RE: Ipomeoea alba Moonflowers -Reply

Mimi wrote:

Well, Susan, as you might expect from a
newbie, I'm not sure of the
botanical name--I looked up moonflowers in the
Sunset National Garden
book and it said Ipomea alba.  My "latin"
extends to oon-may owers-flay.

ROFLO.  Yes.  We've all begun there.

I looked up datura in the same reference book
and I'm pretty sure that's
not it--I'm still leaning towards it being I. alba
(quite honestly, I
wouldn't know what else to lean towards!), but
I sure never saw
tendrils--lots of viney branching, huge leaves,

Sort of heart shaped?

 huge flowers, 

Twirling trumpets?  Fragrance?

but no
tendrils.  

Not tendrils like pumpkins have.  But long
viney "arms" I guess.  

Imi-May in One-Zay 5

See how fast you're learning! ;-D

Can you get any more information from your
friend like where she gets her seed, etc.?

Is it possible its oh darn, can't remember the
name, common name, Angel's Trumpet, related
to datura, but taller, comes in peach, etc.  Can
anyone help me out here?
> ----------
> From: 	SUSAN
SAXTON[SMTP:SS@Schwabe.com]
> Sent: 	Monday, August 10, 1998 1:08 PM
> To: 	perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: 	Ipomeoea alba   Moonflowers
-Reply
> 
> Well, "newbie" you'll have to make sure on
the
> botanical name, Ipomea alba.  I've grown
them
> for 7 years and they definitely climb, twine
and
> have tendrils.  Once slightly trained (simply
tie
> the long runners to whatever you want it to
> grow on), it grows "on itself" after that.  You
> sure she's not talking about datura?  Also
white
> night fragrant flowers, rather shrubby, big
white
> trumpets.
> 
> If you do start impomea alba, I'm in zone
6a/7b
> and I have to start them inside in like
> March/April, plant out after frost, but for me,
in
> the PNW, I did not get it to flower until I
> planted it in a HOT, DRY, bed.  Positively
> intoxicating fragrance!
> 
> It may be perennial in zone 9, 10 or
something,
> but not in your zone or mine.  It blackens
and
> dies at frost.  Hope you have either a long or
> hot growing season.  If I didn't have a long
> season, I'd probably not get it to flower, since
> are summers are typically 85-90 max.
> 
> Have fun.  It can be challenging, but worth it.

> It took me 7 years of trying each year with a
> new plant in different locations to get it to
> flower.  This year I don't expect flowers or
> coverage because we had the wettest May on
> record and the plant in mid-August is about
1'
> tall.  This is the third plant I've tried this
year,
> the others gave up in the wet or the 90+
days
> we had in MID-APRIL.  Weird year, to say
the
> least.  I'll try again next year!
> 
> 
> 

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