Grandpa Ott's Morning Glory
Ipomoea purpurea 'Grandpa Ott's'
Mildly toxic, or toxic in part — know which parts are safe before eating any of it.
If someone has eaten it, call emergency services or your poison control centre.
Deep purple blooms with a ruby-red star pattern. This heirloom was brought from Bavaria to Iowa by Baptist Ott in 1884. The variety that launched Seed Savers Exchange.
The story
Baptist Ott brought these seeds from Bavaria when he immigrated to Iowa in 1884. His granddaughter, Diane Ott Whealy, saved them and co-founded Seed Savers Exchange in 1975 to preserve varieties like this one.
- Origin
- Bavaria, Germany
- Dates from
- c. 1884
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
About
Ipomoea purpurea, the common morning-glory, tall morning-glory, or purple morning glory, is a species in the genus Ipomoea, native to Mexico and Central America. Like all morning glories the plant entwines itself around structures, growing to a height of 2–3 metres (6 ft 7 in–9 ft 10 in) tall. The leaves are heart-shaped and the stems are covered with brown hairs. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, predominantly blue to purple or white, 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) diameter.
At a glance
What it needs
Water
Moderate
USDA hardiness
Zones 3–10
Days to maturity
65 days
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Known as
Names around the world
- de
- Prunkwinde
- en
- Morning Glory, Grandpa Ott's Morning Glory
- es
- Gloria de la mañana
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Grandpa Ott's Morning Glory
- Slug
- grandpa-otts-morning-glory
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Species
- purpurea
- Cultivar
- Grandpa Ott's
- Category
- Flower
- Hardiness zone (min)
- 3
- Hardiness zone (max)
- 10
- Sunlight
- Full Sun
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Days to maturity
- 65
- Germination rate
- 85%
- Propagule type
- seed
- Pollination type
- Open-pollinated
- Origin country
- Germany
- Origin region
- Bavaria
- Estimated year
- 1884
- Container suitable
- Yes
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 2
- Data completeness
- 73
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