Water Spinach pollen on a q-tip. After hand-pollinating these Morning Glory relatives, I went out to pollinate their cousins, the Sweet Potatoes (purple flowers). Seemed like the honeybees were doing it just fine. I'd love any tips for getting true seed from both of these plants in Zone 7. Telsing? Are you out there? #waterspinach #sweetpotato #raumuong #ipomeabatatas #ipomeaaquatica #handpollination #morninggloryfamily #seedkeeping (at Delaware County, Pennsylvania)

A piece of my little garden #ipomeabatatas #pourpre #heuchère #perduesouslipomee #camelia #fraisier #unboutdutournesolmaisilnevoulaitpasetresurlaphoto #laquillecestcadeau #garden #greenlover #sudseineetmarne #summer (à Champagne-sur-Seine)

Garden update: Ipomea batatas has been going all out with flowers this fall. We still haven't had a hard frost, so I'm just letting it go, along with the other potted bulbs and tubers. Ince the foliage slows down and dies back a little I'll bring them in and put them in the basement. It's finally going to be fall temps (60s/40s) here starting this week, so I'm finally bringing in the last of my big tropical houseplants. They've been on the deck trying to catch the last of the warm weather and decent sun because they all get a little sad inside. Me too, TBH. #gardening #containergarden #indoorgardening #indoorplants #houseplants #ipomeabatatas

Garden update: we've had a lot of rain in the last weekish, signaling that autumn is on the way even though we're still having temps in the upper 80s. Here's an Ipomea batatas flower full of rainwater. It got shredded by a downpour. #plantnerd #ipomeabatatas #containergarden #gardening

Yard update: Ipomea batatas 'Blackie'. I want to try digging this up this year in the fall to see if I can save and overwinter the tuber. Not that the plants are expensive or rare or anything, just to see if I can. Might be cool to do as a raised, bonsai-style caudex. #gardening #containergarden #ipomeabatatas

#ipomeabatatas #flowers #gardening #houseplants