RE: Ipomeoea alba Moonflowers

Boy, am I confused.  I thought Moonflowers were annuals (just in zone
5/6?). I threw some seeds down this year (had the package for 2 years)
and low and behold they are growing. They are a vine, have no suckers,
but I have trained them to wrap around stakes (these stakes hold the
sunflowers, etc.).  They certainly are growing but I have yet to see a
single flower and they are not at all bushy. Is this because the seeds
were old? Are they perennials?

> ----------
> From: 	Bosco, Mimi[SMTP:mbosco@metropo.mccneb.edu]
> Sent: 	Monday, August 10, 1998 9:14 AM
> To: 	'perennials@mallorn.com'
> Subject: 	Ipomeoea alba   Moonflowers
> 
> Newbie here.  
> 
> I'm planning my garden for next year and was coveting a friend's
> moonflower.  My husband and I often sit outside in the evening and I
> would love to have the moonflowers growing in a fence corner where we
> could enjoy the flowers and scent.  My friends are sprawling vines
> that
> cover a section of lawn.  I'd like to mine to grow UP as opposed to
> OUT.
> The friend says she has never seen a moonflower climb--no tendrils or
> suckers to help them attach to a trellis or fence, but according to
> Sunset National Garden, they're a perennial climber.  How can I get a
> climber to climb?  
> 
> Mimi in Omaha
> Zone 5      
> 
> 
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