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Growing Morning Glories in Hanging Planters?

I recently moved to an older home with a large but not well-cared-for back yard. Aside from cutting back some wild plants and digging weeds, I have not done much to it, yet. It appears that I have some (well-more than some) morning glories growing along the ground. I would like to dig these up and put them in hanging planters.

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I have several questions about growing them in hanging pots. Will the plants survive transplanting? Will they hang down instead of growing up if I do not put a trellis in the pot? Are they self-seeding? (I assume since they really are considered weeds by some that they do spread by themselves). I have included a picture. If these are not morning glories does anyone know what they are?

By BeaC from San Francisco, CA

White morning glory like flowers growing on the ground.
 

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September 6, 20110 found this helpful

Those leaves don't look like morning glory, and I don't see that it's a vine either, but it's hard to tell with the picture (not enough detail). Could be moss rose. Any chance you can post a picture that's closer in?

 
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February 7, 20171 found this helpful

They look like petunias.

 
April 19, 20170 found this helpful

You have a vine weed or bind weed and I do mean weed. Farmers here in Montana have to spray it out of the field.

 
August 11, 20180 found this helpful

Those are petinuas and yes, they will grow in a hanging basket. Be sure to pull off tbe flowers when they die to keep them full of blooms. Butterflies live them!

 
June 22, 20210 found this helpful

The flowers look like those of bindweed rather than morning glories.

 

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September 6, 20110 found this helpful

It looks like the morning glories that I'm always combating in my yard, but a clearer photo would be nice. I don't think there is much you can do to kill them. I even find them in my garden shed and growing up through the walls into my garage.

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You should be able to pull up a long white root and plant it anywhere. I would probably bury a bunch of the green vine in the pot as well so that you have it come up several places.

Do let us know how they turn out. I have a love-hate relationship with the stuff. Pretty flowers but it is insidious!

 

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September 6, 20110 found this helpful

Your picture looks like something called "Bindweed" which is a weed, all though it is related to domesticated morning glories. I would get rid of it if you can or it will take over anything else you may want to plant in that area. There are 2 kinds of garden morning glories. One of them starts with seeds and, yes, if planted in a container they will hang down and/or grow up. They aren't particular. These are annuals that come in a lot of colors and propagate themselves with seeds that can wind up everywhere.

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The other one is a perennial in my yard (near San Jose, CA) and is seedless. I have seen this one only in blue. It propogates itself by sending out runners that send roots down into the dirt wherever they make contact with it. They are very invasive! That is our single-wide trailer in the photo under all those vines! You could probably keep them under control by only growing them in pots and cutting off the runners.

 
 
April 6, 20190 found this helpful

i love that.

 
September 6, 20110 found this helpful

You can always tell morning glories by the big heart shaped leaves. I tried growing them in hanging planters last year and they were not happy at all. They kept trying to climb UP anything they could reach...

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like into the apple tree, along the fence, etc. Those I tried to train to grow downwards from the planter always looked a little sick.

 
September 6, 20110 found this helpful

I don't think you really want to do this. Field Bindweed is the more common name for the little white morning glory plants and they will take over the world if you let them. I'm sure they'd be more than happy to hang out in your baskets, but you'll have quite a time getting them out eventually.

 

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