Morning Glory

 

Morning Glories that have escaped cultivation often look like this.

This color pattern in cultivation is called 'Grandpa Otts'.

The issue with your basic morning glory is that they produce a lot of seeds and can get out of hand very quickly.

 

Common Name: Morning Glory

 

Other Common Names: Common Morning Glory, Tall Morning-Glory, Purple Morning Glory

 

Botanical Family: Convolvulaceae (The Bindweed Family)

 

Botanical Latin Name: Ipomoea purpurea

 

Description & Habitat:  Aside from being known as a garden staple for its flowers available in a variety of cultivars for color and size, this plant is native to Mexico and Central America. Morning Glories are named thus because their flowers open early in the morning and often fade by noon, additionally their family is commonly called the ‘Bindweed’ family because they often entwine other plants as they grow up their stems. Individual vines can be almost ten feet long. In general Morning Glories are considered a noxious weed because of their high potential to become invasive and difficulties in eliminating them. Visually speaking, this plant will have rounded heart-shaped leaves and the stems are covered with brown hairs. The flowers are roughly corolla or trumpet shaped and generally are blue to purple or white in color. Bicolor varieties exist as do red (Scarlett O’ Hara) and yellow (Yellow Obscure) varieties. Generally this plant can be found in fields, in the yards of old residential properties and in disturbed patches of soil. It may also appear by the roadside, in pastures and other places that humans have cultivated gardens.

 

 

When & What to Harvest: Morning glory foliage and flower are not edible, and thus far I can find no credible publication that indicates it is. However it is noted that the seeds contain a hallucinogenic compound called LSA which is said to be similar in effect to LSD.

 

Poisonous Lookalikes: None known.

 

Related Edible Species: Sweet Potato Vine and Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)

 

Recipe: Not applicable.

 

Additional Information: (If applicable)

 

 

With all that garden goodness covered this is the part of the blog where I have to advertise for the Fayetteville City Market. Now I know you readers probably don’t much like advertisements, but my booth at the City Market helps to cover the costs of running the test garden and literally maintains the Research & Development budget that is used to bring you the information that has made up the backbone of this blog.  In addition to being able to process card payments we now take CashApp payments so your payment options for my product have tripled. With that said; if you want to get some GMO-free, Organic fruit, herbs, flowers and perennials, come on down to the Fayetteville City Market on 325 Maxwell Street in downtown Fayetteville between the hours of 9:00 am and 1:00 pm on Saturdays. Even in bad weather the market goes on though you might have to look for me under the ‘arches’ of the Transportation Museum’s front entryway.

 

 

For those of you wondering what plants are going to be at the market next weekend here is the list.

 

Soil Amendment Products (New!)

Live Mushroom Compost – 3 Gallon Bag

Live Mushroom Compost – 1 Gallon Bag

 

 

Garden Plants

Cutleaf Coneflower, Large

Cutleaf Coneflower, Medium

Spanish Bayonet

Marigold, Naughty Marietta – Yellow

Marigold, Naughty Marietta – Orange

Madagascar Periwinkle, Blackberry

Madagascar Periwinkle, Cranberry

Salvia, Victoria

Zinnia, All American Mix

 

Coming Soon:

American Aloe

Spineless Prickly Pear

 

 

How to stay in Contact with Us!

Our group’s online presence has migrated to Nextdoor.com. All you need to keep up with all our activities is to have a Nextdoor account and to look for the ‘Sustainable Neighbors of Fayetteville’ group and ask to join! You don’t have to live in Fayetteville to join us! Feel free to ask all your garden questions of our knowledgeable membership and post your cool garden pictures.

 

Sustainable Neighbors of Fayetteville

 

Also please take a gander at the YouTube version of this blog:

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>Newest videos (1): Blue Sea Holly

 

Meetings are still going on! Our next (unofficial) meeting is July 6^th at the Fayetteville City Market at 325 Franklin Street between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm.

English Ivy (Invasive Alert!)

 

Here is your basic green English Ivy foliage.

As the Ivy ages, the leaves will get larger especially when exposed to full sun.

These are the flower buds, the flowers aren't particularly showy and the petals are a pale greenish-yellow color. Note the change in leaf shape on the stem in the upper right corner. This ivy patch is decades old and is displaying mature form characteristics.

Here is a side shot with a lot of flower bud clusters and a shot of a mature form stem, the leaves change shape enough that you might not recognize it's plain old English ivy.

 

 

Common Name: English Ivy

 

Other Common Names: Common Ivy, European Ivy, Ivy.

 

Botanical Family: Araliaceae (The Ginseng Family)

 

Botanical Latin Name: Hedera helix

 

Description & Habitat:  English Ivy is native to Europe, Northern Africa and parts of

Western Asia. The name ‘Hedera’ is the classical Latin word for ivy and helix means spiral which refers to how ivy tends to spiral in its grown up trees and structures. There are possibly hundreds of specific cultivars of this plant in the nursery trade word wide and in general the more white variegation they have the less aggressive they are however Ivy does have the potential to ‘revert’ or go back to a greener coloration. English Ivy was introduced to the Americas as early as 1727 by European colonists and is generally planted as a care free evergreen ground cover. It is considered a serious weed in wild ecosystems and cultivated landscapes. Eglish Ivy is considered a noxious weed in Autralia, Canada, New Zealand, and in the United States. Oregon in specific bans it’s sale or importing and in some places Ivy can choke out all other plants creating a “Ivy-desert” in the same way Kudzu can. As a final note for this plant, it’s roots do not exude acid, but rather a glue like substance. Also, when this plant blooms it’s flowers are very attractive to Wasps and Hornets.

 

Botanical Latin synonyms for this plant include Hedera acuta, Hedera arborea, Hedera baccifera and also Hedera grandiflora.

 

When & What to Harvest: The leaves and berries of English Ivy contain a glycoside called Hederin which can cause negative health effects if ingested.  The foliage may also cause dermatitis in some individuals. In addition to that the large number of saponins found in the leaves and fruits of this plant make it mildly poisonous and it should be avoided as a wild medicine or food. Laboratory grade extracts from this plant are used in modern cough syrups.

 

Poisonous Lookalikes: None known.

 

Related Edible Species: None are known.

 

Recipe: Not applicable.

 

Additional Information: (If applicable)

https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/vine/hedhel/all.html

https://www.invasive.org/alien/pubs/midatlantic/hehe.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedera_helix

 

 

With all that garden goodness covered this is the part of the blog where I have to advertise for the Fayetteville City Market. Now I know you readers probably don’t much like advertisements, but my booth at the City Market helps to cover the costs of running the test garden and literally maintains the Research & Development budget that is used to bring you the information that has made up the backbone of this blog.  In addition to being able to process card payments we now take CashApp payments so your payment options for my product have tripled. With that said; if you want to get some GMO-free, Organic fruit, herbs, flowers and perennials, come on down to the Fayetteville City Market on 325 Maxwell Street in downtown Fayetteville between the hours of 9:00 am and 1:00 pm on Saturdays. Even in bad weather the market goes on though you might have to look for me under the ‘arches’ of the Transportation Museum’s front entryway.

 

 

For those of you wondering what plants are going to be at the market this weekend here is the list.

 

Soil Amendment Products (New!)

Live Mushroom Compost – 3 Gallon Bag

Live Mushroom Compost – 1 Gallon Bag

 

 

Garden Plants

Cutleaf Coneflower, Large

Cutleaf Coneflower, Medium

Pepper Vine

Cotton, Mississippi Brown Lint

Spanish Bayonet

Marigold, Naughty Marietta – Yellow

Marigold, Naughty Marietta – Orange

Madagascar Periwinkle, Blackberry

Madagascar Periwinkle, Cranberry

Salvia, Victoria

Zinnia, All American Mix

 

Coming Soon:

American Aloe

Spineless Prickly Pear

 

 

How to stay in Contact with Us!

Our group’s online presence has migrated to Nextdoor.com. All you need to keep up with all our activities is to have a Nextdoor account and to look for the ‘Sustainable Neighbors of Fayetteville’ group and ask to join! You don’t have to live in Fayetteville to join us! Feel free to ask all your garden questions of our knowledgeable membership and post your cool garden pictures.

 

Sustainable Neighbors of Fayetteville

 

Also please take a gander at the YouTube version of this blog:

The Videos: Look Here

>Newest videos (1): Lemmon’s Marigold

 

Meetings are still going on! Our next (unofficial) meeting is June 22^nd at the Fayetteville City Market at 325 Franklin Street between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm.

 

Dull Meadow Pitcher

This colony of Dull Meadow Pitcher had the white flowering form, and then just a few feet away the pink form.

This patch was photographed near the Cumberland County Schools maintenance building.

 

Common Name: Dull Meadow Pitcher

 

Other Common Names: Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty,

 

Botanical Family: Melastomataceae (The Melastome Family)

 

Botanical Latin Name: Rhexia mariana

 

Description & Habitat:  This plant is native to the United States and Cuba. It is typically found along shallow stream beds or any place that has mesic to wet but fertile soils. Dull Meadow Pitcher is a herbaceous perennial wildflower with comparatively large blooms that in a given colony can range from white to pink. This plant may get its common name ‘Dull Meadow Pitcher’ from the shape of its dried seed pods which are urn-shaped.

 

When & What to Harvest: from what information I have gathered for this post it’s medicinal or culinary use is unknown.

 

Poisonous Lookalikes: None known.

 

Related Edible Species: Rhexia purpurea, found closer to the coast.

 

Recipe: Not applicable.

 

Additional Information: (If applicable)

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/rhexia-mariana/

 

With all that garden goodness covered this is the part of the blog where I have to advertise for the Fayetteville City Market. Now I know you readers probably don’t much like advertisements, but my booth at the City Market helps to cover the costs of running the test garden and literally maintains the Research & Development budget that is used to bring you the information that has made up the backbone of this blog.  In addition to being able to process card payments we now take CashApp payments so your payment options for my product have tripled. With that said; if you want to get some GMO-free, Organic fruit, herbs, flowers and perennials, come on down to the Fayetteville City Market on 325 Maxwell Street in downtown Fayetteville between the hours of 9:00 am and 1:00 pm on Saturdays. Even in bad weather the market goes on though you might have to look for me under the ‘arches’ of the Transportation Museum’s front entryway.

 

 

For those of you wondering what plants are going to be at the market this weekend here is the list.

 

Soil Amendment Products (New!)

Live Mushroom Compost – 3 Gallon Bag

Live Mushroom Compost – 1 Gallon Bag

 

Summer Vegetable Plants

Tomato – Sweet 100

Pepper – Cayenne

Pepper – Ghost

 

 

Garden Plants

Cutleaf Coneflower, Large

Cutleaf Coneflower, Medium

Pepper Vine

Cotton, Mississippi Brown Lint

Spanish Bayonet

Marigold, Naughty Marietta – Yellow

Marigold, Naughty Marietta – Orange

Madagascar Periwinkle, Blackberry

Madagascar Periwinkle, Cranberry

Salvia, Victoria

Zinnia, All American Mix

 

Coming Soon:

American Aloe

Spineless Prickly Pear

 

 

How to stay in Contact with Us!

Our group’s online presence has migrated to Nextdoor.com. All you need to keep up with all our activities is to have a Nextdoor account and to look for the ‘Sustainable Neighbors of Fayetteville’ group and ask to join! You don’t have to live in Fayetteville to join us! Feel free to ask all your garden questions of our knowledgeable membership and post your cool garden pictures.

 

Sustainable Neighbors of Fayetteville

 

Also please take a gander at the YouTube version of this blog:

The Videos: Look Here

>Newest videos (1): Common Oats

 

Meetings are still going on! Our next (unofficial) meeting is June 15^st at the Fayetteville City Market at 325 Franklin Street between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm.