Showing posts with label Moonflower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moonflower. Show all posts

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Giant White Moonflower

I grew moon flowers this past winter and I am just now getting blooms. I was hoping they would bloom while my mother and dad were here, but they left this morning and wouldn't you know it, the first blooms opened this evening. They are large white beautiful blooms. I had no idea when I started these in February that they would take so long to bloom. I'm not sure if I will grow them again since they are taking over the arborvitae, ( and everything else) near the trellises. My dad teased me and called them kudzu, which is a very aggressive vine taking over the city of Tuscaoosa and a large portion of the south. I had not thought about it until he mentioned it, but it does look and behave like kudzu. I'll have to do some reading on this to make sure it will not drop seeds and become invasive.
The gerbera daisies are still blooming. I've enjoyed them immensely, I wish they were perennial. I also need to research this and find out how to propagate them or possibly overwinter them.