Glacier Star Morning Glory Flower Seeds

Morning Glory - Glacier Star (Heirloom) - Ipomoea tricolor Annual - Free-flowering Glacier Star is a reselected, antique cultivar whose dazzling blossoms are translucent baby blue overlaid with dark cerulean blue starred throats. This colorful blue bicolor opens new flared 4" trumpet flowers each morning starting from mid-summer. Glacier Star's strong and sturdy vines of heart-shaped leaves twine simply to cloak a gate, fence or trellis where they unfurl their skirts of beautiful blooms, creating a tranquil and old-fashioned ambiance. Soil & Water: Plant in moderately fertile soil that drains well.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Ipomoea tricolor
• Plant type: Annual
• Growth habit: Vining
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Soil & Water: Plant in moderately fertile soil that drains well.
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: 1/2"
• Germination: 7-10 Days
• Height At Maturity: 8-10 feet
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 6-8"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Glacier Star Morning Glory Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place Glacier Star Morning Glory Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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