Peeping through the short grass were some pretty magenta flowers.
They seem to be Ipomoea oblongata, also known as Turbina oblongata, and looked conspicuous in an otherwise rather drab-looking environment.
The flowers of this member of the morning glory family look almost too delicate to withstand the current heat and drought conditions, yet there were clumps of them along the path I was following. Pops of colour like this are uplifting and are a joy to see.
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Lovely. Let’s see….it is fall in Australia? Do you live near the fires, then floods? We
weep for our planet, with nay-sayers slowing down our efforts to reduce global warming…
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Hello Julie, I live in South Africa and so have been spared both the fires and floods. We are, however in the sixth year of an awful drought in my part of the country. So, weeping for our planet is in order. If only our prayers for rain would be answered.
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A pretty pink to brighten the autumn landscape.
We have a similar white perennial called ‘bindweed’ (Convolvulus) for the way its tendrils climb through and over plants. It has fleshy roots that go deep and are hard to dig out. At least Ipomoea is an summer annual here and is easier to control.
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We get the white bindweed too. As you say, it is impossible to get rid of and I regularly have to rescue plants from being overwhelmed by it!
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Pretty even if a pest.
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Fortunately, this is an indigenous plant and so it is not regarded as a pest. There are some exotic, though beautiful, morning glory creepers (Ipomoea indica) which were introduced here for ornamental purposes and are now regarded as a pest in some parts of the country.
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It is a lovely colour. I haven’t seen one in that shade before.
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The indigenous varieties here have flowers ranging from pink through to purple as well as a creamy white – all very pretty and mostly ground creeping in nature.
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It is when I occasionally have to walk through some unkempt industrial district that is dry as a bone late summer, full of brown and gray weeds and parched grass, that I am most astounded by plants like this that are so full of life! They really are a blessing, the way they survive and shine.
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It is indeed a blessing – as much for us as for those insects that need them for survival 🙂
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They are beautiful! I have to grow morning glories behind deer fence here. The deer love to eat them.
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Your deer sound much like the herds of cattle that occasionally roam our suburbs chomping anything in sight, especially during the winter when there is less grass available than usual.
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Amazing how these beauties survive the drought!
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I am in awe of them 🙂
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I am pleased they have survived
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Me too, especially as there are very few wild flowers about at the moment. We are looking forward to the richness of the aloes within the next month or so.
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🙂
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Love the dash of color….
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Thank you Bondels, I do too.
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