FREE: Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) 4+ seeds from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

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Thomas Jefferson was the first person to cite this plant in America. He sent seed from Philadelphia to his two daughters at Monticello in 1791, and it was planted in pots and perhaps intended as a green house plant due to its "abhorrence of cold." This attractive member of the morning glory family, native to tropical America, and noted in Italy in the 1500s, was known among 18th century Virginia gardeners.
Cypress is a summer-flowering, annual vine with slender, bright scarlet, star-shaped flowers and delicate, lacy, deep green foliage. The Cypress Vine is a Morning Glory relative with star-shaped scarlet and white flowers that provide a vivid contrast to plant's lacy green foliage. Like the Morning Glory, the Cypress vine will twine up a trellis, pole, young tree or fence. Hardiness Zones: 3 - 10

These seeds came from The Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants at Monticello. You will receive 4+ seeds. I always include a few extra seeds (hence the "+"). I also include an informational insert about the plant when you win seeds.

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