Flower Specifications
- Season: Annual
- USDA Zones: 3 - 10
- Height: 8 inches
- Bloom Season: Spring to late summer
- Bloom Color: Rose
- Environment: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil Type: Can tolerate poor soil, pH 6.1 - 7.8
Planting Directions
- Temperature: 70F
- Average Germ Time: 7 - 21 days
- Light Required: No
- Depth: 1/4 inch
- Sowing Rate: 3 - 4 seeds per mound
- Moisture: Keep seed moist until germination
- Plant Spacing: 24 inches per mound
- Care & Maintenance: See: Morning Glory
Dwarf Morning Glory Rose Ensign (Convolvulus Tricolor Minor Rose Ensign) - Grow this rose color flowering and mounding variety from Dwarf Morning Glory flower seed for colorful, hardy, compact bedding plants. Convolvulus Tricolor is also perfect for containers or window boxes. Rose Ensign morning glory features 2 inch trumpet-shaped blooms that are tri-colored: rose, with a yellow throat surrounded by a white edge.
Morning glories are prolific bloomers and will bloom until frost. They are also liberal self-seeders, dropping their own flower seeds for next year's display. Growing Morning Glory Rose Ensign from flower seed is easy. Because they have a hard seed coat, nicking the seed coat with a knife tip or rubbing seeds with a piece of sandpaper will improve germination. After nicking the morning glory seeds, place them in a bowl and soak overnight in warm water for quicker germination.
Rose Ensign morning glory seeds can be planted directly outdoors in any reasonably good garden soil that receives at least six hours of bright light during the day. Sow Convolvulus Tricolor flower seeds after all danger of frost has passed, 3 - 4 seeds per mound. To get a jumpstart in the spring, morning glory seeds can be planted indoors in a container and then transplanted outdoors when they have 2 - 3 leaves.
