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If a bee takes a liking to a morning glory, is it a glory bee?
Have you seen the Convolvulus tricoloris flower, commonly known as "morning glory" or "bindweed"? The plant boasts a flared blue trumpet flower with a white throat and yellow center. The genus is Latin for "twine around." The "tricoloris" means three-colored.
It's native to the Mediterranean.
When we bought a packet of wildflower seeds in a Vacaville store earlier this year, the packet contained C. tricoloris.
It's showing off its colors in our mini-wildflower patch.
The bees? They love it, too.
Glory bee!