I should have known better than to order seeds on the internet,
but I had my heart set on Flying Saucers entwining on my new circles trellis.
The seeds came in a plain sealed envelope. There was a little paper about morning glories included.
These seeds have been carefully planted and pampered.
I was excited to see the first buds. I was looking forward to those giant blue and white blooms mixing with the red blooms of the Red Cypress vine. But instead of Lovely blue blooms, purple appeared.
The purple bloom came over like a lead balloon. Maybe a stray wild seed got mixed in?
More and more purple flowers have appeared. Just that small common variety that grows by the side of the road.
I fear the Flower has imported an expensive weed!
Now that I’m thinking about it, the Lablab purpureus I ordered does look a little like Kudzu.
POOR FLOW
floweralley 
I ordered flying saucers too. But the plants are being slow to take off, so I’m not yet sure what they will be, Ah well. I;ve planted some out to grow up the climbing peas and beans.
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How upsetting! It definitely looks like the heirloom ‘Grandpa Ott’ – a self-sower that comes back forever. Will you be taking it down or just deadheading them?
Fingers crossed for the Lablab!
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It is home to many Golden Tortoise beetles which I love to watch so I guess I will be deadheading diligently
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Over here we welcome the blue ones. It is the white ones that infest our hedgerows and our borders
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We also have white along the roads and fences.
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Those aren’t morning glories. They are a very invasive weed called Field Bindweed that spread through rhizomes beneath the soil.
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Yep
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The white ones are not true morning glories. They are invasive weeds call bindweed. They are next to impossible to get rid of because they have rhizomes that spread beneath the soil, unlike true morning glories. True morning glories aren’t invasive.
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Quite so
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The purples ones are beautiful, but it isn’t good that you’ve paid for something you didn’t;t get and got something you didn’t want. I fear there are many unscrupulous plant sellers on eBay.
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I have another batch of plants from the same seeds. I am holding on to the hope that atleast one seed was really from a Flying Saucer.
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