Morning Glory

Question

I live in California and recently spent time on the Greek is,and, Corfu. My rented home had remarkable BIG morning glory vines. My own are tiny and fragile. Is there a GREEK MORNING GLORY seed? Or something similar that would thrive in beac area southern cal?

Answer 1

There are wild morning glories in Greece you may have seen, also called Blue Dawn flower, Ipomoea indica, that are blue purple. It is considered very aggressive, however.

There also is a wild, white morning glory in Southern California (not the bindweed weed):

https://naturecollective.org/plant-guide/details/wild-morning-glory/

https://ucanr.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/FactSheet_Flower_Morning%20Glory_2021.01.19.pdf