Morning Glory Madness

We love morning glories, and we planted some around the base of the tree in the middle of our little sidewalk garden this year. The vines grew, then grew some more, but by the end of the summer we had yet to see an actual flower. Checking in with our official gardener we found similar stories down the avenue - prolific greens, no flowers. Then, one day late in September we noticed . . . something pink . . . peeking out from the vine. A flower ! That day there were five or six of them. Two weeks later, several dozen. Meanwhile, the morning glory vine continued its climb to the top of the tree. Now the vine has made it all the way to the top, at least fifteen feet up (I estimate) and there is lots of "glory." Will our stockroom ladder reach high enough for us to cut it back in November? Will we have to call the fire department and borrow a ladder? Stay tuned . . .