Ipomoea cordatotriloba (Tievine)

Ipomoea cordatotriloba (Tievine) is a perennial vine with twining green or purplish stems covered with alternate, petiolate, cordate, or 3 to 5-lobed leaves. Blooming from summer to fall, funnel-shaped pink to purple flowers with darker throats are borne in axillary 1-5 flowered cymes. The blossoms open overnight and wither by mid-morning except on cloudy days. Attractive to butterflies, they give way to 2-6 seeded papery capsules. Native to the southeastern United States, Mexico, and South America, Tie Vine occurs on roadsides, along railroad tracks, in fields, in disturbed woodlands, and along streams. This attractive morning glory tends to be weedy, spreading by root sprouts and seeds. Very easily grown, it can grow up a fence, trellis, or other structure, over shrubs and even trees – or just hug the ground. Tievine is a source of food and cover for a variety of birds and small mammals.

• Grows up to 3-15 ft. tall (90-450 cm). Will self-seed and has the potential to become overly abundant.
• Thrives in full sun in dry to moist, well-drained, sandy, or loamy soils.
• Virtually pest and disease free.
• Propagate by seeds or cuttings.
• Native to the southeastern United States, Mexico, and South America.
• Tievine can grow rapidly and aggressively, sometimes invasively. It is a prohibited noxious weed in Arizona and a noxious weed in Arkansas. Georgia lists it as a category 4 invasive.
• Some species in this genus are known to be toxic to humans.
• Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses.