RE: Ipomeoea alba Moonflowers
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- Subject: RE: Ipomeoea alba Moonflowers
- From: "* <d*@blueriver.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:47:10 -0500
- Importance: Normal
Moonflowers are tender perennials, which means that they behave like annuals
in my Zone 5/6 area.
Mine always start blooming in late August.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 <dorsett@blueriver.net>
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A root is a flower that disdains fame.
> 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?
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