Ipomoea hederifolia SEEDS

Ipomoea hederifolia seeds grow into the scarlet morning glory, scarlet creeper or star ipomoea a slender climbing annual native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of Tropical and Subtropical America. Described by Linnaeus. The epithet hederifolia means ‘ivy-leaved’ (from Latin hedera = ivy), referring to the lobed, ivy-like leaves. Bears small but intensely coloured scarlet to bright red funnel-shaped flowers with a distinctively long narrow tube hummingbird-pollinated in its native range. Widely naturalised outside its native range; weedy in some areas. Medicinal and food uses; environmental uses. Family Convolvulaceae.

Full sun; well-drained soils; warm seasonally dry tropical to subtropical conditions. Fast-growing climbing annual; easy from seed. Attractive hummingbird magnet in warm gardens.

• ‘Hederifolia’ = ivy-leaved (lobed ivy-like leaves); L. (Linnaeus); scarlet morning glory; hummingbird-pollinated
• Scarlet to bright red tubular flowers with long narrow tube; fast annual; widely naturalised; weedy potential
• Tropical & Subtropical America seasonally dry tropical biome; climbing annual
• Genus Ipomoea: ~700 species; Tropical & Subtropical; morning glories; Family Convolvulaceae; Order Solanales
• Full sun; well-drained soils; warm tropical; fast annual climber; hummingbird-pollinated; Family Convolvulaceae

Ipomoea hederifolia the scarlet morning glory is a dazzling fast-growing annual climber that brings the intensity of tropical hummingbird gardens to warm-climate landscapes, its narrow scarlet tubes evolved precisely for the long beaks of the hummingbirds that pollinate it across its tropical American range.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.