Sep 11, 2024 · Moonflower (Ipomoea alba), sometimes called night-blooming morning glory, is a tender perennial vine that can add incredible beauty and powerful fragrance to a night garden. It features large, heart-shaped, dark green leaves, robust, slightly prickly stems, and white trumpet-shaped flowers blooming at night from midsummer until fall.

Moonflowers bloom at night and give off an alluring scent that makes your garden more attractive. You just need to know when to plant moonflower seeds to enjoy their presence. In short, it’s best to start a moonflower garden between late February and May when the weather is frost-free.

Aug 11, 2024 · Once they start blooming in summer, they’ll continue until autumn frost. The five-inch-wide flowers are bell-shaped and white and appear to glow in the evening. During the day, moonflowers look like a stately dark green vine as the flowers close. Moonflowers smell sweet to us and pollinators.

Oct 13, 2023 · Learn how to grow moonflowers with our detailed step-by-step guide. Discover the secrets to successful moonflower planting and watch your garden bloom.

Moonflowers, with their heart-shaped leaves and nearly iridescent white blooms, are easy-to-grow flowering vines. In subtropical areas, they can be grown as perennials, while gardeners who live where the winters are cold treat them as annuals. Bloom Size: 3" to 6" across, opening at night.

Apr 5, 2021 · Large white or purple blooms on a climbing vine offer an amazing evening smell when growing moonflowers. Moonflower plants (Ipomoea alba) are perennial vines in sub-tropical areas, but gardeners with cold winters can successfully grow moonflower plants as annuals.

Jun 13, 2024 · Moonflowers, with their ethereal beauty and nocturnal bloom, have enchanted gardeners throughout the ages. These tender, perennial vines, scientifically known as Ipomoea alba, add a touch...

Sep 25, 2023 · Moonflower vine (Ipomoea alba), with its large, pure white blooms and heart-shaped leaves, is one of many gardeners' favorite vining plants. This stunning vine offers 6-inch-wide flowers that open at dusk and release a sweet fragrance all night long. Moonflower vine earned its moniker because the flowers open only at night.

Jul 10, 2023 · Moon flowers (Ipomoea alba), also known as moon vines, typically bloom in the late evening or at night. They are renowned for their large, fragrant, white flowers that open in the evening and close by morning.

Nov 6, 2020 · Moonflower (Ipomoea alba) is a unique annual fast-growing vine that produces large fragrant white blooms. Part of its uniqueness is due to the time of day in which the bloom opens—at dusk. These large white flowers begin to twirl open in the late afternoon and glisten in the dark under the light of the moon.