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Twice I have tried growing moonflowers and both times I've had problems with getting a substantial flowering time out of them. The first year I tried them I started them indoors but then when I transplanted them outside they didn't appreciate the transplant process and basically did nothing for an entire month. I did get blooms from them finally, but only for about a week until we got our first frost. The second time I tried them I directly sowed them into pots outside as soon as weather permitted, but because I had to wait for warmer weather I ended up losing valuable time again we were only able to enjoy the blooms for about a week until the first frost turned them into a withered mess.
If anyone has any tricks up their sleeves for how I can more bloom time from moonflowers here in my zone 5b garden please let me know. I didn't even bother growing them this year because I thought I could better use the space for morning glories. I do enjoy having evening fragrant flowers though (I have jasmine tobacco, woodland tobacco and mignonette growing along our walkway and front door) and I do miss the anticipation of that first flower.
Any thoughts appreciated--thanks! :)
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