morning glories

[Aldous]

Morning glories grown from seeds collected from various places. The ones with the heart shaped leaves appear to be Ipomea Purpurea and the ones with the ivy shaped leaves appear to be Ipomea hederacea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCjGQfpyUdk

[Redchic12]

Yes we have this plant over here as well and even though it has beautiful purple flowers on it and lovely to look at, it is the worst plant that you can put in your garden. Why? Because it will strangle and kill every bush, plant and tree that you have growing there and you can never get rid of it. You can cut it back and pull some of it out but then it will just come up and start growing somewhere else and wrapping itself around another shrub. It will also go underground and start choking your neighbours plants as well.

It’s a never ending process.

[Native spirit]

It looks like poison ivy


Namaste

[Podshell]

I don't think morning glory run rampant in the UK, the bindweeds do, they make new plants when you leave bits of root in the soil.
I have grown some small ones this year , don't think they are the climbing type may sot even be of the same species, I recall growing the climbing type in the eighties and you had to sandpaper the seeds a bit to replicate them (Warning! Graphic content approaching!) passing through the digestive system.

[Aldous]

I've been growing morning glories in my yard for a couple years. I also have roses, tulips and daffodils. The morning glories bloom later.

[Gem]

Morning glory is aggressive, takes over everything and ends up being a huge task. Stick to woody shrubs and avoid things that creep and climb. Things that creep and climb end up being a lot of work, and when it gets out of hand, it's a huge job.

[Podshell]

They only last as annuals here Gem, the ones I grew did anyhow.

[Gem]

Originally Posted by Podshell

They only last as annuals here Gem, the ones I grew did anyhow.

Interesting. In Sydney they are a noxious weed that invades native habitat. https://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/MorningGloryCommon

[Podshell]

Don't you get the bindweeds(convolvulus) there? They look similar but are usually white.
I quite like them but are seen as a weed, in the UK we have trouble with japenese knotweed, himalayan balsam,giant hogweed and a few others.
It was expected that some gm escape crops may have become problems but not much to report in that area.
edit-on wiki it lists a few plants under 'bindweed' which can also be called .'morning glory' but it doesn't mention the Ipomea one.

[Gem]

Originally Posted by Podshell

Ipomea one.

That one is a noxious weed over here. It's in the link I posted. Purple/blue flowers. Bindweed also not good, but purple one is way worse.