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Convolvulaceae
Pearly Gates Morning Glory
Ipomoea tricolor 'Pearly Gates'
Heavenly gates, purity, and morning renewal.
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Native to
- Mexico, Central America
- Bloom season
- Summer, Autumn
- Type
- annual climbing vine
- Height
- 200–400 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- average, well-drained
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 2–11 (annual)
- Lifespan
- annual
Did you know
- Each flower opens fresh at dawn and wilts by afternoon, earning the family its 'morning glory' name.
- 'Pearly Gates' is the white-flowered counterpart to the famous blue 'Heavenly Blue' morning glory.
- The seeds contain LSA (lysergic acid amide), a compound related to LSD, and were used ceremonially by Aztec priests.
- A single vine can produce hundreds of flowers over the course of a summer season.
- Morning glories twine counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere — the direction is genetically fixed.
Color meanings
White
celestial purity and new dawns