Morning Glory Ipomoea tricolor ‘Heavenly Blue’
LATIN NAME: Ipomoea tricolor
COMMON NAME: Morning Glory
Morning glory ‘Heavenly Blue’ is the quick, twining annual vine of the warm summer, one of the great blue flowers of the garden. The slender, twining stems climb the wall, the trellis and the tall fence with the ease, carrying the broad, heart-shaped leaves, and the large, funnel-shaped flowers of the deep sky blue open in the morning and close by the afternoon, each flower a single, perfect day. The vine is one of the most planted of the climbing annuals, and the long succession of the blue flowers carries on through the warm season. It is a vine of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The morning glory is a familiar subject of the plant science, studied for the large, funnel-shaped flowers that open in the morning and close by the afternoon. The way the flower opens and closes with the light has been studied closely, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the flowering vines, the climbing annuals and the plants of the morning glory family. The broad, heart-shaped leaves and the quick, twining habit have also made it a fine garden plant, and the morning glory is a regular subject of the studies of the flower-clock plants of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The morning glory is a fine bargain of the summer garden. The large, funnel-shaped flowers of the deep sky blue open in the morning light, one of the great blue displays of the summer garden, and the quick, twining vine covers the wall, the trellis and the fence with a generous screen of green. The plant is a fine, easy choice for the arch and the obelisk, and the flowers draw the bees of the early day. It has been written about in the horticultural papers for the sky-blue flowers and the fast, easy ways, and it is a fine, generous vine of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.
Morning glory Heavenly Blue is one of the most planted of the climbing annuals, and the long succession of the deep sky-blue flowers carries on through the warm season. The quick, twining vine is a fine, easy choice for the arch, the obelisk and the tall fence, and each flower opens in the morning light and closes by the afternoon.
To grow the morning glory from seed, nick the hard seeds and soak them in warm water for a day, then sow them about a centimetre deep in pots of moist, free-draining soil, keep them in a warm, bright spot and water gently. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and climb fast. With the sun and the well-drained ground, the blue flowers will open with the mornings through the warm season.
Ipomoea tricolor 'Heavenly Blue'
Uses: Medicinal
Lovely fast growing vine with dark sky-blue flowers. Ideal for walls, trellises or tall fences. Used by the Aztecs as a hallucinogen in religious ceremonies.