Moon flower just now blooming! Why?
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Bernice H on Oct 03, 2014And you can see it is blooming at 10:30 in the morning...not at night..Helpful Reply
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Pam on Oct 03, 2014Mine is also late growing and just started blooming, mine is blooming at night.Helpful Reply
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Dorothy on Oct 04, 2014This appears to be the Datura "Moonflower" and not the ipomoea "Moonflower".....correct? In my area these are late summer and early to mid fall bloomers and prefer full sun. They will stay open into the morning if cloudy or shaded.Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Oct 04, 2014Bernice, the experience you have had is not at all uncommon with those growing moonflowers in northern climes. Moonflowers need to have reached a certain level of maturity, and have shortening days, to bloom. In northern areas, it can take until late in the season for those two things to happen. I can't really explain why yours is in bloom at 10:30 in the morning, although it may have something to do with being in the shade. For a good explanation of their photoperiodism, see: http://gardenmaking.com/moonflowers-in-bloom/Helpful Reply
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Bernice H on Oct 04, 2014Thank you @Douglas Hunt and others. I had a friend whose back yard was a literal garden of moonflowers. I got my seed pods from her many years ago. I had several growing in my garden, then finally took them all out in favor of hostas. As I said, this is a volunteer and showed up last year as a volunteer after many years of none in the garden.I couldn't believe it ; as everything else was shutting down, this started growing. I was very excited. thank you all..I will keep track and see how long it survives as it gets colder and frostier.Helpful Reply
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Leslie D on Oct 05, 2014Be careful with these. We had them in our front yard (just began growing for no apparent reason), and were warned by police that teenagers in Vegas were using the seed pods as a hallucinogenic and that they can be extremely dangerous. We immediately killed it with weed spray for liability reasons. Ours were in the front yard and readily visible and accessible. This is an article. http://www.denverpost.com/favorites/ci_10618961Helpful Reply
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