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. They have seed exchanges where things are sent abroad. Sending to and from America is very different. This is an interesting subject. I once bought some Ipomoea seeds home from a Spanish garden centre and they didn't thrive at all. I don't expect they liked

lilies. I thought it would be interesting to grow a blue-flowering climber (Ipomoea) up a tall orange lily.I found 3 problems: Lilies have a short flowering period, so it's difficult to synchronise flowering times. Also lilies also like a rich compost

giving your plant better stability and more roots to seek the feed & moisture.  I do this for courgettes and tomatoes too. It also seems to work on flowering plants too, currently Cosmos, Ipomoea, Chilean Glory Vine are all doing well. I hate to disagree

more (that's a topic for another day).So, what are the alternatives? There are quite a few annual climbers to choose from actually. Morning glory (ipomoea) is popular, but their flowers are all too short-lived. The purple bell vine (rhodochiton) is nice

than plant a rose or another wisteria - there might be some unpleasantness hiding in the soil - I decided to stick with annual climbers. We usually have morning glories (Ipomoea species) in pots, so I moved one of them to fill in and it did an admirable

, endlessly flowery) and Nicotiana sylvestris, which looks slightly spectral and smells delicious in the evenings. The third is the irrepressible Nigella that seeds itself in the gravel under my pergola.The other two are climbers. The first is Ipomoea purpurea

varieties of coleus, ipomoea and others. Last summer, in addition to lofos I tried Ptilotus 'Joey' last year, a new drought tolerant variety from Australia producing short well-branched plants carrying fluffy pink plumes at the end of each shoot. It was fun

consideration, are there other suitable climbers that would be happy in a trough of 150cm x 15cm(w) x 17cm(d)   thanks!   Sweet peas, runner beans, ipomoea, solanum? Love obelixx suggestion of grasses & verbena. Think I will try that. Thank you See my last para

sweet potatoes again, but think that in addition to selecting a well-coloured variety I would aim to train the foliage upwards (as you might with other types of ipomoea) and away from its dense mat of ground cover, which obviously supported my phantom