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| You know, Noah is a red MG, and I'm sure it attracts the hummers, you think I'm in trouble? :) Arum |
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- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Sun, Aug 26, 12 at 1:27
| Arum, my personal opinion, is YES YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. Notice I am in zone 5 in New England, and this is the one and only MG that has been a thug in my gardens and a friends. It wasn't a particularly nice looking flower in our opinion either, (my friends and mine). very small flower, and we never once saw a hummer on it, but do on our other MG. The serious problem with Noah, is that it's seeds survive the winter, even up here, and there is just no way to collect all of them. You not only have reseeds coming up all around the original vine, but we found them coming up the next year all over the place, in our yards, front and back, in the neighbors yards, middle of the lawn, in the cracks in the pavement in the street. in other words, 100's of seedlings all over the place all over the entire neighborhood, and our yards. I even found some vines growing a mile away in the parking lot of the town library. If that wasn't bad enough, Arum, many seeds stayed dormant and they kept coming up year after year for over 5 years in both my yard and my friends. It felt like this horrible nightmare, horror movie or something. In the end, we both had to grit our teeth and pretend that these seedlings where poison ivy and zap them with some roundup for poison ivy. Even then, it took another 2 years to get rid of all of them. You're in a warmer climate zone than me, so you may have an even bigger problem with reseeds than we did. A friend of mine had big time problems with Noah in California, similar experience that we did. On the other hand, if you like the flower, don't mind the reseeds and don't mind pulling seedlings that may or may not pop up all over the place for years on end, you aren't in trouble. For me, my friends, my neighbors, and those neighbors made me swear on a bible that I would never, ever plant that MG again as long as I live in this neighborhood, we'd all say, you are in trouble and pull the vine/vines now before you are in serious trouble. Fran |
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| UGH!!! Fran it is flowering as we speak. It's so hard to go pull it out,when I have been waiting for flowers all summer. Yet weeds and avasive plants have been a real problem for me, wild Carpet Bugle, along with wild Ageratum have taken over my garden. The thought of another invasive sends chills up my back. Arum |
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| You have opened the Pandora's Box of MG's and might never be rid of them. That and the I. purpureas reseed like crazy here and the seeds survive sub-freezing temps. I don't really care much for the flower, as Fran said, it's very small but the hummers here do seem to like them. I still rip them out when I see them. I have plenty of other flowers that the hummers and I both like. Good luck. |
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- Posted by ron_convolvulaceae 6a/5b (My Page) on Mon, Aug 27, 12 at 2:24
| Well Dena - I see you are still in your love / hate relationship with the Ipomoea coccinea , which was 1st dubbed by the common name of 'orange noah' by the people at Horus Botanicals because they could not key it out properly due to certain inconsistencies in the 'professional' literature... I told them it was Ipomoea coccinea but they just sort of politely ignored my ID because apparently the 'orange noah' appellation sold more seeds...as does most products with a catchy story that people 'want' to believe. Dena - you've apparently been growing these 'orange' Ipomoea coccinea for 7 years now and you should be able to share adequately from your own experience as to whether you are in trouble or not for planting them again (!) Just be sure my memory wasn't playing tricks on me a quick google search yielded the following : Here are some of your posts from previous years : Posted by ARUM 7 (My Page) on ---------------------------------- Posted by arum 7 (My Page) on -------------------------------- Posted by arum 7 (My Page) on ---------------------------- Posted by arum 7 (My Page) on ------------------------------- Posted by arum 7 (My Page) on ------------------------------------ Posted by arum 7 (My Page) on ---------------------------------------- Ipomoea coccinea is very similar to Ipomoea hederifolia with which it is frequently confused and mis-identified... Live and Learn...even if we all have different things to learn in different ways... |
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| Yes. I grew the MG in 2007,and have kept the seeds all this time. Although I was able to rid myself of them, I seem to only remember how much I liked them, so here goes!!! Karyn and Fran, that may be why I have so many invasives, because I can't resist a wild flower, or especially a MG if it's one that attracts hummers. It's so nice to get feedback from some of the folks who were here when I was on the vine forum in 2007. This is where I received all the beautiful MG's I have now. :) Arum |
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- Posted by ron_convolvulaceae 6a/5b (My Page) on Tue, Aug 28, 12 at 1:47
| Dena - The 1st post here : Posted by ARUM 7 (My Page) on is from 2005 , so looks like you have have had the Ipomoea coccinea for even longer than you thought (!)
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Here is a link that might be useful: Ipomoea coccinea Arum post from 2005
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| Yes,and can you believe the seeds still germinate? Unlike my Heavenly Blues,which were old seed also. Although I broadcasted the whole bag,not a single one came up this year. :) |
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| MG seeds can remain viable for an exceptionlly long time, even when stored in less then optimal conditions. |
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| karyn,evidently some are more sturdier than others. I really need to post for some heavenly blues, my moms favorite. :) Arum |
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| WEll,--------- I ripped it all out, after I enjoyed the flowers of course! :)Arum |
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| Dena, the important thing is that you planted Orange Noah and enjoyed it.Even if you decided to rip it out, you enjoyed the flowers. The real fun in growing morning glories is in actually growing them, and enjoying them. |
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| sueart, in you I have found a true kindred spirit! Yes, it's a joy to see any MG in the morning. :) Arum |
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