RE: Morning Glories up shrubs (was self-seeding)

I grow them up shrubs all the time.  In mild winters here, they reseed all over.  It's fun to have them pop up through plants where you least expect it.

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From: Beth [B*@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 6:04 AM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: Morning Glories up shrubs (was self-seeding)


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>Full of questions today, I wonder if anyone has
> grown morning glories up shrubs successfully.
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Claire,
I've never grown morning glories up live shrubs, nor have I seen them in
shrubs. (I do grow some over a dead japanese maple - it provides a fine
framework and is about 5 feet high - but I'd much prefer to have a live
japanese maple !)). However, several years ago, a former neighbor grew them
up small trees that had been recently planted in the 'hell-strip'. It was
quite striking - somehow, the vine seemed inconspicuous till it got to the
tree branches... It really looked like a small blue flowering tree... and I
really don't know how she got them up the tree trunk - maybe some of that
light netting wrapped loosely around the trunks.
   This year, I have a couple extra morning glory and cardinal climber vines
and I'm going to plant them near a lilac and a red twig dogwood bush and see
how they do...
Beth
Michigan, near Traverse City, zone 5

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