Spanish Flag Waves Its Colors
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A beautiful vining plant that flowers in the fall with sprays of long, tubular buds that spark into a fiery scarlet and fade to a pale cream.
Published by Mike Oberg
I am a retired engineer who enjoys photography. I post slideshows of my pictures and write articles on a range of topics. My daughter Maria Roth and my wife Mary Oberg are both AC contributors. View profile
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Exotic love vine! Great name and photo!
I love taking closeups of flowers.
What an wonderfully designed plant!
Firecracker vine! I love it!
Okay - you are so talented - you should have been a LIFE photographer in the 60s and 79s - Whoops I am dating myself.
Wow! I've never seen this flower. Beautiful!
Gorgeous! This made me gasp.
So, I did some research and it should grow in Ohio. However, the seeds are apparently poisonous. A website said, "Some resources list Ipomoea seeds as poisonous if large quantities are ingested. The toxic principals include indole alkaloids and others. Symptoms include hallucinations, dilated pupils, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, drowsiness, numbness of extremities, and muscle tightness." It also attracts hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. Worth the poison? Maybe. I just won't eat it. haha
I've never seen or heard of this. I wonder if it would grow in Ohio. It is truly beautiful.