balcony railing

As viewed from the inside. Most plants are oriented outward. Toward the light. Away from this view. I'd have to hover in space 5 stories up to get a good picture of them forward. There are gaps between baskets where railing actually shows, but not much and not for much longer. The morning glories have just begun to bloom and that means they sense the end of their season. Their flowers are all about making seeds pods and there are going to be thousands upon thousands, enough to make a guy wealthy on eBay sold at $1.00 a package of 100 seeds, a veritable fortune of, say, one hunit dollars!

Makes you wonder why people even bother. But I'm glad that they do. 

The thing is, by the time the vines and pods turn brown and brittle there's no way to tell which ones bloom white and which ones are blue. They're planted in separate areas in separate pots but the vines tangle together across the railing. And they really tangle. And I love the way they unify the whole thing into one complete composition of their own making, like a jungle. 

This is the opposite side that gets the most shade. There are two of these lamps with large pots beneath them filled with elephant ears and caladiums, and annuals. and these vines. The vines haven't started to bloom. They're more protected. But they sure do grow tall. They would wrap around the whole doorway if I guided them with strings. Instead, they reach upward, fall back, then grow back up wrapping around itself like plies of rope. Morning glory vines use everything within reach as armature. Including you if you sat there long enough. And it grows fast too. Don't fall asleep out there or you'll wake up bound up in vines. (Possible excess of customary 12% exaggeration for dramatic effect.)