Morning glory
Morning glory is a family of common flowering plants known as Convolvulaceae which includes bindweed.
Behaviour
Most morning glory flowers curl up and close during the warm parts of the day, and are wide open in the morning, like their name. On a cloudy day, the flower may last until night. The flowers usually start to fade a few hours before the petals start curling. They prefer full sun throughout the day. Some morning glories - such as Ipomoea muricata - are night-blooming flowers.
Cooking uses
Ipomoea aquatica (known as "water spinach", "water morning-glory", "water convolvulus", "Ong-Choy", "Kang-kung", or "swamp cabbage") is used as a green vegetable.
Morning Glory Media
Ipomoea tricolor var. 'Heavenly Blue' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit
An unopened spiral bud of a morning glory flower, Ipomoea purpurea
Ipomoea indica at the BBC Gardeners' World show in June 2011, with tendrils visible wrapped around the black metal support
Cultivated Ipomoea aquatica in Bulacan, Philippines
- Ipomoeaaquaticacooked
Morning glory in Water Street
Cairo morning glory (Ipomoea cairica)
Opening purple morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
Close-up of a blue morning glory flower (Ipomoea indica)
