Oh happy day!! The first flower on my 'Chocolate' morning glories (Ipomoea nil) has just opened!! Watching these plants grow has really brightened my winter! Here they are in late November, just after I transplanted the four of them out of their paper cups into one large pot (ideally it should have been larger, but it worked)! By mid-December they had started to climb, so I made them a little trellis with some straight branches and wire... It is truly marvelous how these plants grow! This time lapse video (not mine) shows how they circle round and round until they find something to grasp...just one of the many wonders of the plant world that make me admire the wisdom of their Creator! 😊 Yikes!!! I really have to watch these darling pussies around my favorite plants!! 😁 By the end of January they had climbed to the top of the trellis and were preparing to take over the world! A simple solution...gently tuck the growing ends back down at the bottom and let them start over! And the countdown begins!! Jan. 24th... Jan. 28th... Feb. 1st... Feb. 5th... Feb. 7th... And finally...Feb.8th! I have been pacing around for almost 3 hours this morning, waiting for it to get light enough to take pictures! 😃 It is a huge flower! You can click any of these pictures to enlarge... I'm so delighted with my new flower! And it has been so easy to grow, and such a joy to watch! All I can say is, try it and see! 😊
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JanetLee
2/8/2019 09:54:22 pm
Joanna, that is gorgeous! How wonderful you are able to grow this on your window sill.
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