How to Grow Morning Glories Against a Brick Wall

Although morning glories are treated as annuals in many parts of the United States, they are considered tender perennials. What this means is that for those gardeners who live in areas with mild winters, such as in zones 10 and 11 on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the vine will return every year in spring. Morning glories are twining vines, not climbers and require something other than smooth brick on which to cling.

Chalk or pencil
Power drill
Masonry bit
Screw anchors
Number 12 eye screws
18 gauge galvanized wire
Plant tie

Instructions

- 1
  Mark a small "x" every eight inches along the top and bottom of the brick wall with chalk or a pencil.
- 2
  Place an "x" every eight inches below the top right and left marks. You should now have a square outlined on the wall.
- 3
  Drill holes into each "x" and insert the screw anchors and then the eye screws. Use a power drill with a masonry bit.
- 4
  Thread the wire through the eyes in the eye screws across the top and of the wall. Pull the wire taught after threading it through the final eye and cut it three to four inches away from the eye screw. Wind the excess wire tightly around the last eye to secure it. Repeat the procedure on each eye screw until you have a series of horizontal lines across the entire wall.
- 5
  Thread the wire from the first eye screw on the top left side of the wall to the bottom eye screw beneath it, again allowing enough wire after cutting to wind around the screw for security. Do the same with each subsequent screw, creating a grid pattern.
- 6
  Plant the morning glory two to four inches from the wall and pull the stems up the wire. You may need to secure it to the bottom part of the grid with a plant tie until it becomes established and begins to twine on its own.

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