Morning Glory, Heavenly Blue
Ipomoea tricolor
Family: Convulvaceae
Annual. Native to Mexico. Stunning beauty vining up the
trellis on the east side of the house. A pleasure to gaze upon while
you sip your morning tea. Cultivation: Easy. Direct
seed in late spring to early summer. Seedlings do not tolerate frost.
The seeds come up fast and the plants do not always transplant well, so
direct-seeding is best. Choose a place open to the morning sun and
shielded from the midday and late-day heat, such as the eastern side of
a house. Trellis below the roof overhang. Fertilize with a
little bone meal and no nitrogen, and prepare yourself for hundreds of
“Heavenly Blue” blossoms, mid-summer until frost.
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