(Purple Morning Glory, Split Personality Morning Glory)

Mexican in origin, 'Split Personality' morning glory is an interesting annual vine grown for its "split" funnel-shaped flowers of rose-magenta and white. This vigorous twining climber has hairy stems and medium green ovate leaves. On summer mornings it bears funnel-shaped flowers that look like they've been split down the seams. These are rosy magenta with white eyes and are attractive to hummingbirds.

Purple morning glory grows best in sheltered sites away from high winds. It requires full sun...

(Purple Morning Glory, Sunrise Serenade Morning Glory)

Sunrise serenade morning glory, named for its showy flowers that open mostly in the morning, is a highly popular annual vine native to mexico. This vigorous twining climber displays green heart-shaped leaves on hairy stems. It is known for its small, prolific, unique double ruby-red flowers with white centers that appear in summer. Its ability to reach a height of ten feet in two months makes this plant a great choice for trellises and arbors. Sow many seeds close together for good coverage as the...

(Cypressvine)

Prized by gardeners and by hummingbirds for its summer-long display of bright red tubular flowers with flaring lobes, this annual twining vine is native from Mexico to South America and naturalized throughout the tropics. The ferny compound leaves are also attractive. A white-flowered form is sometimes available.

Easily raised from seed, cypressvine thrives in well-drained soil in sun. Train it up a fence or patio-side trellis, thread it through a shrub, or use it in a hummingbird garden.

(Blue Morning Glory, Common Morning Glory, Grannyvine)

Nothing says summery and old-fashioned like the clear, sky blue flowers of morning glories. The common morning glory is a popular annual to short-lived perennial vine native to the tropics of Central and South America. It is a heat-loving and vigorous twining climber with heart-shaped, medium green leaves. Throughout the growing season, its conical buds open in the morning to show off large, blue to violet, funnel-shaped flowers with a white and yellow eye. Its prolific blooms attract hummingbirds...

(Common Morning Glory, Crimson Rambler Morning Glory, Grannyvine)

The ruby red flowers of 'Crimson Rambler' really stand out in the summer garden. This morning glory is a popular annual to short-lived perennial vine native to the tropics of Central and South America. It is a heat-loving and vigorous twining climber with heart-shaped, medium green leaves. Throughout the growing season, its conical buds open in the morning to show off large, ruby red flowers with white centers. These prolific blooms attract hummingbirds and butterflies.

Common morning glory grows...

(Common Morning Glory, Flying Saucers Morning Glory, Grannyvine)

One of the more unusual morning glories for the garden, ‘Flying Saucers’ has large variegated flowers of violet-blue and white. This popular annual to short-lived perennial vine originates from the tropics of Central and South America. It is a heat-loving and vigorous twining climber with heart-shaped, medium green leaves. Throughout the growing season, its conical buds open in the morning to show off large, clear violet-blue, funnel-shaped flowers streaked with white. Its prolific displays attract...

(Common Morning Glory, Grannyvine, Heavenly Blue Morning Glory)

Nothing says summery and old-fashioned like the clear, sky blue flowers of ‘Heavenly Blue’ morning glory. This popular annual to short-lived perennial vine originates from the tropics of Central and South America. It is a heat-loving and vigorous twining climber with heart-shaped, medium green leaves. Throughout the growing season, its conical buds open in the morning to show off large, clear blue, funnel-shaped flowers with a white and yellow eye. Its prolific displays attract hummingbirds and butterflies....

(Cardinal Climber)

Cardinal climber is a hybrid morning glory with bright red tubular flowers and large, deeply lobed leaves. It is the result of a cross between the red star morning glory (Ipoemea coccinea) with cypressvine (I. quamoclit). The red flowers attract hummingbirds.

Sow the seeds of cardinal climber in a full sun location after the knicked seeds have soaked in water for 24 hours. Provide average water and a structure upon which to climb, and the plant will take off. Flowering continues...

(Blazin' Rose Iresine, Bloodleaf, Irisine)

One of several new cultivars that are redefining this old-fashioned foliage plant from South America, 'Blazin' Rose' brings color aplenty to gardens and containers with its large green, bronze, or burgundy leaves with fluorescent pink veins. The waxy, ovate leaves are borne in opposite pairs on fleshy erect neon-pink stems. Axillary or terminal spikes of inconspicuous greenish flowers are occasionally produced, and can be easily removed by pinching.

This showy-leaved annual or short-lived perennial...

(Bloodleaf)

Iresine herbstii, which has strange common names like Herbst's bloodleaf, beefsteak plant and chicken gizzard, is a short-lived perennial that is native to Brazil. Its prized for its vibrantly colored foliage, which may be red, magenta, dark purple, yellow, orange or bright green with contrasting brightly colored veins, depending on the cultivar.

In the landscape it requires full sun and moist but well drained, fertile soil. In temperate climates Herbst's bloodleaf is grown as a tender...