Morning Glory Flower Rhs. RHS Plants for Pollinators plants. Genus Ipomoea can be annuals or perennials often twining or evergreen shrubs with simple lobed or dissected leaves and tubular or funnel-shaped flowers which may be solitary or borne in racemes or panicles.
June to September Hardiness. Each only lasts a day but they are borne in succession over a long period in summer. Synonyms Ipomoea Heavenly Blue.
Annual bedding plants such as morning glory Ipomoea sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus marigolds Calendula and Tagetes species and sunflowers Helianthus cultivars can be started off indoors to create flower displays for the summer.
Outdoors grow in a fertile well-drained soil in full sun provide support and shelter from frost. This is a spectacular annual or short-lived perennial climber that is ideal for training over a pergola or arch in a sunny sheltered site. Pink petals with a darker center. Winner of an Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit for reliability and good performance.