Ipomoea tricolor

Plant database entry for Japanese Morning Glory (Ipomoea nil 'Picotee Blue Single') with 10 images, 2 comments, and 19 data details.

My collection inspiration is rarely straightforward. I gather ideas, sketch, and let creativity guide me, but the path isn’t usually linear. In January, I spontaneously- out of the blue, if you will - painted the ‘blue lady’ who unintentionally became my muse for the Morning Glory collection. She hung in my studio where she stayed throughout the whole creation process. Initially themed around ‘light,’ the collection took a deeper meaning midway, when I recalled the Morning Glory from my c...

Images: "Tree Clubmosses", "Ipomoea Tricolor Heavenly Blue" morning glory and a wine colored iris all by the famous botanical illustrator, Maud H. Purdy. The cover of "Dreer's" seed, plant, and bulb catalog with an illustration of crocus. Old catalog and early botanical illustrations provide beautiful art. They were often done in watercolor and ink, and most done from live specimens. Burpee has a section of their web site devoted to pictures of their old catalogs. Those prior to 1900 have a…

Original paintings in watercolor and oil of landscapes, trees, garden flowers, seascapes, custom paintings and portraits.

Ipomoea tricolor is a PERENNIAL CLIMBER growing to 5 m (16ft 5in) at a fast rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 9 and is frost tender. It is in flower from July to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

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Heavenly Blue(Morning glory), Flower Park in Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi, Japan by shinichiro

Ipomoea tricolor 'Heavenly. Blue', a cultivar of a Mexican twining perennial that is often cultivated as an annual, either climbing or in hanging baskets. ipomoea-2702htm'>Ipomoea. Convolvulaceae.

Morning Glory 'Heavenly Blue' - National Trust Seeds from Thompson & Morgan - experts in the garden since 1855