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?
It is a beautiful flower...and just a little FYI it's seeds are a hallucinogen.
Posted by: Jennifer | February 27, 2013 at 09:06 PM
I have tried to grow these for the past couple of years here in Toledo, Ohio with no luck! :(
Posted by: Sarenda Davison | January 16, 2013 at 05:20 AM
I found your post while searching for pictures of a moonflower vine for my blog post about the book "The Moonflower Vine." Have you read it? It was a best seller in the 60's and a friend just gave it to me as a gift. Loved it.
Posted by: Kim | July 30, 2011 at 07:16 AM
Wow this is truly my favorite flower just watching it bloom for the first time and wonderfull sent wow just sends me to a whole diffrent world thank you sending lots of love Jessica
Posted by: jessica sandoval | November 20, 2010 at 06:01 PM
I was looking to see what my moonflowers will look like once they grow and came across your blog! I planted mine along my lattice fence, can't wait to see them! Will be back to visit more often!
Posted by: Chrissy | June 12, 2010 at 06:22 AM
i love morning goliry and want now moon flower i need of guidness
so any one tht guied me how to grow the moon flowe
wtih best reagard
Posted by: peacelover | January 26, 2009 at 12:53 AM
You just started that this summer? It looks beautiful, you have quite the green thumb!
Posted by: Stay at home Mom | September 24, 2007 at 10:56 AM
These are such fun flowers, aren't they?
Congrats on being featured by Typepad! I'll be back!
Posted by: dianeinjapan | September 23, 2007 at 08:04 PM
What beautiful photos...I love the plates tucked in below the vine, how pretty that is. Tina they are just beautiful!!
Smiles..
Beverly
Posted by: tea time and roses | September 23, 2007 at 12:24 PM
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
Posted by: Elzie | September 23, 2007 at 03:35 AM
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!
Posted by: Sheryl from Michigan | September 22, 2007 at 11:57 AM
The moonflower vine is wonderful - does it do well in full sun? I have a fence that needs some help!
Posted by: TinaTx | September 22, 2007 at 08:07 AM
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!
Posted by: Robin~Thrifty Miss Priss | September 22, 2007 at 07:57 AM
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......
Posted by: Betty at Country Charm | September 22, 2007 at 01:50 AM
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?? :)
Posted by: Becky from TN | September 22, 2007 at 01:13 AM
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.
Posted by: Teresa@PlumWater Cottage | September 21, 2007 at 11:54 PM
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
Posted by: cherry | September 21, 2007 at 11:47 PM
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?
Posted by: bs honey | September 21, 2007 at 11:07 PM
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.
Posted by: Becky Schultea | September 21, 2007 at 08:59 PM
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
Posted by: Dolly~From my CHERRY heart | September 21, 2007 at 08:56 PM
Love your Moonflower, and I love your new header! Too Cute!!!
Posted by: Mrs. Rabe | September 21, 2007 at 07:36 PM
Love your new header. I've never tried this plant, but I sure will now. Just beautiful!
Hugs!
Kat
Posted by: Kat | September 21, 2007 at 07:36 PM
Beautiful vine, and I love your new banner! Happy Weekend!
Karen
Posted by: KLKinFLA | September 21, 2007 at 07:17 PM
I love vines I will have to try that one.
Your new blog is beautiful. Did you do it yourself?
Posted by: Ginger | September 21, 2007 at 07:04 PM
Oh it looks so beautiful! Love the plates too!
Penny
Posted by: Penny | September 21, 2007 at 06:43 PM
Hi Tina.
Wow..so pretty! Love your cute mailbox too. What a sweet welcome to your beautiful home!~Rosemary
Posted by: Rosemary | September 21, 2007 at 06:19 PM
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
Posted by: Becky | September 21, 2007 at 05:26 PM
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!
Posted by: lisa | September 21, 2007 at 04:26 PM
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
Posted by: Linda's Blue Gate | September 21, 2007 at 03:15 PM
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"
Posted by: Teresa | September 21, 2007 at 03:07 PM
What a beautiful vine! I haven't heard of this before so it'll be on my list for next spring :)
Happy Friday,
Dena
Posted by: Dena | September 21, 2007 at 12:37 PM
Those are beautiful...never tried to grow them...maybe next year. I love Morning Glories...hence my e-mail address!
Posted by: suzy | September 21, 2007 at 12:05 PM
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
Posted by: Kathy | September 21, 2007 at 12:03 PM
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.
Posted by: Junie Moon | September 21, 2007 at 11:32 AM