Glorious pink native morning glory
August 05, 2012
Called by the unlovely names purple bindweed and tievine, Ipomoea cordatotriloba is a native morning glory with a rampant habit. But it looked sweet and demure climbing a cedar-post fence at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center yesterday.
A perfect match—the dainty-flowered but aggressive climber and the rustic cedar fence.
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Mornin glory! Demure. Never heard it called that before. I suppose you have to follow the context. It reminds me of honeydew milk vine from a noxious perspective.
Ha, well, I’m not saying I’d plant it in my garden. But it did look pretty growing on the cedar fence at the Wildflower Center, where I don’t have to weed it. —Pam
Every plant has its place. There are a few of these popping up by my fence that I’ve left to see how they do, they haven’t grown that much this year.
Maybe it’s been too dry for them to get out of hand? —Pam
We have the white bindweed…. lovely when it is open. Like your purple one better.
I think it’s pretty too, Janet. —Pam
They used to call bindweed “devil’s guts” in the south probably because the roots will spread far and wide in your garden beds and yard. I used to let it grow until I discovered it choking the life out of one of my favorite plants. Now I pull it every time I see it starting.
I love colorful common names like that! They convey so much, don’t they? —Pam
I don’t like morning glories of any type in my garden. I accidently got bindweed started in my garden. It still has to be dealt with years later. Those sweet looking blue morning glories that are sold by the millions every spring pop up after years of not being allowed in the garden. The fancy ones that shouldn’t reproduce do so but they come back as the blue ones and take over shrubs etc. Nope. Won’t abide by their presence here. It makes me cringe when I see people highlighting them on their blog. It think they are quite brave (?)to introduce them into their garden.
I wonder if they deliberately introduced it or just let it live when it appeared? It was in a pretty discrete part of the garden, so who knows. —Pam
Your morning glory is quite a nice plant, from the flower color to that leaf shape. What we call bindweed out here is far less attractive, with white or pink flowers, and I thought Eurasian in origin. I guess I don’t see what you have as a bindweed, but a morning glory – bindweeds are a more rangy, less ornamental member of the morning glory family. Thanks for some food for thought.
There are some very attractive, tough members of that family with definite merit in the right place. But what isn’t that way?
Yes, this is more of a morning glory to my eyes too. As I mentioned to Lisa, above, I don’t know whether they gardeners at the Wildflower Center planted this or just let it live when it appeared. But it definitely caught my eye with those pretty flowers. —Pam
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder… that blooms looks charming on the wall. Very nice if it would politely stay there.
So true! (What are the odds?) —Pam
I had this in my old garden. It just showed up. I pulled it up many times, but it kept coming back. So, I let it grow in one area. The little pink blooms were pretty. It didn’t take over, but I think it might if it was left alone.
Haven’t seen any around here. Of course, the deer would probably eat it!
I might be just your luck that the deer wouldn’t eat this one, Linda, based on the comments everyone is leaving. 🙂 —Pam
Those pink flowers are there to keep you distracted while the rest of the plant takes over your garden.
Ha! What a devious plant. —Pam
I love the photo of Ipomoea cordatotriloba, such a delicate and lovely flower.
Thanks for stopping by, Mark. —Pam
I was all set to say I wish this were native to TN, then saw, Les’ comment! I am still chuckling.
Yeah, me too, Gail! —Pam
Pretty flowers you have there
Yes, although they’re at the Wildflower Center, so someone else has to worry about it taking over their garden, not me. 😉 —Pam
morning glory! a fitting name
I do like that name, especially for the blue one. —Pam
There is a new vine that has popped up at the far side of the yard where I don’t go much. It’s growing under the wax myrtles and the leaves look suspiciously like morning glory. I’m trying to decide if I should pull it or let it grow. I wouldn’t mind a tangle of flowers there…maybe it can stay after all.
I have a number of volunteer vines in my garden too, Cat, but they don’t flower and just try to strangle my other plants. Why can’t the volunteers be pretty, at least, right? —Pam
How well will this one do in chandler az i am lookin for a year round pretty climer to put on my shade area to grow over it
Local advice is best where plants are concerned, Debbie. I live in Austin, Texas. I suggest you contact a local independent nursery and ask them. —Pam
I have this in my yard. I think I picked it up when I got some free plants off CL. The bummer is I went on vacation for 3 weeks and it took over my yard…. it looked like Jurassic Park- every thing was covered in the vine (roses, trees, granddaughter’s swing!). Now I have to figure out how to get rid of it.
Yikes. I guess it found your yard very comfortable! —Pam
I love them, although they can be a bit invasive. I continue to try and keep it under control in my scarlet and mealy blue sage bed. My favorite relative of this plant is cypress vine, which is also aggresive, but I can`t get enough of it. Love your BLOG !
Cypress vine is so lovely with those red flowers, but yes, so aggressive. Thanks for the kind words, and please come back anytime! —Pam