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Ipomoea Id.

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well a while back i found a large morning glory vine growing along the ground and over grass on a hill. brought a cutting home and about a months later its throwing out flowers :) i am pretty sure it is an I. Purpurea but not 100% sure... notice how the leave start off looking like a space ship and end up love heart shaped at the end... its wierd... if you follow the stems it is like looking at an evolution chain... each one slowly more filled out than the next.

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brugmansia aurea in the background, got mauled by cabbage moth caterpillars :'(

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hey mate, pretty sure i've seen this vine all over brisbane and the GC... they are out of control. takes over cleared bushland in a flash. they pricked my interest at first too but then the leaf seems to start heart shaped then morph into something else, as you pointed out, so I didn't think it was an interesting morning glory.

PS good to your teaching the little guy all bout the plants :lol:

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yeah they don't seem to seed either, i couldn't find a single seed on the whole patch (nearly 100M long) flowers are pretty though, this one will just stay in its little pot near the front door i think....

hehe yea he loves it, only 3 and already repotting plants on his own and stuff. Smart one he is :) loves the garden and plants, forever asking what this plant and that plant and this bug and that bug are. its great !!! my lil' apprentice

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