Plants for a Mary Garden: Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)
Karen Meyers During the Middle Ages people, the people, especially monks, who cultivated monastic gardens, often named plants to connect them to the attributes of the Virgin Mary and to the life…
Poisonous Plants: Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)
Karen This tender perennial vine is native to the new World tropics and is a member of the Convolvulaceae family that also includes sweet potato, cypress vine, and dodder. Usually grown…
Annual Flowering Vines for Containers
Whether you have a patio, balcony, courtyard or porch a container with a flowering vine can add color and sparkle. In fact, a flowering vine in a container can be…
Plant Profile: Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)
Native to the New World tropics this tender perennial vine is a member of the Convolvulaceae family that also includes sweet potato, cypress vine, and dodder. The plant grows up…
Name This Plant Game: Annual Vines 1
Chuck This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
Garden Journal: July, 2011
High temperatures and lots of rain have made July a difficult month. The lawn if already filled with brown areas due to fungus, a significant number of roses have lost…