2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
The gentle bells of Ipomoea so touched the soul of the classic of Japanese poetry of the 17th century that he devoted a touching "haiku" to the plant. The central place in the haiku is given by Ipomoea, who managed to wrap around the well bucket during the night. A man who wished to wash himself with water from a well in the morning regretted breaking the beauty of the plant and decided to go to the neighbors to wash his face with water from their well. Delightful attitude to nature
Clan of Ipomoea or Farbitis
The earlier name of the genus "Farbitis" is still found in the literature about plants, which are more familiar to us, like "Ipomoea". The genus has half a thousand species, among which there are a wide variety of plants, from decorative to edible, from annuals to perennials, from gentle herbaceous to resistant shrubs, from climbing to the sun to creeping along the surface of the earth. All this diversity is united by the funnel-shaped shape of their flowers.
Some plant species of the genus Ipomoea
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Ipomoea blade (Ipomoea lobata) is a hardy perennial blooming all summer long, whose stems extend to a height of three meters, decorating its support with three-lobed leaves and inflorescences consisting of funnel-shaped flowers, in which the purple color turns first to yellow, and then to white.
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Ipomoea purple (Ipomoea purpurea) - weakly branching shoots of an annual can climb four meters in height, decorating the support with pointed heart-shaped leaves and purple-purple flowers sitting in the leaf axils on short peduncles. Flowers that close during the day can be simple or double, all kinds of rainbow shades, including two-color.
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Ipomoea palmate (Ipomoea palmate or Ipomoea cairica) is an unpretentious curly herbaceous perennial with wide leaves, consisting of five lobes.
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Morning glory bright red (Ipomoea coccinea) is a curly herbaceous annual with bright red flowers and ovoid leaves.
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Morning glory tricolor (Ipomoea tricolor) is a three-meter climbing perennial with heart-shaped leaves and fleeting flower life. The abundant summer flowering of the liana, whose flowers live only one morning, is supported by an amazing solidarity - new ones immediately replace the wilted ones. The color of flowers is interesting, which can be multi-colored or with white and blue stripes.
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Morning glory Horstfall (Ipomoea horstfalliae) is a hardy climbing perennial with shoots that become lignified over time.
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Morning glory sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) or Sweet Potato - the creeping stems of the herbaceous vine take root in the ground, forming lateral roots that thicken into edible nutritious tubers. Flowering varieties have white, pink, or pale lilac axillary flowers.
Growing
We choose a place for Ipomoea that is sunny, well-lit, protected from piercing winds.
The soil is preferred fertile, enriched with organic matter, loose, light. When grown in containers, a mixture is prepared from sand, earth and peat, taken in equal proportions, with the addition of complex fertilizer to a bucket of mixture in the amount of 30 grams.
Watering is needed regularly, abundant in the spring and summer.
Propagated by spring sowing of seeds. Annuals are sown directly into the ground, and perennials are sown in containers for growing seedlings.
May be affected by fungi.
Usage
Since Ipomoea was never able to get used to the Russian frosts, even its perennial species are grown here as annuals.
If Ipomoea is grown through seedlings, then during the summer season it manages to fulfill its function of a vertical gardener, decorating nondescript walls of houses, windows and balconies, gazebos and terraces.
Where the climate is milder, perennials are grown outdoors, like climbing plants. For the winter, the branches are cut to a height of 7-10 centimeters from the surface of the earth.
To maintain the appearance, remove wilted flowers, dry leaves and damaged branches.
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