Morning Glory

[Tilly2]

I have twelve Morning Glory plants in the garden, twining around canes and pergolas and arches. I grew them from seed and they are all beautifully healthy with vibrant green leaves.
However, I have not yet had one flower on any of the plants.

Any ideas why this might be happening, please?

[Tilly2]

This should be in Gardening. Could someone move it please?

[Robinia]

Possibilites are that they're yet to flower, I've found some of them are so slow, although it's getting a bit late now.
Not enough sunshine.
Over feeding and they've made too many leaves.

[maggiebee]

No idea how to move it Tilly. However, my first thought was that maybe you are being too kind to these plants. A little neglect often forces them to flower as they "think" they are dying and produce flowers to perpetuate the species. Did this with a Christmas cacti and it really worked. Good luck.

[SlackAlice]

Mine are not much better, only had about 2 blooms so far. All growth and no flowers would normally be a sign of too much nutrients in the soil. I think we are going to have to wait until we get a prolonged period of hot weather and no rain.

[Prudie]

I had this problem last time I grew them from seed, they didn't come into flower until about September - I put it down to the cold spring and summer we're having. Apart from the odd days the mean temperature has been way below average this year.

[Chipchopper]

Morning Tilly,

You are doing better than me, I have only two in a hanging basket and just a few inches "tall".
I think yours may still have time, as the flowering time seems to be August through to September.
They don't need lots of fertilizer and should thrive in poor soil.
Hopefully yours are a late flowering variety. Good Luck..

[Tilly2]

Thank you all. Hopefully, they are the late flowering ones.

I have not been over kind to them at all. I just put them in and left them to their own devices with the occasional drop of water, as and when.

I shall bide my time and wait and see.
Thank you for your suggestions. x

[melv16]

A new woman on allotments was so proud of the white morning glory growing through the hedges... She was crest fallen when I told her it was bindweed lol.

[malagabob]

Am I right if you keep cutting any wild bramble runners back to ground level eventually the root will give up and die? Seam to have heard it somewhere. TIA

[malagabob]

Should have been a post not an answer Duh