I've grown some morning glories and i need to know if i just leave them in the ground for the winter?

do i cut above the roots in order for them to return for next spring?

I've grown some morning glories and i need to know if i just leave them in the ground for the winter?
They are annuals...will not return unless some seed has fallen from the flowers.
Reply:They will return from dropped seeds it does not matter what you do with the plant. It is an annual so it just dies off.. I would cut the plant off rather than pull it our just so the roots can decompose and add organic matter to your soil. Also collect seeds from the plant so you can replant or have them in other places.
Reply:Morning glories are annuals. They don't grow back, so you can pull up the roots. If you want them there next year and they've already gone to seed(little brown pods w/black seeds in them) just let the seeds fall and you'll have new plants next year.
Reply:Since they are annuals they will not survive the winter. But you don't dig them up. You will have to replant in the spring.
Reply:morning glories will die in the winter but the reseed themselves every year you don't have to cut them at all. They grow very fast. If you live where it snows a lot just ask your local florist the best route to take.
Reply:You can just leave them but then the dried stuff is harder to take off in the spring when your new shoots show up. I just snip mine off a quarter of an inch. Happy pruning.
Reply:You can cover at roots with leaves or mulch. Spring cut back old stuff. will grow like a weed. to prolificate. dig out the root. it will be long slender white. breakup each piece will grow a new plant. just set bits in ground.

another way during the growing season is hold vine in a loop near the ground and place a little dirt at the loop each side will make a new vine.
Reply:the original plant will not return next year because morning glories are annuals..the first frost will kill them



it the plant dropped any seeds new plants will grow next year



also it is easier to remove the dead green plant then the brown dead one next year...go through the plant and remove any seeds that might be there and store them over the winter in your house or you can just drop them onto the ground and quite a few will sprout come spring...

i still have morning glories coming up all over the yard from seeds off of last years plants that i had cut down and then carried them to the compost pile



morning glories can be like touch me nots...once they go to seed and are allowed to grow every year they are very hard to get rid of because of all the seeds they drop..sometimes the seeds may lay dormant for a couple of years then suddenly sprout in places you dont want them...lol....i am fighting both these plants now in places i dont want them
Reply:If this is the first year of planting, just leave it alone, it will either re-seed itself or srpout from the root stock. If you line in a snow belt, mulch the root stoock wit habout 4" of mulch. Morning glories are very tough plants, they produce several hundred seeds and usually once they are planted, it's tough to get rid of.
Reply:I'm fairly certain that in cold climates they regenerate by reseeding themselves in the same spot as the mother plant year after year. Saving the roots doesn't help, as they are annuals and die when exposed to frost and hard freeze.
Reply:It will all die , but gather some dried seed pods for next year,put them in a marked envelope and plant again in the spring, they don't like to be transplanted, so I would soak seeds in warm water overnite and then plant in sunny spot .

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