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My son bought this home from school

BOTBBOTB Posts: 92
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I was given no info on what it is, I did ask another teacher and was told Morning Glory. 
So I googled and it’s a trailing plant?. 

To grow it, should I put against trellis? 

I’m used to being given cress in cotton wool and runner beans to grow on from school 😂

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's happier going up rather than down @BOTB
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BOTBBOTB Posts: 92
    B3 said:
    It's happier going up rather than down @BOTB
    😂🤣😂🤣😂
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    A climber rather than trailing, hence it's desire to get up that cane  ;)
    There are various varieties of Ipomoea . I grow a very dark purple one. They're only just germinating. They're not totally hardy, so they need protection until all frosts are finished. A sunny site for them.
    Canes are usually fine for them in a pot :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BOTBBOTB Posts: 92
    pansyface said:
    You are now the owner of a fine collection of nice canes if nothing else.

    Morning glory. Yes, it was always rampaging over those typically derelict old stone houses in summertime Greece when I was a young thing.

    Lovely flowers. Going to need a big trellis. 😊
    Can it be tamed and cut back if it goes wild?? Or will that kill it?
  • WelshwindyhillsWelshwindyhills Posts: 58
    It looks good against a trellis but also trailing so win, win! 
  • BOTBBOTB Posts: 92
    Fairygirl said:
    A climber rather than trailing, hence it's desire to get up that cane  ;)
    There are various varieties of Ipomoea . I grow a very dark purple one. They're only just germinating. They're not totally hardy, so they need protection until all frosts are finished. A sunny site for them.
    Canes are usually fine for them in a pot :)
    I’m so new to the lingo of gardening. Hence why I had no idea what this plant was 🤣 iI want to move it to a bigger planter with trellis on the back so it reaches a good height 
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Don't worry it will die as soon as there is a frost.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited May 2022
    It could be tricky to untangle and put onto trellis, unless it's just that one stem? You'll just need to be do it carefully. 
    If it's just the one plant, it won't need a pot much bigger though. It's unlikely to be heading for world domination, so don't worry   :)

    I do around 8 or 9 [approx] in a pot of about 15 inches diameter.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2022
    Let it grow to the top of the canes then pinch the tops out. It’ll have new flowers every morning but they’ll go over by afternoon so if you can put it somewhere where it doesn’t get full sun early morning the flowers last longer. But it does need sunshine. 

    It’s a ‘tender annual’ so it can go on the compost heap when the colder autumn weather comes. 

    Enjoy 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BOTBBOTB Posts: 92
    punkdoc said:
    Don't worry it will die as soon as there is a frost.
    Good job is almost summer then 😁 no chance of a frost until autumn so we can enjoy until then as long as I don’t kill it first 
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