Attack of the Morning Glory

Back in 2012, I posted a blog entitled "Attack of the Wisteria Vine" . Now, 2 years later and a new house, we have "Attack of the Morning Glory".

I have never grown Morning Glory before & I have been enjoying them. The previous home owner had the vine under control. I have not. My husband has asked that I get them under control, so I took some pictures this morning before I work on them.


Here's a view of my deck. The vine has worked it's way up to the second floor deck.

It's found it's way in more than one spot, too.

Here's the view from down below.

It sneaks around the patio.

It's taken over other plants.

It's getting caught up in our lights.

And our wind chimes.

Behind the hot tub.

I really do like them. I just need to train them to wrap around certain things. Not chair legs, or other plants. They are very pretty. And I love how they open & close depending on the time of day.

Landscaping

On one recent weekend, my dear husband didn't have anything to do. So this is what he did.


He decided that the bushes in the front of the house were too large. Our house was built in 1992, so it's 20 years old now and they were probably original to the house.

He chopped them all done.

Once they were all out, he dug up the roots and stumps. Then he borrowed a rototiller from a friend and mixed in some new dirt.

Then we planted some annuals and perennials. We're not really good with plants and such, so it will be interesting to see how they do.