Convolvulus tricolor L.
Dwarf Morning Glory
Dwarf morning glory is a colourful garden annual native to the Mediterranean, not a British native plant. Unlike its rampant bindweed relatives, it is bushy and largely non-climbing, forming a low, spreading mound of narrow green leaves.
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Dwarf morning glory is a colourful garden annual native to the Mediterranean, not a British native plant. Unlike its rampant bindweed relatives, it is bushy and largely non-climbing, forming a low, spreading mound of narrow green leaves. The funnel-shaped flowers are its main appeal, typically banded in deep blue or purple with a white zone and a golden-yellow throat, giving the tricolour effect that names the species.
Each bloom is short-lived, opening in the morning sun and closing later in the day, but plants flower freely over a long summer season when grown in a warm, sunny, well-drained spot. The open flowers are readily worked by bees and hoverflies. Easily raised from seed, it is grown as a hardy or half-hardy annual for borders, containers and the front of sunny beds, and features in ornamental annual flower mixes rather than native wildflower seed blends.
Also known as
Dwarf Morning-glory · Tricolour Convolvulus · dwarf-morning-glory
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