Moonflower Vine...

This is my first summer to grow and experience a Moonflower Vine~ it won't be my last! This vine is amazingly beautiful and smells so sweet and soft from the big white blooms it produces...It starts opening in the late evening...by night, the vine is covered with saucer size blooms. I'm taking the doggies outside all the time now~ just to take a "stare" at my Moonflower Vine!

sniffsniffsniffsniffsniff....can't you smell that....smell?

Comments

[Junie Moon]

Oh, this is a fantastically beautiful plant. It looks super healthy, too. I'm adding this to my house dream book for when we move back to the south. I don't think this gorgeous plant would survive in my Tucson yard.

[Kathy]

Hi Tina,
My moonflower vine comes back every year. I'm sure you'll have moonflowers galorie next year. I live in Ohio with bitter cold winter..I never understood Lake Effect until I moved here...they weather through the cold just fine so yours will REALLY florish.
Best,
Kathy

[suzy]

Those are beautiful...never tried to grow them...maybe next year. I love Morning Glories...hence my e-mail address!

[Dena]

What a beautiful vine! I haven't heard of this before so it'll be on my list for next spring :)

Happy Friday,
Dena

[Teresa]

My smell-o-meter isn't working well on my computer today...but these lovely flowers are a vision...I think I'm going to have to try these next year...along my back fence line...always looking for something beautiful to place there. It's one of those flowers that is a double giver...beautiful blooms and a fragrant smell! Gotta love those! Thanks for sharing, Tina...

blessings....
"T"

[Linda's Blue Gate]

I am a HUGE fan of the moon vine. This morning ... while it was still dark ...I went to get the paper and there were 8 hummingbird moths on my moon-vine... you are so right there is nothing so wonderful as the scent of the moon flower..
Have a great weekend

[lisa]

Your moonflowers are just gorgeous Tina! Try has i might i can never get them to grow at my house! So i guess i will just have to " share" yours! I can almost smell them now!...... :)
Thanks for sharing them with all of us!

[Becky]

I love these vines! My favorite color of flowers to plant in the garden are white ones because the moonlight makes them glow. You must speak sweetly to your vine because it looks really happy!

Becky

[Rosemary]

Hi Tina.
Wow..so pretty! Love your cute mailbox too. What a sweet welcome to your beautiful home!~Rosemary

[Penny]

Oh it looks so beautiful! Love the plates too!
Penny

[Ginger]

I love vines I will have to try that one.
Your new blog is beautiful. Did you do it yourself?

[KLKinFLA]

Beautiful vine, and I love your new banner! Happy Weekend!
Karen

[Kat]

Love your new header. I've never tried this plant, but I sure will now. Just beautiful!

Hugs!
Kat

[Mrs. Rabe]

Love your Moonflower, and I love your new header! Too Cute!!!

[Dolly~From my CHERRY heart]

Tina, I love your new header!
Oh soooo cherry sweet!!!!!

Ouuuu I like the moon flowers....I will have to put them on my list for next year!

Enjoy your weekend!
Hugz, Dolly

[Becky Schultea]

Such gorgeousness (is that a word?) abounding here today! Love the moonflower vine - and oh how I wish I could smell it!! Your new blog header is fantastic - so YOU - so much like cool vintage linens -it's PERFECT!! Love it!!

Always love the beauty around here -thanks!

Becky S.

[bs honey]

Hi, tina,
Beautiful flower. I have family in Houston and in Dallas. One of the family members brought a planting of the moonflower to me, here in Mississippi. It was florishing for two whole years, and then it bite the dust. Don't know what happened to it. But, I plan to get another planting asap.
And for Teresa. What in this world are hummingbird moths? Can anyone else answer this for me?

[cherry]

Soo pretty a vine! Would not last long here though with our winters. Your recipe book is too cute. As does everyone else did you do your header...I see tutorials in your future rofl. xoxo, cherry

[Teresa@PlumWater Cottage]

Love the new header...reminds me of a vintage table cloth I have. The moonflower vine is so pretty...we've had virtually no rain here this past summer, so my flowers are a bit pathetic.

[Becky from TN]

Oh Tina.....your new header is CUTE, CUTE, CUTE! Do you ever sleep??? LOL! As for your moonflower vine....Beautiful! Here in TN we can grow them easily. Moonflowers and morning glories are two of my favorites. I also love zinnias. I can remember my Mama always planting zinnia seeds every summer and then cutting them for her kitchen table. I sure wish we lived nearby.........do you realize how many people want to live near you?? :)

[Betty at Country Charm]

What a coincidence....today I did my Show and Tell about my Moonflower bush. These have no scent but the same bloom.....However I do grow Moonflower vine and oh the scent is heavenly. I couldn't show the Moonflower vine because it was pouring dogs and cats and I couldn't get outside to make a picture today...beautiful pictures......

[Robin~Thrifty Miss Priss]

Hi Tina, I just posted a picture of my mammoth moonflower the other day...mine does not grow like a vine, and the leaves are a little different but the smell is out of this world! Love the vine over the mailbox!

[TinaTx]

The moonflower vine is wonderful - does it do well in full sun? I have a fence that needs some help!

[Sheryl from Michigan]

Beautiful plant. We can't do that to our mailboxes here. . . the mail people complain about bees and being stung while trying to open the boxes up. . . so if there are bees, we won't get our mail delivered!!

Love yours though.

Have a blessed day!

[Elzie]

What a lovely flower. I have already printed it in my "blog book" so that I'll remember it until next year. I sure will plant this flower too LOL. Loved the little birdhouse too - or is it a mail box??? I'm not sure, but I loved it anyway.
Love Elzie