IPOMOEA nil - Morning Glory Scarlet O’Hara 100g

An "All-America Selections winner in 1939 Morning Glory ‘Scarlet O’Hara’ is a stunning twining perennial with large funnel-shaped deep purple scarlet flowers with a white throat from summer to Autumn.
Perfect for growing on trellises, arbors, lattice, or chain-link fences or used as a ground cover. 

Adaptable to most well-drained soils from poor to rich, but prefers a well-drained moist soil for the best performance.

Grow notes:

Although seed can be sown most of the year in many parts of Australia seed is generally best sown in spring or autumn in temperate climates, avoid the coldest and hottest months of the year. The optimum germination temperature for germination is around 18-22°C.

Ipomoea seeds germinate readily, however, they do have a hard outer coating that is impervious to water and generally, germination will normally not occur unless the seed is scarified by abrading or pre-treated with boiling water first.

1. Place the seed in a container and pour in just boiled water and allow to soak overnight.
2. The swollen seed can then be sown, re-treat seeds that have not swollen.
3. Sow the depth of seed width.
4. Keep warm & moist but not wet.
5. Germination should occur in 10-21 days @ 18-22C.

General note: Seeds of many plants are dormant and require specific conditions or pre-treatment for germination.
Do not be too hasty to discard seed that does not germinate, seeds will often lay dormant until the conditions are similar to their natural requirements for germination to occur. Containers put to one side will often surprise long after they were discarded.

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