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 Glory Mix  

Purple morning glories decorate the Farm's Garden Gate

"The calendar spills days like delicate sands in an hourglass, and each new morning holds a promise in its hands."  -- Flavia Weedn    

Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)    25+ seeds per pack, $2.50 per pack

                    Heavenly blue morning glories decorate the Farm's mailbox while purples and pinks cover the front decking.  Hummers love it.

Morning Glories creep into any gate, fence, mailbox post, or climbing place I can put them at the Farm.  Their perfect trumpet-shape and pentastar centers draw me to them each year, and I never tire of looking at them and their heart-shaped leaves I love so much.  To my delight, I discovered my family has planted Morning Glories back 3 generations at least. 

We use this mix to cover a very old out building or shed that's part of the Farm's history and character.  I've trained them up simple strings attached to the shed with small nails and enjoy their unique show many mornings and evenings during the summer.  This one's a climber!  Lovely vines attracting hummers and large moths early mornings and evening time. 

 

For twilight enchantment, plant them with the Moonflower vine, four o'clocks, and ground-creeping morning glories in a gentle cascade of tallest/largest to lowest/smallest flowers -- I like the Ensign morning glorys' cherry or navy blue, white, and gold flowers!  What a sight!  Seen on a summer's morning or evening, I completely understand the inspiration for the words, "This is the day the Lord hath made....let us rejoice and be glad in it." 

 

   

 

Centers of all the plants named here have star-like formations.  At the Moonvine's center is a perfect pentastar! Stunning and almost breath-taking when first you see it each season!  Sold in packs of 50+ seeds per pack, $2.50 per pack.   Easy to establish as a year-after-year bloomer, as it readily re-seeds.  Packs contain some of EACH of the "glory-ous" seeds named here.

Morning Glory covers the old shed out back, attracting hummingbirds during the day; the white Moonvine's fragrance draws hawk and sphinx moths and other insects at night.  The twining vines provide good cover for the small birds who make their home in our shed each spring and summer.  I delight in walking outside at 7 a.m. to greet the day and my morning glories -- deep purple, heavenly blue, and the prettiest pinks!  We even had some palest blue and lilac in this year's batch!

• Annual but easily reseeds!  (Four o'clocks, Ensign morning glories, large vining morning glories, moonvine - small to very large trumpet-shaped flowers that will attract moths, butterflies, and hummingbirds evening or morning) 
• Likes full sun (6 hours) to partial shade (north - east/ southeast is best)
• Moist soil is best as it fades quickly if parched
• Blooms mid-season through hard frost
• 25+ seeds per pack

Garden Designs

Custom Garden Designs

Let Van Dyke Zinnias design your garden for you!  With any order over $20, we will place your selection of seeds for your garden onto a 3-D grid, based on our knowledge of the flowers you have selected, for only $4.95 extra.  Tell us something about the area you hope to cultivate, or let us select a good design based on our knowledge and experience.  This service adds only $4.95 to your order.  You will receive the printout of our original design with your order, along with specific information on the kinds of flower seed you selected, taking into account any landscaping features you tell us about (i.e., fence, pond, bird feeders, bird houses, walkways, sun dial, gazebo, etc.)  . 

Don't miss our Gift Wrap a Garden page!  Here we have combined our products into color themes (i.e., Blue Garden, Pastel Garden), garden themes (i.e., Butterfly Garden), and 3-D Garden Design to those inclined to just let us do the work and the planning.  Order a garden, a $25, $35, $50, or $75 value, and Van Dyke Zinnias will gift wrap and send it to you or directly to the recipient! We will select a garden for your gift recipient based on their climate/zone, or you may choose to do this from our catalog of offers. For $4.95 more, let us Design the Garden to add to your gift. 

Gift Wrap A Garden and Gift Certificate combinations are available from the Quick Order Form. 

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August 2004, Morning Glories thrive on the northeast wall of the shed. Good rain all summer caused them to spread wildly about! 

Moonflower hangs off shed door beside heavenly blue morning glories

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