bindweed, ibiza

i noticed alot of bindweed around ibiza. i know its a pest, but the purple flowers looked stunning along the walls.

Oh, Andy, you must be kinder and call it Morning Glory!:4-bounce:

There are many colours of Ipomoea (its posh name) and that really beautiful one is very like the purplish variety which I used to grow up the vine in our old greenhouse, giving the place a much-needed colour boost!

Check some here;
Ipomoea - Google Images

Apart from the large white-flowering one which is a pest in gardens as it chokes everything, there are a lot of beautiful varieties in the wild - even here! The tiny pink-flowered one which grows on the sea cliffs near us is one of my favourites!:)

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them
--A. A. Milne Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh

Forgot to say, I like that white spider in one of those flowers!

Glad it's in the pic and not on my desk here!:eek:

well catherine, yet again i stand corrected!!!:-doh i have, heard of morning glory now you come to mention it, but just thought this was a purple form of the pest found in our gardens. should have twigged really, as i saw it grown, trailed, around arched doorways to more than one house while i was there.
it looked pretty to me.
p.s. well spotted.... i hadn't seen the spider until you pointed it out. i missed an oportunity to snap it close up .:( it looks unusual doesn't it.

Yes, that spider looks like one which either Rolf, Beryl, or someone else posted last week. It's not a Ghost Spider or something like that?:confused:

Oh, you were right to call it 'Bindweed', Andy, as it's the same thing. There are just SO many varieties. But 'Morning Glory' sounds better, doesn't it?:D

Not me I haven't seen a Crab Spider yet. It's easy to miss though
Nice set of photos andy:) :thumbsup: