Re: Ipomea indica vine (Blue dawn flower)

Nobody seems to have mentioned that it also sets abundant seed and spread 
around that way.

John MacGregor
jonivy@earthlink.net


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>From: Ccopuntia@aol.com
>To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>Subject: Re: Ipomea indica vine (Blue dawn flower)
>Date: Thu, Apr 6, 2000, 4:27 PM
>

> In a message dated 4/6/00 1:48:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> davidfeix@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << I would concur with the majority viewpoint, in that you should know what
> you're dealing with before you plant this one.  It is probably more
> manageable in your Sunset Zone 14/15 climate, in that it will usually be cut
> back by frost to the ground each winter.  Most species morning glories really
> only do well with summer heat climates, but this one will do just as well in
> a cool, foggy and windy Zone 17 exposure near the beach in San Francisco,
> where it will bloom virtually year round.  I wouldn't suggest planting it
> next to anything else unless you have an old dead tree to cover or  a
> chainlink fence which is surrounded by either paving or a large nonirrigated
> dry zone, which will usually be sufficient to contain it.
>   >>
>
> Thank you, David, and others, for the informative responses so far.  Thought
> I'd better drop you all a quick note to let you know that my intention was to
> put it in a CONTAINER.....a very large terracotta pot and then train it up a
> tall umbrella-shaped trellis, hence my questions about ultimate height, etc.
> This info about it being an incredibly invasive "weed" is important
> information indeed!  I suppose this means it may root itself right out of the
> bottom of the pot and into surrounding areas?!?!?!
>
> C. Carter
>
>
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