Moonflower
Moonflower is the common name of species of Ipomoea that bloom at night and have big white or purple blooms with long corolla tubes that expand abruptly into a large, flat limb or face from which the stamens and style protrude. Tender perennials, these kinds were previously separated as the genus Calonyction. Some are commonly cultivated as annuals. The most popular, I.alba (syns. I. bona-nox, Calonyction aculeatum) is a milky-juiced, nearly or quite hairless vine 10 to 20 feet tall or taller. Native of the tropics,, it occurs spontaneously in southern Florida. Its heart-shaped, angular or three-lobed, long stalked, pointed leaves are 3 to 8 inches across. The fragrant, white or slightly greenish-white flowers, one to seven on stalks 2 to 6 inches long, pop open in the evening and usually close by morning, but sometimes remain open until noon. They have sepals about 1/2 inch long, corolla tubes 3 to 6 inches long, and across the face of the bloom measure 3 to 6 inches.
Moonflower
Moonflower is the common name of species of Ipomoea that bloom at night and have big white or purple blooms with long corolla tubes that expand abruptly into a large, flat limb or face from which the stamens and style protrude. Tender perennials, these kinds were previously separated as the genus Calonyction. Some are commonly cultivated as annuals. The most popular, I.alba (syns. I. bona-nox, Calonyction aculeatum) is a milky-juiced, nearly or quite hairless vine 10 to 20 feet tall or taller. Native of the tropics,, it occurs spontaneously in southern Florida. Its heart-shaped, angular or three-lobed, long stalked, pointed leaves are 3 to 8 inches across. The fragrant, white or slightly greenish-white flowers, one to seven on stalks 2 to 6 inches long, pop open in the evening and usually close by morning, but sometimes remain open until noon. They have sepals about 1/2 inch long, corolla tubes 3 to 6 inches long, and across the face of the bloom measure 3 to 6 inches.