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Lady Doorly's morning-glory

Ipomoea horsfalliae

Also called Kuhio Vine, Prince Kuhio Vine, Prince's Vine, Cardinal Creeper

Lady Doorly's morning-glory is a tropical climbing vine with red trumpet flowers, often grown as an ornamental over fences and trellises. It needs warmth, good light and regular water, and it is frost-tender.

Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory family)
Grows as: Climber
Light: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil: Well-drained, fertile garden soil or a rich potting mix.
Temperature: 18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy: Easy
Safety: Toxic: Seeds and other plant parts of morning-glory species contain lysergic-type alkaloids and can cause nausea, cramps and hallucinations if eaten.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range: as a cultigen from the Guianas
Climate: wet tropical

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Ipomea horsfalliae is a flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae known by several common names including Lady Doorly's morning glory, cardinal creeper, and Prince Kuhio vine. It is native to the Caribbean and Brazil.

Other Ipomoea plants

Tropical white morning-glory · Swamp morning-glory · Ginger-leaf morning-glory · Sweet potato · Mile a minute vine · Gloria de la manana · Redstar · Ipomoea corymbosa · Beach morning-glory · Oceanblue Morning Glory · Whitestar · Spanish Flag

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ipomoea horsfalliae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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