dwarf morningglory

plural dwarf morningglories

1. alternativeAlternative form of dwarf morning glory.

   Convolvulus tricolor / Dwarf morningglory / All zones / Prostrate compact summer annual forming neat 1-foot-tall mound covered with blue, lavender, or pink flowers. Good in rock gardens.

   1989, Scott Millard, “Plant Selection Guide”, in Gardening in Dry Climates, San Ramon, Calif.: Ortho Books, →ISBN, page 72

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   Carnations, clematis, ferns, geraniums, herbs, lillies^([sic]) (calla, oriental, Peruvian), peonies, Shasta Daisies, dwarf morninggglory and dozens of different ivies fill the flower beds and try to crawl into lawn areas.

   2003 May 8, Cecile Garrison, “Plan to fight presence of opportunistic ‘volunteers’ in garden”, in Tulare Advance-Register, volume 121, number 118, Tulare, Calif.: Visalia Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7A, column 2

   The 2023 Louisiana Super Plant selection for the summer is a dwarf morningglory known as evolvulus, and there are two great cultivars the AgCenter is recommending: Blue My Mind and Blue Daze. […] These dwarf morningglories are unlike typical climbing morningglory vines in that they have a low-growing, spreading growth habit, forming dense, compact mounds of foliage covered with dainty flowers.

   2023 June 1, Heather Kirk-Ballard, “Evolvulus named summer super plant selection”, in The West Carroll Gazette, volume 112, number 1, Oak Grove, La., →OCLC, page 1, column 1