I need to know more about growing morning glory and moonflower?

I need to know more about growing moonflowers and morning glory. Should I buy then in packets/seeds or in pots? Are they perrenial and how do I plant them? Is it too late to plant them this summer season?I would love waking up seeing those morning glories and would love the scent the moonflower encompassed the evenings.

I need to know more about growing morning glory and moonflower?
I just moved from zone 5 and I can tell you from experience that morning glories like poor, well drained soil.I don't know about moon flowers though.


Don't fertilize morning glories after they are established or you will get a ton of leaves and no blossom. I have found that they don't do well in pots.


Prepare your seed bed by cleaning out the weeds and slightly tilling the soil. Make sure Morning glories have something to climb on like a trellis or they will rot just sitting on the ground. So after you till your soil, stick a trellis in it. Morning Glories have a hard seed pod so you will need to soak them overnight in water before planting. Just distribute the soaked seeds in the prepared bed and using the flat part of a hoe or the palm of your hand, push them in the ground. Keep the dirt moist until they are about 6" tall, after that allow the dirt to dry out before watering. Try getting pink and blue seeds and plant them together for a stunning display! I like to plant 4 o'clocks with morning glories...they can be planted just like the MG's.


Good luck!
Reply:it depends on where you live, but it's a little late to plant them outdoors. i would just get a pot. it will tell you how to plant and take care of them on the packet of seeds.
Reply:Morning glory look nice at first BUT they come back worse than weeds years later. The neighbor planted then along the fence a few years ago and now I have them all over the garden. They can grow and choke out other plants you have growing. They looked nice at first but now they are a pain.
Reply:http://www.moonlightsys.com/themoon/flow...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_glo...





This should give you all the information you need for both
Reply:Morning glory is best started from seed in the spring after the frost date. It is not a perennial, except in very warm climates where it doesn't get below freezing during the winter. In Bermuda and other islands it is considered a weed because it never goes away and spreads like crazy.





I wouldn't plant it right now, as it may not overwinter in your zone (here in the south, seed comes up readily from last year's seed), so I would wait until next spring. Morning glory likes to climb things, so be prepared to give it a trellis or something else to climb. It's really easy to grow with seed.





I've never grown moonflower before, though I may do so in the future, so I can't offer any advice on it, except to wait till the spring to grow it from seed.
Reply:Don't know about moon flower, here is a link that should help. Morning glory can be a nightmare even in colder climates.





Visit your local nursery and consider other climbers like clematis, varieties of rose ramblers require v little to no care...





Drive around your neighborhood and see what others have climbing in their yards. Notice how much sunlight the plant gets. If you plant a clematis in a shady area, it will grow like crazy but won't flower for lack of light.





Check the gardenweb forums under vines or perennials; or better yet, start in your region of the country!





Good luck!
Reply:I would give it a try. Get a pack of seeds. If the plants bloom, each flower will dry into a little seed pod and you'll have hundreds of seeds for next season.

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