I love nature (thank-you Dad), and thankfully it loves me back in amazing ways among my little acre here in the middle of nowhere USA. Birds, gardening, flowers, and just a great night sky make me appreciate what is being shown to me every day. I'm appreciating it, and "paying it forward" by passing it on to those who haven't learned to, or taken the time to, find beauty in nature.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Learning about varieties of Morning Glories...
It's almost like a scientific experiment, but that wasn't my intention when I started the project to try and find maintenance free, hearty, possibly perennial vine solutions for the birdhouse posts and the trellis under the porch. I just wanted to get a variety of blooms and colors, and increase my odds at success. I took several packets of morning glory seeds including: Moonflower, two tall/early blooming bunches (one of purples and one of the pink) variety, Heavenly Blue, Grandpa Ott, and Scarlett O'Hara and soaked them overnight. I mixed them all up and planted them around my porch skirt/trellis, and within three weeks they are already climbing, and some are doing clearly better than others. It also looks like there is a variety that is more prone to being eaten then others. I can't wait to see if what I'm seeing in the foliage is consistent with the bloom variety. I'd love to hear from fellow enthusiasts about their experience.
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