Morning glory

[GloiredeDijon]

I have just bought seeds having never grown this before.
Any tips please?

Chuck them in and they will grow. It’s dead cert seed

Well, I've always found them a bit cold sensitive as a plant - and have tended to lose them if planted out before early May.

That is reassuring!

Their eventual home will be in a sheltered spot by a south facing wall. Plus I live on the south coast so quite a warm area.

Am germinating them indoors now and will plant out the seedlings in a tray later before they go into a trough with a trellis.

They are the easiest flower I've ever grown. Every seed will most likely germinate so don't get carried away! Then when they die, you can collect loads of seeds from the dry pods for next year, which means that one packet of seeds will last you about 10 years! 😂

I'm down on the south coast and have failed twice to get them to grow from seed.

I managed to get one that took but it just stayed at a few inches high, never got going at all. Very disappointed so haven't bothered since.

Good luck 🌱

I have also found them super easy when started indoors in a propagator. Be warned that they are very vigorous - a single seedling will grow to cover 6m of fencing, and every other plant in sight. They don’t seem to mind being hacked back though.

I feel like I may be growing triffids now!
Thanks for the warning.

That never worked for me ☹️

Oh this has just reminded me that I have some left over to plant.
Neighbour gave me loads last year.
Planted quiet a few in pots to see if they would grow which they did but never got to flower as it was too late in the year.

Just goes to show that what works in one garden doesn’t work in every garden. Things that grow like weeds in mine won’t take in another. Like fleabane seeds. Can’t grow that here.

I had that problem, until I bought a plant and now it’s everywhere (I love it)