Moonflower
Ipomoea alba
Moonflower unfurls huge, fragrant white trumpets at dusk for night-flying moths, a fast tropical-looking native vine for warm, sunny trellises and arbors.
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–15 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, erosion control
- Native states
- FL, HI, VA