Different Shades Of Purple How To Grow Taller Naturally

This is one of my favorite flowering vines to grow. These annuals come in a variety of colors such as white, different shade of pinks, different reds, different shades of purple and of course my favorite blue. These beautiful vining plants can grow up to twenty feet tall.

Okay lets get ready to plant. First thing, plant your morning glories no more then a week before you areas last frost. And to get a jump on the germination you can soak your seed in warm water for up to a day before planting. But don’t worry about pricking the seed or cutting them open, I find this to be a waste of time. Plus it is really hard to hang on to those seed and prick it at the same time.

Now let’s choose our location. You want to have a place where there is full sun and well drained soil. Working a spade full of compost into the soil is a good idea at this point. Now plant your seeds about an inch below the surface and it is advised that you plant more then one seed in each location to insure growth. You can always thin the plants once they reach a height of at least an inch tall.

Now morning glories need support and the height of the supports is determined by the variety of morning glory that you choose to plant. So just take a second to look at your seed package and see what the ultimate height will be.

As your plants grow you may have to wrap the vine. gently around the support. After that the vines should climb up their supports. Just make sure to water them when they are dry but be careful not to over water your morning glories or they will not flower. Once the growing season is over the vines will turn brown. When this happens just take them off their supports. Sometimes you have to cut them down. Now place them in your compost bin and wait to start it all over again next year.

Just a quick guide to where these plants really show their stuff. I have found that on a garden trellis in you flower garden or on some support near a walkway is a great way to show off these awesome flowers. Also if you are feeling daring try to collect the seed from your morning glories for the next growing season just make sure that the bloom dies off. Now wait a few weeks and where that bloom was will be a dry pod. If you remove that pod and break it open you will find the seed you need for the next year or to give to your friends because you will end up with way more seeds then one person really needs.