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Common Morning Glory

Ipomoea purpurea
Also known as: Common Morning Glory, Tall Morning Glory, Purple Morning Glory

Common Morning Glory is a flower in the Convolvulaceae family. It grows best in full sun with dry to medium moisture, and is listed for USDA zones 2-13. Plants reach maturity about 70–110 days after planting and sit about 6 inches apart.

Varieties

1 from True Leaf Market · sorted by days to maturity
  • Mixed Colors70–110 days

    Non-GMO; Container; Annual

    112 Days to maturity. Ipomoea purpurea. Mixed Colors Morning Glory Seeds. Non-GMO, annual. Morning glory seeds are an essential and decorative plant for your summertime garden, home, or patio. Annual morning glory (not the same as Field Bindweed) is easy to grow from seed and produces hardy and vigorous vines bursting with 2-inch trumpet-shaped blooms that climb as high as 5-10 feet up fences, sidings, trees, and trellises. Mixed Colors morning glories are an ideal interior decor to shape around windows, doors, and corners or to have sprawl freely out on the porch or patio. Morning glory seeds grow a variable habit left to the creativity and imagination of the gardener to shape, mound, mold, or fold the climbing plant however they'd like to for the season. Approximately 850 seeds/oz.

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Family
Convolvulaceae
Category
Flower
Form
Vine
Lifecycle
annual
Zone
2-13
Height
5–10 ft
Spread
1–1.5 ft
Sun
Full sun

Plant spacing

4 plants per square footSquare-foot planting diagram: a 1-foot square divided into a 2-by-2 grid holding 4 common morning glory plants spaced 6 inches apart.
4 plants per square foot

In a square-foot bed, space common morning glory about 6 in apart — that fits 4 plants in each 1-foot square (2×2). Wider rows or containers space the same.

Water
Dry to medium

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At a glance

Days to harvest
70–110 days
From transplant or sow to first harvest
Harvest style
Harvest once
One main harvest
After harvest
Use within days
Quality eases off after peak
Frost tolerance
Tender · to ~32°F
Lowest temperature the foliage usually survives
Germination
~65%
Typical minimum germination rate

Growing timeline

When to plant and harvest common morning gloryPlanting timeline for common morning glory, relative to last frost: start indoors from 7 weeks before last frost to 1 week after last frost; grow from 1 week after last frost to 11 weeks after last frost; harvest from 11 weeks after last frost to 17 weeks after last frost.Start indoorsGrowHarvestLast frostTransplant
Start common morning glory indoors ~8 weeks before transplanting 1 week after last frost; first harvest 11 weeks after last frost.
Seed to transplant
42-56 days
Outdoor planting
7 to 14 days vs frost
Propagation
Seed
Schedule anchor
Last Frost

Care & troubleshooting— extension-sourced, with citations

Something looks wrong?

Describe what you see on your common morning gloryand we'll rank the likely causes — most likely first, least-invasive fix first.

Japanese beetles

Pestmoderate

Symptoms: leaves skeletonized between veins; lacy chewed foliage; metallic green-bronze beetles clustered on plants; feeding worst in warm midsummer sun

Spider mites

Pestmoderate

Symptoms: fine pale stippling/speckling on leaves; fine webbing on undersides in hot dry spells; leaves bronzing and dropping

  • CulturalHose down and raise humidity· every 3 days · ~2 wksstrong evidence — extension confidence

    Mites thrive in hot, dry, dusty conditions. Spray foliage (especially undersides) with water to dislodge them and reduce dust.

    Source: UC IPM

  • OrganicInsecticidal soap or horticultural oil - label use only· every 5 days · ~2 wksmoderate evidence — extension confidence

    Apply to undersides per label; mites resist many products, so soaps/oils are preferred. Not in extreme heat.

    Always follow the product label — it is the law.

    Source: UC IPM

Aphids

Pestlow

Symptoms: clusters of tiny soft-bodied insects on new growth and undersides; sticky honeydew or sooty mold; curled distorted new leaves; ants tending them

  • CulturalBlast off with water· every 3 days · ~2 wksstrong evidence — extension confidence

    Knock colonies off with a strong jet of water in the morning; repeat every few days. Light infestations rarely need more.

    Source: UC IPM: Aphids

  • OrganicInsecticidal soap - label use only· every 1 wk · ~3 wksmoderate evidence — extension confidence

    For persistent colonies apply insecticidal soap to undersides per label. Avoid open flowers.

    Always follow the product label — it is the law.

    Source: UC IPM

Leaf miners

Pestlow

Symptoms: winding pale tunnels inside the leaf; pale blotches between the upper and lower leaf surfaces; tunnels/blotches that can't be rubbed off because the larva is inside

  • CulturalPick mined leaves + row cover· every 5 days · ~3 wksmoderate evidence — extension confidence

    Remove and bag leaves with tunnels, and cover plants with insect netting to block the egg-laying flies. Damage is mostly cosmetic on leafy crops.

    Source: UMN Extension