Gardening Plant Encyclopedia Vine Moonflower Vines By Viveka Neveln Viveka Neveln Instagram Viveka Neveln is the Garden Editor at BHG and a degreed horticulturist with broad gardening expertise earned over 3+ decades of practice and study. She has more than 20 years of experience writing and editing for both print and digital media. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on March 7, 2019 Share Tweet Pin Email Pick healthy plants and build better garden soil More Videos » Garden Plans For Moonflower Vines Moonflower Vines Overview Description This stunning vine offers big, 6-inch-wide pure-white flowers that open at dusk and release a sweet fragrance all night long. It's a delight watching the trumpet-shape flowers unfurl from spiraled, cone-shape buds. Moonflower is usually grown as an annual, but it is a perennial in the tropics. Genus Name Ipomoea alba Common Name Moonflower Vines Plant Type Annual, Perennial, Vine Light Sun Height 8 to 20 feet Width null to 15 feet Flower Color White Season Features Fall Bloom, Summer Bloom Special Features Fragrance, Good for Containers, Low Maintenance Zones 10, 11 Propagation Seed, Stem Cuttings Problem Solvers Deer Resistant Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit