A wild tangle of morning glories has overrun the sunflowers and horseweed in this section of the sidewalk container garden.

Sidewalk Greenspace on New York's Upper West Side
A wild tangle of morning glories has overrun the sunflowers and horseweed in this section of the sidewalk container garden.

Our garden got badly parched this summer, but it’s managed to bounce back a little as temperatures have dropped from their peaks.



My favorite variety of morning glories continues to be the Bavarian “Grandpa Ott” with its deep purple blooms.
They do a great job of climbing the fence — or bamboo rods, or tall plants, or anything else they can find for support — and although their flowers don’t stay open for long, there are so many of them that they provide a constant stream of color for months throughout the late summer and into the fall.

I love the intense colors of the morning glory assortment outside my office.
