Climbers
The ability to climb and scramble over the ground or other plants is the only characteristic shared by plants in this category.
Ipomoea alba L.
Frost tender, twining perennial usually grown as an annual, with heart-shaped leaves and trumpet-shaped white flowers opening at dusk in summer to autumn. To 5m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Ipomoea brownii Roem. & Schult.
No description at present.
Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sw.
Frost tender, tuberous-rooted perennial climber with palmate leaves and profuse funnel-shaped flowers in red, purple or white, with purple inside the tube. To 4.5m. [RHSD, Hortus, FNSW].
Ipomoea carnea Jacq. subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.Austin
Frost tender erect shrub with elongated lance-shaped leaves and funnel-shaped pink to pink-purple flowers, to 8cm long and 12cm in diameter in summer. To 2.5m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Ipomoea coccinea L.
Frost tender annual twining climber with entire or toothed leaves, to 14cm long, and racemes of 3-8 scarlet flowers, to 2cm across, with yellow throats, in summer. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Ipomoea coccinea L. var. luteola (Jacq.) House
Frost tender climber with heart-shaped, hairless leaves and orange-red flowers with a yellow centre. See Ipomoea coccinea L. for more details of the species.
Ipomoea hederacea Jacq.
Ipomoea caerulea splendens is probably a form of Ipomoea caerulea Roxb. ex Ker-Gawl., a synonym of Pharbitis hederacea. Annual climber with cordate, 3-lobed leaves and blue or pale purple flowers. [RHSD. Hortus]. See also Pharbitis hederacea (Jacq.) Choisy var. dillenii .
Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. var. dillenii
Annual climber with cordate, 3-lobed leaves and blue or pale purple flowers. [RHSD. Hortus]. I have been unable to discover how dillenii differs from the type. See also Ipomoea hederacea Jacq.
Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. var. grandiflora
Frost tender, annual twining climber with slender, densely hairy stems, ovate to rounded, usually 3-lobed leaves, to 12cm long, with tapering points, and cymes of 2-5, funnel-shaped, blue, sometimes purple flowers, to 3.5cm across, with white tubes and prominent, long-tailed, green sepals, in summer. Grandiflora is an improved form with larger flowers. To 3m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook.
Tender, evergreen twiner, the leaves with usually five, lanceolate leaflets, the flowers tubular-trumpet-shaped, a very deep, rich, rose colour. [RHSD, Hortus].
Ipomoea indica (Burm.f.) Merr.
Frost tender, vigorous, evergreen, perennial climber with heart-shaped, 3-lobed, slender-pointed leaves and cymes of 3-5 funnel-shaped, rich-purple blue to blue flowers, to 8cm across, often maturing to purplish-blue, from spring to autumn. To 6m or more. [RHSE, Hortus, Hillier].
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br. subsp. brasiliensis (L.) Ootstr.
Vigorous, prostrate trailing plant with emarginate or two-lobed leaves and mauve-purple flowers. [FNSW, Wrigley, Beadle].
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth var. major
Frost tender, annual twining climber with slender, hairy and bristly stems, ovate, entire or 3-lobed leaves, to 10cm long, and cymes of 3-7, sometimes single, trumpet-shaped flowers in pink, purple-blue, magenta or white, sometimes striped, mainly in summer. To 3m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth. var. violacea
For a brief description of the species see Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth. var. major. Violacea has deep violet or violet-purple flowers. A double flowered form also exists.
Ipomoea quamoclit L.
Frost tender annual twining climber with deeply divided, feathery leaves and slender-tubed, scarlet, sometimes pink or white, flowers in summer. To 6m. [RHSE, Hortus]. Attractive as much for its feathery foliage as for its striking flowers.
