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Topic: Moon Flowers
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Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 919
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted May 19, 2005 10:04 AM
 
I have not been able to get my moon flowers to grow. Just the first leaves and then they turn brown and die. Any one else grow moon flower and have some tips? thanks!IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 21478
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted May 20, 2005 01:59 PM
What are moon flowers? ------------------
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 919
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted May 20, 2005 06:04 PM
They are similar to Morning Glories, but they only bloom at night. They are Very large and white. VERY Pretty!  IP: Logged |
Saturn's Child
Knowflake Posts: 326
From: Just left of center
Registered: May 2004
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posted May 20, 2005 08:35 PM
Bluemoon, too much water maybe?
Or too much nitrogen in the soil?IP: Logged |
Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 919
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted May 20, 2005 10:46 PM
Thanks Saturn! I am thinking too much water also. I has rained alot here. Do they like shade areas? Mine are in the sun. I think I need to start over. THey are sad!!!!!!!IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 21478
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted May 21, 2005 09:03 AM
Flowers that bloom at night are awesome!  ------------------
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 919
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted May 21, 2005 11:41 AM
Plant some! they are so much fun! You may be able to find some in your area. I have to find some plants. The seeds did not cut it.  IP: Logged |
Eleanore
Moderator Posts: 1149
From: North Carolina
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted May 21, 2005 01:09 PM
How to Grow: Moonflowers like full to partial sun during the daylight hours. You will like the fact that Moonflower thrive in poor, dry soils. That makes them useful in areas where many other popular plants just won't grow. It also makes them easy to grow with little care or attention. Just plant them, and away they grow! Add mulch around the plants for appearance and to keep weeds down. Fertilizer can be applied, but is usually not needed. Moonflower are annuals and susceptible to frost. They may survive the first light frost with only a little damage. Moonflowers are most often planted near a house or building. So, a light frost may kill the plants away from the house, yet spare your Moonflowers for another day. They will not survive a hard frost or freeze. http://www.gardenersnet.com/flower/moonflower.htm
Hope your flowers do well!
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to thine own self be true,
And it must follow,
as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false
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Yang
Knowflake Posts: 818
From: Somewhere over the Clouds
Registered: May 2004
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posted May 22, 2005 05:45 AM
MY Moonflowers always bloom and they smell intoxicating.
Sorry but I don't have any tips to give as I just leave my moonflowers alone, don't even water them, and they are happy- even when I moved them from one part of the garden to another, I was worried they would die, but they proved me wrong. Apparently you can make a drug from the moonflower and it is like one of the worse drugs you could take. Anyone heard about it? IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 21478
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted May 26, 2005 01:26 PM
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"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 1761
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted May 31, 2005 09:18 PM
I bought one 2 years ago. It growed into a climbing vine and then one day it shriveled up into the nothingness from whence it came.  Dunno why? Poor little thing. IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 21478
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted June 01, 2005 07:27 PM
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"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Eleanore
Moderator Posts: 1149
From: North Carolina
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted June 02, 2005 12:08 AM
The moonflower is a vigorous twining vine that is very fast growing in really hot weather. It is a tender tropical perennial but is now seeing popular use as an annual vine in colder areas .... Usage
Except in its native habitat (Zones 10-12), use as an annual vine in summer. In frost free areas moonflower will grow to great heights and drape the forest canopy in great green curtains (check locally, this vine may be invasive in some areas). Plant on any structure that will give support. Note that a single stake is nowhere near sufficient! A fence, arbor, or gazebo are ideal for showcasing the moonflower and keeping them near the ground where their beauty and fragrance can be enjoyed. http://www.floridata.com/ref/i/ipom_alb.cfm
I don't know what zone you're in, Nephthys, but perhaps your Moonflower worked out as an annual. Also, some plants that will live for more than one year (but not by much especially in certain climates/conditions) are sometimes sold as perennials instead of biennials or annuals and it can be misleading since they do die off naturally.
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"This above all:
to thine own self be true,
And it must follow,
as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false
to any man." - Shakespeare IP: Logged |
Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 919
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted June 02, 2005 08:23 AM
You can save the seed pods so they will grow the next spring. AND DONT GIVE THEM TOOOOOOOO much water. That is how I killed mine.
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 21478
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted June 04, 2005 10:43 AM
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"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
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