2006-08-06 10:47:13 · 5 answers · asked by cabinfeverjen 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yes, I agree Morning Glory vines are obnoxious!!! EVERY SEED GERMINATES! So if they flower, you'll get more. Rip them out if you can. They will swallow a tree!
Good luck :-)
2006-08-06 12:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by prillville 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several different kinds of morning glories. If you planted Ipomea tricolor or Ipomea purpurea, they are annuals, and they will be history when cold weather comes. They may very well be self-seeding at this very moment, but a good freeze will kill off the plants. Then you'll just have to watch out for "volunteers" next year. In the meantime, just cut it back anyplace that you don't want it to be. It won't kill the plant, and it will actually get new growth that will be thicker and tidier ( at least for awhile.)
If you planted Ipomea acuminata "Blue Dawn Flower," things get a little more intense. I fell in love with one 3 years ago and planted it to cover a rather large tree stump. It's done a great job but it doesn't know where to stop. It has grown into the ditch in front of my yard, over the fence, into the trees... It's a good thing that I live near an intersection, because I swear it would take over the neighborhood if cars didn't run over its sneaky tendrils when they extend out onto the road. It's beautiful but I spend several hours each week cutting it back so it doesn't take over my driveway, my flower beds, my mailbox, etc. It roots itself as it travels, so if this is your morning glory, feel free to hack at it, pull it up, say mean things to it, whatever you want to do, because it will just keep on coming back. I live in Zone 9 and it definitely lives over winter here. Not sure of the winter hardiness, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it can take some pretty harsh temperatures. Nothing here seems to faze it.
So I would say that no matter what kind of morning glory you have, whenever it spreads to someplace you don't want it, take a machete to it!
2006-08-06 19:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can cut a morning glory with no problem. They are almost impossible to kill. The only thing that will hurt them is high heat and drought. I had morning glories growing up a gate and wall in Lansing MI and they came back year after year. I used pruning shears to cut back the vines that were straying to far. It never seemed to matter where I cut. Or you can take the vines and just retwine them around whatever they are growing on. This creates a fuller look.
2006-08-06 18:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by Mel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morning glories can be very invasive if they are happy in the environment. I'd suggest dig them up by the roots and get rid of them fast or you'll have them all over your yard and they are very difficult to get rid of, I know. I've been trying to get rid of mine for 8 years. If you don't get the entire root, they will come back with a vengeance. If you merely trim them back, they will spread with a vengeance! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news because they are very pretty. Gool luck.
2006-08-06 18:08:00 · answer #4 · answered by galacticsleigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea, just take some garden sheers and give them a good hair cut. Cut as much as you want gone. They'll be fine.
2006-08-06 17:56:30 · answer #5 · answered by mslorikoch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋