Throwback Thursday: Morning glories

This is a beautiful and wildly-growing flower with the petals that are 'joined together', similar to a petunia.

They tend to be mostly dark blue or purple in colour, though they can be in other colours, like pink or white.

Why are they called 'morning glories'?

According to The Symbol Project:

The morning glory is often found on the graves of children.   

It is a symbol of resurrection (the flower opens to celebrate the sunrise).   

Morning glories also mean unrequited love. They can be found in Victorian literature and on Victorian gravestones to signify a love that never ended. Conversely, it can also signify that a potential love was never reciprocated. Christians believed that the morning glory related directly to the finite nature of life on earth, with each single flower representing one life, and life being represented by the daylight hours of the sun, withering and finally dying by nightfall.

They kind of look like this:

It has also given me inspiration for the 'tongue flower' below

Facts about morning glories can be seen on their Wikipedia page.

Time Lapse of Morning Glory Flowers Opening.