Hello Morning Glory - Goodbye Sweet Peas

This is my beloved Morning Glory.

It's not your run of the mill Morning Glory.  It grows from a tuber and comes up by itself every spring.  It  is about 3" across the flower front.  And it stays open for many hours.  Always the same pretty soft purple color.

 I found it in an out of the way nursery on a car trip about 9 years ago. 

I thought you would like to see a side view.

This is what the leaves look like.

To my great surprise, it showed it's pretty self in April this year.

In all years past it didn't come up until I was convinced it was dead.  That was near the end of May.  You would find me digging in the soil to examine the tuber for signs of life.

In the process of pruning out the Sweet Peas.

Normally, the Sweet Peas are completely dead and gone before it arrives.  This year there was a conflict.  There were still a few Sweet Peas left, though pretty far gone.

I had to unveil my Morning Glory and found a bloom!!  Yeah!!

The last Sweet Peas!

They are so delightful.  

Goodbye Sweet Peas!

I can't wait to see you again next spring!

I'm joining Tootsie today for more pretty flowers.

Blue Morning Glories!! Curiouser and curiouser!

This picture was take the middle of October. See how bright blue it is!!  I had an odd bloom now and then beginning in September.

I planted the Heavenly blue morning glory in May because I was afraid my Tuber Morning Glory had died in the harsh winter.

 (don't know it's real name but the flowers are as big as Heavenly blue)

My Tuber Morning Glory.  I love it as much as my Roses.  I have had it for about 8 years and it comes back each summer and blooms proficiently from June to the middle of October.  I have never seen it before or since I discovered it in a little nursery in the country - alas the nursery is gone.

 

This picture was taken today, November 1.  See how the blooms now have changed color a bit.  With stripes of purple?

And they are blooming Gangbusters!

My purple Tuber is done for the summer so it is perfect timing.  But simply accidental on my part!

They are following the sun as it moves in the sky.  AND they are in full bloom in the bright sun!!  What kind of Morning Glory does that??

The vines are shading me in the late afternoon sun as I like to sit and sew in my garden.

I have come to love the blue ones!!

But, help me here!!  I have never had a Morning Glory that did not close soon after the sun hit them.  And do you think the Purple Tuber can be rubbing off on the "Heavenly Blue" that I planted from seed?

AND why did they just start blooming in the middle of September to go into full swing in October.  I don't have the seed package now but I just picked it up at the store.  Any answers??