak seeds in clean water, the temperature of which is 20-25 0 C. You will have to wait 20 hours. Many prefer to use the scarification method instead. In other words, they slightly violate the integrity of the seed shell.
2. 2. Select the soil depending on the variety and type of crop. It is necessary to find a substrate that is as close as possible in properties to the soil in the homeland of the selected crop. If you plant seeds of African varieties, it is recommended to choose a substrate that is intended for succulents. For American varieties, you can prepare the soil yourself by mixing 3 parts of humus, 2 parts of peat and perlite, 1 part of expanded clay.
3. 3. Pour drainage into the pot first - expanded clay, pebbles, gravel, etc. will do. Then pour out the substrate.
4. 4. Plant the seeds in the ground. It is better to do this in mid-May. 1 small plastic cup relies on 3 seeds.
5. 5. Water the soil and cover the containers with plastic wrap.

Seedlings appear in 2-2.5 weeks. As the substrate dries out, it is supposed to be watered with water. Every day, open cups for 10-20 minutes for ventilation. The temperature should be 20 0 C.

When the seedlings are 13-15 cm high, it is required to make supports for them. Thin shoelaces need to be fixed at the base of the sprout, and the other ends should be fixed a little higher. On this basis, culture will continue to curl.

When the seedlings become larger, it is necessary to pick. The culture must be transplanted either into flowerpots or immediately into open ground. During transplantation, it is impossible to expose the root system, so you need to do a transshipment - move the plant along with the earthen clod. The distance in the flower bed between plants is 15-20 cm. It is better to plant a vine near walls, fences, or make supports for it. It can also be grown on a balcony with a fence.

Some varieties of morning glory propagate by cuttings. In this case, you must do the following:

1. 1. Cut cuttings 18 cm long. They should have 2 internodes. Make cuts at an angle of 45 0 С.
2. 2. Place the cuttings in a jar of clean water.
3. 3. Wait until the roots appear.
4. 4. Transplant into the ground.

Such rooting is allowed to be carried out from the beginning of spring to the beginning of summer.

Care rules

Morning glory care involves the following procedures:

1. 1. Watering. The procedure should be regular, but a small amount of water is required for one flower. The culture is moisture-loving, but overflow should not be allowed, because if water constantly stagnates near the roots, the plant will get sick. In the summer, watering should be carried out every day, and in the fall - only as the soil dries out.
2. 2. Loosening the soil. This procedure must also be carried out often - every time after watering the next day or after a few hours. This promotes the flow of oxygen to the roots. Loosening the soil is required only a few centimeters deep.
3. 3. Top dressing. It should be moderate. During the growing season, it is enough to add fertilizer only 2 times a month. It is better to use products that are intended for flowering crops. When growing varieties of African origin, it is necessary to use fertilizers that are suitable for succulents. You can not add too much nitrogen, otherwise the buds will not appear.
4. 4. Pinching. It is necessary to prune the shrub so that the side shoots develop better. Pinching a flower is necessary in order to make it more lush and bushy.
5. 5. Cropping. It is necessary to remove wilted leaves and broken or diseased shoots. Before wintering (in September), it is necessary to carry out a complete pruning, and dispose of the root. In the spring, it will be possible to plant new plants again from seeds that have been collected since the current year.

Ipomoea is one of those plants that flower growers are happy to plant in the garden near summer arbors. Braiding them with its long shoots, the plant creates not only a stunning effect during flowering, but also provides such a necessary shadow. You can grow this vine even in a metropolis, but already as a potted balcony culture. You should not be afraid of long creeping shoots - having arranged suitable conditions for the flower, not only the owners themselves, but also passers-by will admire its flowering throughout the summer.

What should be considered when planting morning glory at home in a pot, in addition to the usual growing conditions? First of all, these are three factors:

• choose the right time for sowing seeds;
• choose the right pot and soil;
• provide good lighting;
• take care of the support for the creeping stems.

When to sow?

Ipomoea has a very rapid growth, the seeds usually germinate well and grow quickly, so you should immediately decide whether to grow seedlings in an apartment on the windowsill or sow the seeds directly in a pot on the balcony, where they will grow further.

You can sow at the end of March. If it is not possible to provide good lighting and support for seedlings, you can sow the seeds immediately in a pot and leave it on the balcony. In this case, this should be done no earlier than the end of April, and then the seedlings themselves should be thinned out.

When planting morning glory immediately in a pot (or transferring the finished seedlings to the balcony), it must be borne in mind that it is thermophilic and the bushes will not survive temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius.

What kind of pot do you need?

For morning glory, you need to pick up a fairly large flowerpot. For one plant you will need at least 3 liters of soil. A drainage layer must be laid at the bottom of the pot - the flower does not like stagnant water. Accordingly, he himself should be light and loose.

The role of lighting for flowering morning glory

The most suitable place for a flower pot is the southern balcony. It will also be nice to bloom on the east or west side of the house. But the northern balconies, unfortunately, are not very suitable for growing creepers. It is quite possible to get a green bush there, but the lack of light will adversely affect flowering: it will be very scarce or not come at all.

Features of care for potted morning glory

Several bushes can be planted in one flowerpot, making the distance between them at least 20 cm. When transplanting morning glory seedlings to a permanent place in a pot, you should know that it does not tolerate it well. This should be done by transshipment, trying not to damage the roots.

In order for the vine to branch well and not stretch out, the seedlings must be started to pinch at the stage of 4 true leaves.

Separately, it is worth mentioning the support for the flower: it is installed even at the seedling stage, when the seedlings are low, otherwise they will intertwine with each other. In the pot itself, you can build a structure of bamboo sticks, setting them in the form of a wigwam, or put a decorative plastic lattice.

Video about growing morning glory from seeds

Synonym: Ipomoea Fastigiata. Origin: Central America.

Ipomoea is a perennial, fast-growing plant. The root system, depending on the variety, can be in the form of: rhizome, root or tuber.

In the temperate zone, the plant is cultivated:

• as a street plant - an annual;

• as indoor plant- in pot culture.

Height - 45-60cm. Ipomoea is formed in the form of a bush or ampelous plant. The flowers are funnel-shaped, pink or purple; grown mainly as an ornamental leafy plant.

Ipomoea seeds are very poisonous, if they enter the body, they cause severe poisoning..

Flowering period - summer / autumn.

Lighting

Optimum lighting - bright diffused light.

Permissible lighting - penumbra.

Temperature

The leaves wither and wilt when the temperature drops to 4 0 C. Temperatures below 0 0 C are detrimental to the plant. Minimum temperature in winter: +14 0 C. Optimum temperature: + 20 0 C.

Minimum temperature winter maintenance tubers: 7 0 C.

Humidity

Humidity matters only if the plant long time illuminated by direct sunlight at a simultaneously high temperature (above +25 0 С). In all other cases, for the successful cultivation of morning glory, air humidity is not of decisive importance.

Watering

Watering frequency:

• in the period May / August - without drying the earthen coma;

• in the period September / April - with a slight drying of the earthy coma.

The soil

Diseases

1) White rust. A common disease of morning glory, reduces the decorativeness of the plant, but is not fatal.

2) Anthracnose.

Anthracnose is a fungal disease that usually occurs after a period of heavy rains. initial stage The disease begins with small brown spots with yellow rings around. Young leaves are affected first. As the disease progresses, the number of brown spots increases, and eventually they merge, and a large spot forms, the leaf dies and falls off. The disease is spreading rapidly. If the plant is not treated, anthracnose can kill it. To combat this disease, it is necessary to cut off all affected tissues. If the disease persists, the plant must be treated with fungicides intended for use on anthracnose. See the Diseases section of the site.

3) Viral diseases.

Viral diseases occur where morning glory reproduces vegetatively, and for this, material infected with viruses was used. About 20 officially registered types of the virus have been found in various kinds morning glory.

The plant is destroyed.

4) Root and stem rot caused by the fungus Fusarium.

The source of infection, as a rule, is an unsterilized soil mixture. Symptoms include: dark-colored rotten lesions that cover the root and usually have a sharp edge separating the rot from the healthy part of the root. The disease is not treated - the plant is destroyed. For more information about the prevention of the disease, see the section of the site "Diseases".

5) Black rot, Ceratocystis fimbriatum.

Tubers with this disease have depressed dark brown/black spots. Very often, black dots are scattered throughout the spot. These black dots contain fungus spores that cause disease. Sometimes a pink mass oozes from black dots.

6) Soft rot, Rhizopus.

The defeat of the plant occurs during the winter storage of tubers. Manifested in the form of watery, soft rot. The plant is not treated - immediately after the detection of the disease, the infected tubers are disposed of.

7) Physiological disease - white edema (described in detail in the "Diseases" section.

Ipomoea reproduction

Vegetative propagation of morning glory. Breeding periods: optimal: March / April;Valid: March / September.

As a material for propagation, they use: in spring - green cuttings, in summer - green and semi-lignified cuttings. The length of the handle is 15-20 cm. We make the lower cut at an angle of 45 0, 5-10 mm below the leaf node. Remove all lower leaves. Root cuttings in water or soil.

Conditions for successful rooting:

• lighting: diffused light;

• the cutting used for rooting must have a leaf (leaves) that has completed its growth.

• the temperature of the water in which rooting is carried out should be 21 0 С; if the temperature drops below 19 0 C, the cutting will rot. According to experience: with a short decrease in temperature below 19 0 C (for 4-6 hours), the cuttings did not rot, but the rooting process lasted for months. When the temperature rises above 25 0 C, the conditions for the process of photosynthesis in the cuttings will become unfavorable, and as a result, the duration of rooting will increase and the percentage of dead cuttings will increase;

• for quick rooting, cuttings are best treated with root stimulants.

After the roots on the cutting reach 3 cm, it is rooted in the substrate. Rooting conditions: high air humidity with frequent spraying, diffused light, air temperature not lower than +18 0 C. An increase in leaf elasticity will be a signal that the plant's root system has taken root.

The substrate used for planting the rooted cuttings: 1 part of soddy soil + 1 part of leafy soil + 1 part of perlite + 10g of bone meal (for every 10l of soil mixture).

The period of root formation is 10 - 20 days.

Ipomoea from seeds. The optimal time for sowing is the end of March / beginning of April.

Seeds for propagation are purchased at the store. Self-collected seeds are usually sterile, and even if they sprout, they will grow plants with decorative properties that are different from the parent.

Sowing technology: seeds are soaked for 24-36 hours until swelling. Planting seeds is carried out at a depth of 1 cm; germination temperature - not lower than 22 0 С; watering - lower (from the pallet). After three leaves develop on the seedlings, they are seated in separate pots. Further care as for adult plants.

In another way, fabricis is probably one of the most common garden vines. Now there are about five hundred species of this plant, of which gardeners use about 25.

Despite the fact that morning glory comes from the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, it is unpretentious and can grow in any weather conditions. Ipomoea bloom from July to October. The flowers open in the morning, often among the first, so some species are called morning glory - morning glow. The flowers are open until the second half of the day, their color is blue, white, purple, pink, dark lilac, purple, sometimes two-tone, sometimes it changes during the day. constantly getting new shades and colors of morning glory, bringing out new varieties.

Ipomoea quamoclit (Quamoclit) is now separated into a separate subgenus. This is an annual liana native to the American tropics. The name quamoclit has long been synonymous with morning glory and has been used to classify this genus of bindweeds by many scientists. Kvamoklit - one of the most beautiful weaving vines, grows up to 5 m long. It has carved lush leaves and small bright flowers of different shades.

This subgenus of morning glory includes the following species:

Cairo

Ipomoea Cairo (Ipomoea cairica) originally grew in the subtropics of Asia, Africa and Australia. The shoots of this species of morning glory curl up to a height of 5 m. The stems are smooth, rounded, green, and the roots are tuberous. The leaves are rounded, deeply dissected. The flowers are bright, red, white, purple or lilac, up to 6 cm in diameter, collected in several pieces on short common stems.
Liana grows densely, and just a huge number of flowers are scattered on the shoots, this turns the plant into a flowering carpet. It blooms for three months - from July to September. In autumn, tubers can be dug up and stored until the next season on racks or in containers with a loose substrate.

Purple

Ipomoea purple (Ipomoea purpurea) originates from the tropics of South America. It is also a perennial plant. Purple Ipomoea can grow up to 8 m long, its leaves and stem are shortly pubescent. The leaves are rounded, heart-shaped, on a long petiole. The stem and leaves are shortly pubescent.
Ipomoea purple flowers are about 7 cm in size, collected in clusters. Initially, they were purple, but now, through the efforts of breeders, they can also be red, pink, and even dark purple, but always with a white corolla. Flowering begins in July and continues until the first autumn frosts. In clear weather, the buds open early in the morning, but close before noon; on cloudy days, the buds remain open longer.
Since this morning glory was cultivated at the beginning of the 17th century, and all this time remained attractive to gardeners, breeders did a good job on it: the variety of its varieties is quite large, and new novelties appear every year. Its widely known varieties are:

• Star Scarlet- cherry flowers with white edges, bloom very profusely;
• Scarlett O'Hara- flowers are red;
• Grandpa Otts- deep purple flowers
• Sunrise Serenade- pink flowers;
• Milky Way- white flowers with pink stripes;
• Split personality- pink flowers;
• Caprice- rich crimson flowers;
• Kniola Black Knight- maroon flowers with a pink base.

Tricolor

Ipomoea tricolor (Ipomoea tricolor) is native to the jungles of America. This is a climbing vine with branched stems, stretching to a height of 4.5-5 m. Wrinkled leaves, large, rounded, heart-shaped, elongated, on long petioles.
Flowers up to 10 cm in diameter, collected in rosettes of several pieces. They are sky blue with a white mouth at the beginning of flowering, which lasts one day for each flower, becoming purple-pink towards the end. Flowers open in the morning and open until noon (in some varieties until evening), on a cloudy day they can be open all day.
Since Ipomoea tricolor has been cultivated since 1830, breeders managed to bring out a lot of interesting subspecies and varieties. The following are now widely used:

• Blue Star- deep blue flowers with a white center;
• Summer sky;
• Flying saucers- flowers are bright blue with white strokes running from the edge to the center;
• wedding bells;
• Pearl Gate- flowers are milky white with a yellow center;
• sky blue- flowers are sky blue or purple, the center is white with yellow;
• sky blue enhanced- she has more flowers, and the colors are richer;
• rainbow flash;
• Skylark.

Did you know? There are several types of morning glory, in the seeds of which psycho-active substances are found, in particular ergine. In 100 mg of seeds, up to 35 μg of ergine and 15 mg of its derivatives, all of them are LSD alkaloids and are similar in their effects to it, although weaker. Indian shamans used morning glory seeds in their practices.

Nile

Ipomoea Nile (Ipomoea nil) is native to the tropics of Asia. Our perennial plant is grown as an annual. The stems of this bindweed grow quickly, grow up to 3 m, branch strongly. The leaves are oval or heart-shaped, on long stems. Flowers up to 10 cm in diameter, red, purple, blue, pale blue, pink with a white center. The bud blooms one day, opens in the early morning and is open until noon. Blooms from July to mid-autumn.
This vine has been cultivated for a very long time. It is not known where and when it began, but in the 8th century, Ipomoea Nile came to Japan, originally as a medicinal plant. And since the beginning of the 17th century, this bindweed has become very popular there. It was the Japanese who made a huge contribution to the development of varieties of this vine. Each of them differs in size, terry and color of buds, flowering time and care.
Varieties suitable for our climate deserve special attention:

• A series of varieties Early Call Mixed;
• Serenade;
• Chocolate;
• Morning call.

ivy

Homeland ivy Ipomoea (Ipomea hederacea) - tropical America. It owes its name to its resemblance to ivy. This is an annual liana with a branching stem that winds, growing up to 3 m. The leaves are trifoliate, elongated, pointed. Flowers reach 5 cm in diameter, most often blue with a white edging, but there are also red, pink or burgundy.
Blooms from mid-summer to late autumn. The buds open early in the morning, they wither by noon, and new flowers will bloom the next morning.

Ivy-shaped morning glory has been culturally bred since the beginning of the 17th century, it is not very common. Garden cultivars have been bred that have large, blue or dark purple flowers with a white margin or white flowers. The Roman Candy variety received variegated, green-white leaves, cherry flowers with a white center.

sky blue

Ipomoea Heavenly Blue (Ipomoea Heavenly Blue) - refers to the species of tricolor, comes from southern Mexico. It is grown as an annual vine, grows up to 3 m in a year.

Important! Ipomoea sky blue, in particular its stems and seeds, are poisonous.

The stems are smooth, the leaves are rather wide, heart-shaped. The buds are very beautiful: sky blue with a white throat, large - up to 10 cm in diameter. It begins to bloom in July and blooms until the first frost. In Britain, where this variety is very popular, it is called morning glory (morning glory), because it opens its buds before other flowers, and during the day turns them after the sun several times. Liana belongs to thermophilic and light-loving, does not tolerate stagnant water, propagates by seeds, planting is best done in early May.

sweet potato

This morning glory is grown all over the world: in South America, China, New Zealand, Polynesia, the Mediterranean and many African countries. But not for decorative purposes. Ipomoea sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a valuable food plant with large sweet tubers, it is also called sweet.
Sweet potato is a perennial climbing plant, the stems stretch up to 30 m, therefore, in food varieties, the stems must be cut periodically, the leaves are large, deeply carved, trifoliate or five-lobed with sharp ends, very beautiful in shape. Long time sweet potato was propagated vegetatively, therefore many varieties have lost the opportunity to bloom, while the rest have small, funnel-shaped, white-pink-lilac colors, beautiful like most morning glory.

Did you know? The name "yam" is taken from the Arawak language - the Indians of South America, where the plant itself comes from.

Initially, sweet potato was grown as a food crop, but over time, decorators-gardeners paid attention to it. This vine began to be cultivated for the sake of wide, up to 150 mm, spectacular foliage, swaying on long cuttings, which has a lot of shades: from yellowish and light green to reddish and dark purple. There are varieties with variegated leaves and pinkish or white spots on the green leaf. Most often, these varieties are combined with each other and with other types of morning glory, as seen in the photo, to obtain magnificent, multi-colored compositions from