Beginner Flowers: Morning Glory Help!

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Author Content DayDreamPetals Naperville, IL July 05, 2009 11:41 AM Post #6780198 I tried posting in the Morning Glory Forums...but somehow it was not working. Anyways- I purchased Japanese Feather 'Pale Pink' morning glory seeds. The vines have now blossomed into beautiful flowers but I have noticed that when the flowers bloom: 1. The flower will die at the end of the day 2. Fall off 3. Then the stem turns yellow and falls off. 4. No Seed. It has been doing this for the last few weeks and bees have been around it, even I have tried hand pollinating them. Now it's been doing something different: 1. The flower blooms. 2. The flower dies. 3. The stem is holding onto the dead flower. 4. The stem is still very much alive but is now tilting downwards. 5. The flower then falls off. 6. The stem is still very much alive. 7. But where the flower once was, the body feels like it's swelling. I haven't seen any seeds yet. When a morning glory is about to produce seeds, does the flower stem go tilt downwards at all? Many of them are now doing this. Here is what the flower looks like. Click the image for an enlarged view. ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) July 05, 2009 12:16 PM Post #6780405 I think the reason you had trouble with the morning glory forum is that you have to be a paid subscriber to post there--some forums like this one are open to everyone, but a lot of the more specialized forums you can only post if you're a subscriber. I don't grow morning glories, but from reading your description of #7 where something feels like it's swelling where the flower used to be, that is probably the seeds forming. It take some time for seeds to develop so I'd just be patient and I bet you'll have some. Here's are some pics of MG seed pods developing, keep an eye out and see if your plants start to look like these http://www.flickr.com/photos/spikemouse/33810894/ http://blueridgebluecollargirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/s... DayDreamPetals Naperville, IL July 13, 2009 09:56 AM Post #6813631 Thank you so much! They are doing what the picture is showing! gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA (Zone 8b) July 15, 2009 07:46 PM Post #6824369 The feathered variety is ipomoea purpurea. It sounds like you are getting seedpods. The purpureas have downward pointing seedpods. Karen

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