Users' Group May Issue What's Inside Zinnias Bachelor Buttons Blue Bonnet Carnation Aster Morning Glory The morning glory includes about 1680 species of vines, shrubs, and a few trees. Most are tropical, and ‘many are considered weeds, Its a lose relative of the sweet potato (I batatas). The vines common bindweed and wild morning glory, for example, are widespread Uhrowghout the United States, Dodder is a parasitic ‘genus, lacking leaves and green color, that altaches itself to and lives on shrubs and herbs i is a common \weed int Europe and the United States. Many of the omamental horticultural varieties of ‘morning glory have large, showy lowers and grow in almost any soil. The regular and perfeet lowers ‘contain five stamens and from one to Four stigmata The corolla tube has a flaring funnel shape in most species, The common morning glory grows to 6 m (20 £), with flowers ranging in color from purple through blue and pink, and with heartshaped flowers open in the morning and last only few hours Several species with flowers that open in late evening are called moonflowers. Another species, the dwarf ‘morning glory, native to southern Europe the United States as an annual for trellises and hanging baskets een leaves, The is grown in Scientific classification: up the family Convolvulaceae Morais The common bindweed lories make is classified as Convolvulus arvensis, the wild morning slory as Convolvulus sepium, and the common ‘moming glory as Ipomoea purpurea. The name ‘moonflower is applied especially to the species classified as Ipomoea alba, The dwarf morning glory is classified as Convolvulus tricolor.