Planting my morning glories

After we lost our sunflowers to some "mean guys" (as they are now known to our five-year-old!) my mother went out and bought about fifty different kinds of seeds. October isn't necessarily the best time to start growing flowers--but the purchase did help to calm down our son.

We started the lupins first (a poor choice, considering that they take six months to bloom), then zinnias and alyssums (only two months!), and then finally morning glories.

I am delighted with the morning glories. After growing so many trees, which might grow a couple of inches per month, it is a joy to watch the morning glories rocket skyward. I could swear that they're growing about an inch a day.

Anyhoo, the time has come to transplant them, and I realized that I don't know much about supports for vines. I found a site that suggested fishing line looped around nails, which sounds nice and unobtrusive, so I guess I'll try that. The site also says that once you start the vine on its support, it will continue to climb without further encouragement. This will be a welcome change from our bougainvillea, which needs to be tied up again after every fresh spurt of growth.