Convolvulus mosaic dark blue. Bindweed in a country flower bed: planting and care

Bindweeds are plants from the family Convolvulaceae (Convolvulaceae), which grow wild in temperate and subtropical climates.

There are more than a hundred species in nature, but with decorative purposes only use 3-4. They are all climbing plants that can be used in vertical gardening or as ground covers.

Daytime beauty - botanical description

Daytime beauty or tricolor bindweed (C. tricolor) is planted in summer cottages more often than other cultivated representatives of the family. The homeland of this flower is the Mediterranean coast. It has been used as an ornamental crop since the 17th century.

Daytime beauty - annual flower with a dense branching stem creeping along the ground. In the south, the plant can be a perennial, since its rhizome remains in the soil in winter if the temperature does not drop below -10.

The stems of the tricolor bindweed are pubescent, the leaves are oval without teeth, slightly tapering towards the end, gray-green. The length of the shoots is up to 0.5 m. The flowers are at least 4 cm in diameter. The plant rises above the soil to a height of 30-35 cm, forming thick “pillows”.

The corollas sit on short stalks singly, emerging from the leaf axils, have a pentagonal shape, up to 4 cm in size. The color is tricolor: the ends of the petals are ultramarine, the middle is white, and there is a yellow spot in the center.

The plant blooms from June to August. It is called a daytime beauty, since the corollas are open only during daylight hours. At night, the flowers close tightly. They are also invisible in rainy weather.

Tricolor bindweed looks similar to morning glory, but these are two different, although related, ornamental crops. The flowers of the day beauty are much smaller. The stems do not climb along supports, like morning glory, but lie horizontally on the ground. Only the corollas look up, rushing towards the sun.

Varieties

Breeders have developed varieties with blue-red, snow-white, pink and lilac flowers.

Popular varieties of daytime beauty:

1. Royal ensign – height 40-45 cm, corollas blue velvet with a yellow center.
2. Crimson monarch – flower diameter 45 cm, carmine corolla with a yellow center, white throat.
3. Rose ensign - the color of the corolla combines pink, crimson, white and yellow.
4. Golubchik – a variety of bindweed domestic selection with blue-violet gramophones decorated with a yellow-white center. Height up to 25 cm.
5. Mosaic is dark blue; growing in partial shade is recommended, as its intensely colored petals fade slightly in bright sun.

Mixtures of varieties are sold in stores:

1. Cancan from Gavrish - flower diameter up to 4 cm, color blue, red, white with contrastingly colored cores. Pillow height up to 40 cm.
2. Tricolor Mamba is a mixture of multi-colored varieties for balconies and loggias. The color of the corollas is pink, white and dark lilac.

When and how to plant?

Bindweed tricolor is grown from seeds. It is better to sow them in March at home in planting boxes or pots. Embedment depth 3 mm. If you soak the seeds in a stimulant (Silk, Epin) or simply in chlorine-free water for 1-2 days, they will germinate much faster. Landing at open ground carried out in early June every 30 cm.

Annual garden bindweeds are cold-resistant and can withstand low temperatures, so when the soil warms up, the seeds can be sown in open ground. In the Moscow region this happens at the end of April.

In the future, the flowers are not sown on purpose, but are given the opportunity to reproduce by self-sowing. Seeds remain viable for up to three years.

Planting bindweed at home. Video:

Caring for bindweed

Bindweed blooms luxuriantly on loams and sandy loams fertilized with organic matter, and tolerates slightly acidic and slightly alkaline soils. The plant is valuable because it can tolerate partial shade. However, the plant feels best in sunny places. Optimal temperature for development +20 degrees, in heat and drought the plants stop growing, lose their decorative appearance, but do not die.

Plants require the most moderate care. In hot weather they are watered. Every two weeks you can add any complex fertilizer to the water.

To preserve decorative qualities, faded flowers are torn off. This makes flowering more luxuriant, since the plant does not expend energy on forming seeds. The plant reproduces by self-seeding, therefore, if the plantings need to be saved for next year, some of the ovaries are left on the branches.

Diseases and pests

The daytime beauty is not bothered by any phytopathologies. This is a strong flower with stable immunity to fungal and bacterial diseases. Its leaves are poisonous to most pests.

Occasionally, aphids or spider mite. In damp weather, it can be affected - the leaves and stems become covered with a white coating, as if they were sprinkled with flour.

A diseased plant loses its attractive appearance, the leaves dry out, and flowering becomes scarce. Appropriate pesticides are used against diseases and pests.

Medicinal properties

It is not decorative bindweed that has medicinal properties, but the common field Convōlvulus Arvēnsis, which is more often called birch. These are perennial bindweeds that are destructive to the garden, but their roots, grass and seeds are used in folk medicine.

Preparations prepared from birch bindweed are used to treat gastritis, enterocolitis, as an analgesic, diuretic and laxative.

Attention. Field bindweed is poisonous, so preparations from it should be used under medical supervision.

1. Grind dried rhubarb roots and birch seeds in a coffee grinder in equal proportions.
2. Take 4 g per day as a laxative.

The above-ground part is prepared with medicinal purposes at the flowering stage. The roots are dug up in early spring or autumn. The raw materials are washed from the ground and dried well under a roof or in an electric dryer at a temperature of 40-45 degrees. Can be stored for no longer than a year.

Recipe with bindweed for toothache:

• pour a tablespoon of ground root into a glass of boiling water;
• leave for 20-25 minutes;
• rinse your mouth.

Recipe for treating wounds:

• half a liter glass jar fill 2/3 with cut leaves and flowers;
• pour vodka up to the neck;
• put in dark place and wait 14 days.

Before use, the tincture is diluted with boiled water (a tablespoon per 100 ml) and used for compresses.

Bindweed and morning glory in decorating the site and home

The daytime beauty is planted in flower beds and ridges, and used for borders. When choosing a place for planting, you need to take into account that the thickets of bindweed look like wide mats due to the stems lying on the ground.

The plant is suitable for filling free space V . Tolerance to drought and heat makes the plant suitable for alpine slides. Plants form bright dense clouds in flowerpots, hanging planters, pots.

Purple bindweed (p. Purpureus) or morning glory is an annual plant of the bindweed family. There are 25 species of morning glory used in floriculture. In addition to purple, you can buy seeds of lobed, feathery, cardinal, white, and prickly in stores.

The corollas of purple bindweed are large - up to 10 cm in diameter, of various colors (from white to red). Many varieties of all shades of blue and two-tone. The largest-flowered cultivars have a corolla diameter up to 20 cm. Flowers can be simple or double.

The Japanese were especially successful in breeding purple bindweed. Residents of the Land of the Rising Sun were able to change the appearance of a simple wild morning glory from blue flowers beyond recognition. Every year more and more unusual new products appear in the country. The number of varieties is already in the hundreds.

Moorish bindweed (c. Mauritanicus) is most suitable for hanging. Its shoots hang down beautifully from baskets and containers. One plant on the soil surface can cover an area of ​​almost a meter. A plant growing in a container flows down like a waterfall. The usual color of the corollas is lilac; white varieties are less common.

Moorish bindweed seedlings for planting and care at home can be purchased at garden stores. Plants are moved outside after the onset of stable warm weather. Moorish bindweed can be grown from seeds, but they are difficult to find commercially.

The flower feels good in ordinary garden soil and does not need fertilizing. The only requirement is abundant watering. If the soil dries out, some of the buds will fall off and the decorative effect will decrease. However, the plant will not die. After the first watering, the elasticity of the leaves will be restored, the gramophones will open, the growth of new stems will begin and flowering will continue until the first frost.

Star bindweed is also called: exotic vine, mine, Spanish flag.

A flower native to the tropics temperate climate grows as an annual. The stems reach a height of 3 m, the leaves are decorative, three-lobed, heart-shaped. The corollas are long, individual varieties collected in inflorescences. During the summer, the color of the petals changes from red to milky white.

The plant blooms from July until autumn frosts. The soil requires loose, nutritious soil. Mina loves warmth and sun and can be used for landscaping southern walls, gazebos, fences and other vertical surfaces facing south.

Flowering plants can only be obtained from seeds. They are sown at home at the end of March - each seed in a separate cup. When the shoots appear, they almost immediately need to be supported, since the stems of star bindweed can only grow by clinging to something.

You can sow the seeds outside once the threat of frost has passed. Such plants are stronger and hardier, but bloom late - at the end of summer.

Bindweed or " daytime beauty", as it is popularly called, is a flowering annual herbaceous or semi-shrub plant from the Bindweed family, which is native to the Mediterranean, or rather its western part. There are more than 200 in this beautiful family various types, which have different stems (erect, creeping or curly) and leaves (arrow-shaped, serrated, heart-shaped), and also surprise with a wide palette of colors when flowering. Bell-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers attract attention with rich pink, purple, lilac, white and blue hues.

IN wildlife The most common is field bindweed, which is the most “popular” and harmful weed in dachas and vegetable gardens. But decorative bindweed has long earned respect from flower lovers, professional flower growers and landscape designers. With the help of flexible shoots with bright greenery and delicate flowers, you can decorate any vertical surface. It is enough just to build a support next to the plant, and it will short time forms a beautiful blooming carpet. The fast-growing creeping stem of bindweed reaches an average length of 3 to 4 meters. One, two and even three-color funnels - flowers give their beauty for only one day, but their number and fast growth so great that lush flowering continues long time and the replacement of old buds with new ones is practically invisible to others.

Distinctive features of this climbing crop are:

• creeping rhizome with numerous thread-like shoots,
• smooth climbing stem with dark green leaves,
• a large number of flowers on long peduncles,
• fruit-boxes containing medium-sized seeds,
• ability to withstand light spring frosts,
• unpretentiousness,
• long and abundant flowering period (from mid-April to mid-October) and high decorative value.

Bindweed can be grown in open ground or in various flower containers (for example, pots, containers, ceramic vessels), in winter period the flower can develop into room conditions. For full development as indoor plant a drainage layer will be required flower pot and timely nutritional supplements. The culture is propagated by seeds, seedlings, cuttings, root suckers and division of rhizomes.

To grow bindweed on summer cottages In the Moscow region, the most effective method will be seed. Favorable time for planting seeds in the ground - from April 20 to May 31. With the seedling method, seed material is planted in landing containers in the beginning of March.

When purchasing bindweed seeds, you need to pay attention to the time of their collection. High, almost one hundred percent, germination rate lasts only 2 - 3 years. It is not recommended to sow dry and spoiled seeds. The amount of planting material purchased depends on the size of the land area on which the plants will be grown. There are approximately 40 - 50 specimens in one gram, and on average about 30 seedlings are planted per square meter of soil. Since plants do not like to be transplanted, seeds are sown and seedlings are planted immediately in a permanent place.

Among the many species for decorative plantings, flower growers choose “Moorish” and “Tricolor” bindweed. Each of them has a large number of varieties with a variety of colors and shades, as well as with its own method of growth. Some develop well only on a special support, while others grow in the form of shrubs or ground cover creeping plants.

Preparing for landing

The place for planting bindweed must be chosen sunny or slightly shaded. The beauty and splendor of flowering, the size and number of buds directly depend on a large amount of bright sunlight. It’s good if the selected area is not cold strong wind and constant drafts, and the soil will easily pass and retain water. In general, the location depends on the purpose of planting. You need to decide whether bindweed will grow on the site as decoration or to create a shady area (for example, for relaxation).

The soil

It is not recommended to choose a site with sandy soil, since the plant will suffer from lack of moisture. If there is no other option, then you need to dig up the entire “sandy” area, adding black soil to it. Non-acidic loamy soil with the addition of peat, compost or humus would be ideal. For each square meter you will need about 3 kg. Alternatively, peat moss can be added just before sowing seeds or transplanting seedlings.

Planting material

Before planting, seeds should be soaked in water at a temperature of about +30°C for at least twelve hours for better germination, and before removing seedlings from planting containers, it is recommended to water them abundantly for safer transfer to the ground, which will not damage the root part.

Combination with other crops

Bindweed goes well with annuals and perennial crops and is often used as a shade barrier for flowers that do not like sunlight, and as a plant that divides plantings into sectors. He feels great in the company of such representatives of the flora as yucca, aubrieta, morning glory, saxifrage, rhododendron, alyssum, trillium, cornflower, phlox and many others.

Landing in the ground

Planting seeds

On open ground, pre-soaked bindweed seeds are sown at the end of April - beginning of May in prepared grooves of shallow depth at a distance of 5 cm from each other. After this, water abundantly, sprinkle with a layer of nutritious soil containing peat 1 cm thick, lightly compact and cover with film until seedlings appear, which can be expected in about 7 to 10 days. Caring for seedlings involves timely watering and thinning. In flower beds you should leave the strongest and most vigorous plants at intervals of about 20 cm.

For seedlings, it is recommended to plant seeds in early spring, in the first week of March. There is no need to use large planting containers, as the culture does not tolerate any transplantation well. It is necessary to plant the seeds in small cups with drainage holes to a depth of about 2 cm, 2 - 3 seeds in each. After germination, the weakest plant can be removed. Soil mixture should contain 2 parts of fertile garden soil and 1 part of peat. Growing temperature is 18-20 degrees Celsius. Seedlings require regular soil moisture and mineral supplements every 2 weeks.

Planting seedlings

The seedlings are transferred to an open area in the last days of May or even in early June, when they will not be threatened by night frosts and severe cold snaps. You should immediately build a support for young plants. Crops are planted by transshipment at a distance of at least 25 cm from each other. The first watering is carried out immediately after planting. To quickly root in a new place, you can apply nitrogen fertilizer.

Rules of care

Application of fertilizing does not have of great importance on a fertile plot with nutritious soil. If the bindweed has slowed down in growth or does not bloom luxuriantly, then it is good to add wood ash under each plant or pour it with ash infusion (once). With excessive feeding, the crop directs all its energy to the formation of shoots and leaves and may not begin to bloom, so you should not overuse them.

It is recommended to water with regular water from a hose with a diffuser, but young plants require a more careful attitude, so in the first days it is better to use garden watering can. Volumes irrigation water depend on the number of plants in the flower garden. It is important to remember that drought and excessive moisture are equally unacceptable for plants. Abundant watering is recommended only in particularly hot weather. summer days. With a lack of moisture, the leaves begin to wither and the buds may fall off.

To preserve the decorative effect, you can remove dried shoots, wilted flowers and yellowed leaves.

Weeding of the soil should be carried out in the first weeks of cultivation. blooming vines, further weeds They are not afraid of bindweed. It is also recommended to regularly loosen the soil shallowly and be sure to apply a mulch layer, which will help maintain moderate moisture in the soil.

Preparing for winter

Annual bindweeds can be preserved each year by moving them to more comfortable conditions during the winter months. To do this, the plant, together with a lump of earth, is transplanted into a flower container or pot and kept in a bright, cool room until spring arrives.

The main pests and diseases are aphids and powdery mildew.

The indoor flower bindweed is a genus of 200 representatives of flowering plants of the Convolvulaceae family with widespread Worldwide. It curls over the ground and the fence, and in general over any things that come its way; the flower is a funnel-shaped formation of petals. You can use the flower for the most exquisite interiors as a green decoration and shading for large-flowered representatives of the flora. It has medium green arrow-shaped leaves, pink flowers and strong roots. The article talks about how to grow a plant at home. Indoor bindweed pictured in various variations:

Bindweed flower in the photo

Indoor and home flowers bindweed

Growing indoors

This plant also has many other names - Spanish flag, lobed mine, lobata mine, lobed quamoclite, etc. The origin of the liana is tropical; in its homeland it is a perennial, but in our climate it can only be grown as an annual plant.

Description of the plant

The stem of the plant is strong, twisting, and reddish in color. It grows up to three meters in length. The leaves are three-lobed, heart-shaped, and there are also three thin stipules near each leaf.

The flowers of the vine are drop-shaped, up to 2 cm long, collected in spike-shaped one-sided inflorescences 15-25 cm long. The peculiarity of the inflorescences is that, at first glance, they are always closed. The flowers are initially red, which then changes to orange and towards the end of flowering the flower acquires a shade from lemon yellow to creamy white.

The plant blooms from the end of July until the beginning of frost, that is, more than two months.

Appearance of the plant Interesting star bindweed the fact that on the same plant there are simultaneously flowers with different shade

petals. Separately, this is not so attractive, but when they are together, a truly rare pattern is created on the flowerbed. Unlike anything else and changing daily.

Many gardeners value it because when bindweed blooms, a whole carpet of leaves and flowers is created; the density of this living covering is such that it is impossible to even see the trellises or walls of the gazebo under it. At the same time, the plant does not really need a garter.

Only at the beginning, and then the flexibility of the shoots allows the bindweed to climb any support.

There are few varieties of bindweed, or rather only one. Therefore, if you hear that such and such a variety of exotic vine is on sale, then keep in mind that you are simply being deceived. Also, as the name of the variety, sellers, unknowingly or deliberately deceiving buyers, may use other names of the plant that were named above. Preparing and planting seeds There are two ways to plant seeds: directly into open ground or planting to obtain seedlings.

• In the first case, the flowering of the plant begins traditionally for our latitudes - from the end of July. Seeds that float to the surface of the water during this procedure are unsuitable for planting, so they can be safely thrown away. After soaking, the seeds can be planted in the ground, this is usually done at the end of April. After the earth warms up well. It is advisable to avoid damage to the plantings by frost, it is recommended to cover them with a covering material; it is recommended to remove the latter as soon as this threat ceases to be relevant. Usually the first shoots appear a week after planting. As the seedlings grow, they need to be thinned out, leaving a distance of about 20-25 cm between them, this is enough for further normal growth;
• the second method is growing through seedlings. The method in our latitudes is due to climatic features is considered more preferable than the first. The beginning of preparing the seeds is similar to the first - soak them in warm water for a day, also remove the ones that float, the rest must be planted in separate pots. Place 1-2 seeds in each container. We place the pots in the room where it is necessary to maintain average temperature at 20 degrees and after 10-14 days the first shoots can be observed. We plant in open ground in May; the plant must be removed from the pot without damaging it. earthen lump on the roots, and in this form we place it in the planting hole. Leave a distance of 50-60 cm between the holes.

Seedling material

Many gardeners disinfect and disinfect seeds before planting; to do this, they place them either in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or in a fungicide solution. It is enough to maintain the seeds in such a solution for a couple of hours before planting in the ground and the plant’s immunity before various pests and diseases will be higher.

You can use regular soil dug from your garden. But a store-bought specialized one is best, or prepare it yourself. To do this, mix humus, peat and sand in equal proportions.

Care

It is very simple, the plant is not particularly demanding, so even a novice gardener can easily grow it. But we’ll still tell you what a plant may need during growth and flowering.

• firstly, its tropical origin means that star bindweed loves the sun. Therefore, we plant it only in the sun, no shade. The soil needs to be neutral - loam and sandy loam soil are perfect for these purposes. The plant does not care about summer heat, direct sunlight has no effect negative impact on his growth. But you still cannot do without regular watering; in this case, the flowering will be more luxuriant. But you should know that if there is excessive abundant watering There will be an increase in deciduous mass, but flowering will, alas, be weak. Or it won't exist at all;
• secondly, fertilizers of organic origin should be used as fertilizing; bindweed somehow has a “negative” attitude towards mineral fertilizing.

And among organic ones, it is best to use rotted compost, peat and wood ash. It is best to add ash at the beginning of the formation of flower buds - they will be more lush and abundant;

• Organic fertilizer and thirdly, it is necessary to constantly loosen the soil after each watering or rain.

Don’t forget to constantly remove weeds; if you don’t want to bother with weeding, you can mulch the ground. This step will solve several problems at once: cope with weeds, retain moisture in the soil.

The task of care is made much easier by the fact that in the case of star bindweed, dried inflorescences do not need to be removed from the plant. The bindweed needs to be shown the direction in which its vines should crawl. Otherwise, instead of an even flower carpet, you can end up with a chaotic pile skewed in one direction.

In addition, excessive density begins to interfere with neighboring plants, so you will also have to worry about pruning the bindweed.

Insecticide The plant shows striking resistance to various diseases and pests.

For example, he can only get sick if there is a plant affected by the disease in the neighborhood. The treatment is simple - removal of the affected parts of the plant and treatment with insecticidal preparations. The plant can also be treated with them as a prophylactic agent.

Bindweed after flowering In the Urals region, Siberia and other areas with cold climates, star bindweed is grown as an annual plant. Therefore, after flowering, it is recommended to remove withered leaves and inflorescences.

If the flowering period has not yet been exhausted, and the weather is warm, this will prolong the flowering of the plant. After the first hard frost, it is recommended to remove the vine completely. There is no point in digging up rhizomes, nor in covering them; the plant cannot withstand cold winters. Self-sowing also does not reproduce well. In this case, it is recommended to collect the seeds and plant seedlings the next year. Considering that hybrid varieties

You can collect seeds in August-September, by which time they have time to ripen. More early training will not ensure good seed germination. Also, the seed material should be dried in the sun and stored in paper envelopes in a dry place. In the southern regions, the plant overwinters well and reproduces well by self-sowing.

If the crops begin to thin out, you can prepare seeds in the fall and simply sow them into the existing bed in early spring.

How to remove a plant

This is not difficult, because the roots of the plant simply freeze in winter frosts and in the spring they can be easily removed after digging up the ground. Self-seeding can be difficult, with the ornamental plant subsequently growing into a weed. But if you collect autumn in time seed pods, then this can be avoided.

Video

For more useful details about growing star bindweed, watch the video

Conclusion

As you can see friends landing this exotic plant tropics is not such a difficult task, nor is aftercare. But on the other hand, you will get an original and beautiful decoration for your garden and gazebo.

Some of which are used as .

• Family: Convolvulaceae.
• Motherland: Western Mediterranean.
• Rhizome: creeping with thread-like roots.
• Stem: curly, creeping or erect.
• Leaves: regular, simple, various shapes depending on the type.
• Fetus: box.
• Reproductive capacity: propagated by seeds.
• Illumination: sun or partial shade.
• Watering: plentiful.
• Content temperature: thermophilic, can withstand spring frosts.
• Flowering duration: from June to October.

Description of the bindweed flower

Most species are vines with climbing, hairless stems up to 3–4 m long; there are plants with creeping or erect stems. The leaves are alternate, ovate, heart-shaped or arrow-shaped, serrated or entire, located on petioles. Convolvulus flowers have a funnel-shaped or bell-shaped corolla, are located in the axils of the leaves on long peduncles, and are sometimes collected in inflorescences. Color: white, blue, pink, red, two-color varieties are available. The fruit is a capsule with large seeds that remain viable for up to 2-3 years.

One of the most common types is field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), a perennial plant with a thin climbing stem up to 1 m long and a creeping branched rhizome, is an obvious weed growing throughout Russia. This plant, like some other types of bindweed, is poisonous and contains psychotropic alkaloids. In folk medicine it is widely used for treatment various diseases. A photo of field bindweed is shown below.

Sometimes purple morning glory is included in the genus of bindweed, perennial vine, originating from the tropical regions of America, grown here as an annual. According to another classification, it belongs to the genus Ipomoea, or farbitis. This is the largest genus of the bindweed family, it includes about 500 species, among which there are food plants, for example, sweet potato, and also many decorative vines, grown as garden and potted crops. Different types They differ in the structure of their rhizomes, both creeping and tuberous, and their leaf shape, narrow and long, pinnately dissected or rounded-heart-shaped. Common to all representatives of the genus is the structure of the flower - funnel-shaped with a fused corolla and a more or less narrow tube.

Some types of decorative bindweed

In our country, two are most often used as decorative bindweeds: garden forms: tricolor or small bindweed and Moorish bindweed.

Bindweed tricolor or small(Convolvulus tricolor L.)- a subshrub with creeping and ascending shoots up to 50 cm high, petiolate, slightly pointed leaves. Blooms profusely from June to August with large funnel-shaped pale blue or purple flowers with a white center and a yellow corolla. The bindweed flower is short-lived, lasting only one day, but instead of it new ones are formed. large quantities. The fruit is a capsule with two dark brown seeds up to 3 mm in diameter; self-sowing is possible.

Varieties available for sale different colors, for example, Roval Ensign with dark blue, Crimson Monarch with crimson, Kan-Kan with dark blue flowers. The compact variety Rainbow Flash grows up to 25 cm, Kan-Kan - up to 35 cm, and Roval Ensign - up to 45 cm.

Used in ridges, mixborders, planted on balconies and in. The plant grows quickly, so it can be used as a ground cover crop.

Moorish bindweed or Sabatian bindweed (Convolvulus sabatius = C. Mauritanicus)- a subshrub with creeping shoots up to 50 cm long, grayish-green leaves and pale lilac or blue-violet flowers. It grows quickly and can occupy an area of ​​up to 1 m2. Blooms profusely and continuously from June to September. Widely used as a hanging plant, forming a cascade of flowering shoots, planted in containers, hanging baskets, and on balconies. Unpretentious, does not require careful care. It is grown as, but can be preserved in winter in a bright, frost-free room.

Below are photos of Bindweed tricolor and Moorish bindweed.

These species are not climbing plants, morning glory bindweeds are used as decorative vines in gardens.

Ipomoea purpurea (Ipomoea purpurea) grows up to 3 m in height, has heart-shaped, three-lobed leaves and large flowers bell-shaped, growing from the axils of the leaves on long peduncles of 2-3 pieces. The color of the flowers is pink, purple, red, blue, lilac, diameter is up to 6 cm, the corolla is always white on the inside. There are terry and variegated forms. It grows quickly and in a short time can form “ green carpet» for decorating gazebos, pergolas and balconies. Blooms from July to October.

Morning glory tricolor or red-blue (Ipomoea rubro-caerulea, Ipomoea tricolor), another common garden vine with thin stems up to 5 m long, fast growing, with big amount bright green leaves and large single flowers. The natural color of the flowers is blue; when they fade, they curl into a tube and become bluish-lilac-crimson, for which the species received the name “tricolor morning glory.” The inside of the corolla is painted yellow. Currently, pink, blue, purple, and reddish-blue varieties have been developed. The blue variety Heavenly Blue and the striped white and blue Flying Saucers are popular. Blooms profusely from May to September.

It must be remembered that these decorative bindweeds are poisonous plants, since most types of morning glory contain psychotropic substances.

Growing bindweed in the garden and on the balcony

Convolvulus cultivated in gardens is unpretentious, can grow in poor soils, prefers a sunny location, but also tolerates light shading. These perennials in our climate they are grown as annuals. Seeds are sown in late April - early May directly into the ground, or in March for seedlings, which are planted when the threat of frost has passed. It is better to use peat pots for seedlings, since the plants do not tolerate transplantation well.

All species are demanding when it comes to watering; if there is a lack of water, they drop buds. During the flowering period, they are fed once every 2 weeks, mainly with potassium and phosphorus fertilizers; nitrogen causes leaf growth to the detriment of flowering. Supports are installed.

Bindweeds are not afraid of spring frosts, but some types of ornamental morning glory are thermophilic, for more early flowering grown through seedlings. Plants do not overwinter; some species can self-sow.

Climbing and climbing species can be used for landscaping balconies. Convolvulus is planted on balconies and loggias oriented to the south and southeast, in boxes with a sufficient amount of soil. Support is provided for the vines, and young shoots are tied up. With abundant, timely watering and regular fertilizing, plants develop quickly and bloom profusely from June to late autumn.