RE: Ipomeoea alba Moonflowers

HA!  Love your latin!  In an effort to help you with the proper
pronounciation of the names, I bought a piece of gardening software from
Sierra that allows you, once you looked up the name of the plant by
common, or latin name, to click on a button and actually hear the sound
of the name.  I'm okie dokie in any language except latin, and then I
turn tone deaf.  I think a lot of the gardening software has this
function, it's helped me greatly.  Now, when I go to a nursery, I don't
get those really weird looks (like your dog when the fire siren goes
off) when I ask for something...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bosco, Mimi [SMTP:mbosco@metropo.mccneb.edu]
> Sent:	Monday, August 10, 1998 3:19 PM
> To:	'perennials@mallorn.com'
> Subject:	RE: Ipomeoea alba   Moonflowers 
> 
> 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.
> 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, huge flowers, but no
> tendrils.  
> 
> Imi-May in One-Zay 5
> 
> > ----------
> > 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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