All my morning glories have been doing great and blooming like crazy but some of them aren't looking so great now because their leaves are yellowing/browning. I have pulled one vine out already. I wish I knew what caused this. My guess would be the southern heat.

I have long, healthy HB vines with not a bud on them. I have wondered about this too...

Mine only just came into their own last week. It was very slow this year getting going for them.

This is my first year growing them (heavenly blue), so I don't have much to compare to other than what I remember from my mother's MG vines growing up. I've had 2-3 blooms per day for the last few weeks (maybe at most 6 one day), which seems sparse and late. Got my first MG bloom the same day I got my first toad lily bloom. Had the yellowing leaves in some places as well, but most are green and lush at this point.

Hubby called me one day and said "Christmas Tree"...I said HUH??? He said you gotta to come see the Christmas Tree. This was in August...Couldn't resist a picture...These had grown on a telephone pedestal out along a country road!

My morning glories Heavenly Blues were very late this year- I'm in N Ga- but they've been blooming that last week or two- but the dark purple color-& not the heavenly blue that I love. I wondered the same thing. It's a fluke usually if the seed pack actually turns out the heavenly blue color for me. I usually buy the seeds at Lowes. And Pray. Hehe

Schoolhouse , sorry you had been having troubles with your morning glories ! I remember your pictures of them creeping into the windows ! So lovely . I have also heard they can be finicky , never tried them . But I remember seeing them in a old homes yard clinging to the chain link fence , and loving the abandoned look of the House with them !
I wonder if there has been a scientific study regarding ones desire to grow an "easy to grow " plant and the said plant deciding to not grow for that particular person . ;) seems there is always someone who has beginners luck and then in the same area , no luck at all .

ginnier, nice pic. Which makes me even more surprised about my neighbor's MGs failing. The vine appeared to be a mix of Grandpa Otts and a pink variety, and we all know how hardy and persistent Grandpa Otts are.

Well then perhaps I better resist the temptation to rip my HB vines down if some of you are just now getting blooms. I see Arlene you are from Ohio too so I'll wait a week or so more.

schoolhouse, here is what my vines looked like yesterday evening, which was by far the most abundant flush of blooms for the season. I have my sincere doubts that it'll get much better than this at this point.

ginnier, love the Christmas tree!

Show off !!!!! ;)

Those blooms look great to me, too Arlene even tho they are sparse.

Hi ginnier
Nice picture,..sure looks like a Christmas Tree.

Hi Arlene,
Impressive is putting it mildly,..great height and very healthy looking,..i must try growing some next Summer.

Philip

Thanks to all for the compliments, although I haven't seen nearly as many flowers at once before that moment or since, so possibly it is a bad year for the HB variety at least. schoolhouse, I hope your patience is rewarded. Not sure where you are in OH, but we've had a lot of rain here too in Cleveland and I'm not sure if planting the seeds in a well-draining spot may have helped them along (or maybe it was a bit of the beginner's luck lilyfinch alluded to - planning to try them in a different spot next year and see how it goes). The Grandpa Otts variety does seem to be running rampant in the neighborhood this year.

My morning Glories today ... Sigh

Another view- I can only laugh at this point...

Morning glories can make a wonderful display, as your pics indicate. Clean-up, however, is very messy (untangling all those twines from the support).

I thought of you school house , when I passed this on a back road today . I hope they didn't notice me stealing a pic ! :)
I love it! May have to try on my fence next year .

Oh that looks great!,..i was thinking of doing something similar then wondered if my Arch would withstand the weight it being a very old Arch,..still thinking.

Philip

That's killer !!!!

I cheated and bought a christmas tree of my own at homedepot. It was giant, a great price and I couldn't resist. It is taking off right now, while the seeds I put in the ground have yet to make an appearance due to the dry dry summer.

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We are lucky in that they will usually make it through the winter here.

I agree lilyfinch! that is a great idea I will have to keep it in mind too.

Nice MGs ninkasi.

Here in Delaware also no blooms on Heavenly Blue morning glories until September! Dr. Ott bloomed earlier.

Every year I've tried to grow Heavenly Blue, buying seed each year from different vendors, but with very poor results. Perhaps the ground is too cold? I understand they really like warm ground to sprout.

My first fail was this year. Some years I buy MG plants from the nurseries. Never had much of a problem even tho I know MGs do not appreciate being transplanted. Maybe you could try that next year.