Alas, the monsoons are here, everything is thriving. With the rains also come the Morning Glories. I am not talking about the plants we know from the East, those beautiful vines growing on fences and arbors, no, I am talking about these dainty vines that appear with the rains and are native to this area. Unfortunately, Morning Glories are not welcomed in Arizona thanks to the Ranchers, and of course, I can see why. All parts of these plants are poisonous and as they ramble through the grasses, they pose a real threat to the cattle that consumes them. Serious poisoning of cattle has occurred. On my little City lot I do not worry about cattle and enjoy these beautiful seasonal vines. My absolute favorite is Scarlet Creeper- I. coccinea, it also is a Hummingbird favorite. It is a small twining vine with tubular red to orange flowers with white- tipped stamens. As I never really know where it will show up, I have 2 metal towers I just pole into the soil and voila, something for the plant to climb. I also let it ramble through shrubs. Eventually, the plant will form seeds for another season and die. The other native Morning Glory in my yard is the Woolly Morning Glory - Ipomoea desertorum. This plant has beautiful bluish purple flowers, a little smaller than those of the garden varieties. This one I just let twine into little mounts. I love these bluish flowers. The third wild Morning Glory on our property is the tiny Bird's Foot Morning Glory - I.leptotoma. It has very tiny lobed leaves and pink, bluish, or purple trumpet shaped flowers. The ones growing in our yard are pink. All three varieties only come out with the rains; no irrigation will bring them out before their time. Unfortunately it is not possible to buy seeds for these little beauties, just hope they will show up on their own, maybe a bird will bring them in.