Morning Glory Bush

Yeah, only one...

I'm always amazed at the plants I find when I'm out and about.  From bi-colored gladiolus at the local Safeway to super exotic plants at the garden store its truly a new experience every day.  Granted the fact that I tend to get a bit crazy at the garden stores probably doesn't help.

The ironic thing is that when I go visit the garden store I'm usually intending to only purchase one thing.  Yeah...  Guess how often that happens....  On the bright side it allows me an ever-interesting and often unusual selection of flowers and leaves to photograph.  It has necessitated the transformation of our spare room into my plant storage area, as certain kitties like "salad".

Full shot of my morning glory bush

My most recent trip yielded, among other unusual plants like some kind of dahlia / black-eyed susan hybrid, a sugar maple, and something called a morning glory bush.  Now this morning glory bush came out of the pond section and is taller than I am.  I picked it because of its prolific crop of pink flowers.  Sadly the flowers didn't survive the trip home in the car with the AC on.  Luckily the plant put out happy new flowers within 24 hours of arriving home and being propped in one of my giant peace lilies in a bag full of water.

I'm sure I looked a bit odd carting my prize up the stairs this morning to the loft for its photographic debut.  It was so top-heavy I had to anchor it into an orchid pot and then prop the pot up using a ikebana kenzan and a Ganesh statue.  Pictures turned out nicely though.

Flowers on a Morning Glory Bush

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