133. My little hut is newly thatched, I see, with blue morning glories. ~Kobayashi Issa

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A morning glory at my window
satisfies me more
than the metaphysics of books.
~Walt Whitman

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I love the tendrils vines use to climb as well as the vertical interest the vines themselves add in a garden.  Scrambling upwards enables the twining plants to reach sunlight with a minimum investment of energy rather than investing their energy in a lot of supportive tissue, and many of them can be easily started from seed or even better some easily reseed themselves from year to year.  Vines are not fussy plants that require special care, and as long as they are watered regularly, some of them even thrive through the hottest parts of summer growing strong in the garden’s web of life until the first freeze finishes them off.  For me one of the best reasons for adding vines in a garden is that some of them are hummingbird magnets.

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.  ~Psalm 65:8  ✝

7 thoughts on “133. My little hut is newly thatched, I see, with blue morning glories. ~Kobayashi Issa”

  1. Pingback: 133. My little hut is newly hatched, I see, with blue morning glories. ~Kobayashi Issa | Sacred Touches

  3. Such a wonderful blue, they look so fragile but are actually very sturdy. One self-seeded in the gravel last year but didn’t come back after that. Shall sow some next year.

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    • Oh my, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize that you don’t have hummers in England. They are such lovely little visitors to the garden. I’ve been watching some feed in my yard this morning and like so many things out there they almost make me squeal with joy like a child.
      Blessings, Natalie

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