General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: Trails and climbs, 6 to 10 feet
Fruit: Dehiscent
Other: 1/4 to 1/2 inch spherical capsules, each containing 2 to 4 black seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Other: White, to pale pink with white stripes; yellow throat.
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Roots
Eating Methods: Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bumblebees
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Hedge Bindweed
  • Hedge False Bindweed
  • Wild Morning Glory
  • Larger Bindweed

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Location: Fox Lake, Illinois
Date: 2020-09-18
Location: Fox Lake, Illinois 
Date: 2020-09-18
Location: Bronkhorst
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-07-09
Location: Fairfax VA
Date: June 23
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-12-23

USDA photo

Date: September
Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Photo by Leo Michels
Location: Canada

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park - Okeechobee co., Florida
Date: 25-MAR-2006
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 23th june 2009
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 25th August 2010
Location: Lower Suwannee NWR - Levy County, Florida
Date: 08-MAY-2008
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-12-23
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-02-01
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-02-01
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-26
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-12-19
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-12-21
Germinated seeds ready to pot on
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-07-11
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-29
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