Summer residents will not lose anything due to the ban on growing morning glory tricolor – there are many other species of this plant to decorate the site. Valentin Vvedensky, head of the Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Plant Protection at RUDN University, told socialbites.ca. The expert reminded that Russians are also prohibited from growing poppy on their own property because it contains narcotic substances.
“[Запрещено выращивать] poppy I don’t know plants anymore. Also Sosnovsky’s bluegrass. The fact is that even in the tricolor of morning glory some toxic substances were found. It’s like growing aconite. Aconite is a poison known in our country and used together with potassium cyanide in many works of art for poisoning purposes. One of the main poorly defined poisons. I think that gardeners who grow such beautiful flowers will not suffer much if the tricolor falls into oblivion. There is white, there is lilac, there is blue, there is yellow – there are bindweeds of different colors. Now you can find all these in stores. “I don’t think this will greatly affect the diversity of flower beds or the decorative elements in landscape construction,” he said.
Vvedensky recalled that the morning glory tricolor is an ornamental vine, the cultivation of which Russians may face criminal liability.
“Ipomoea tricolor is also a bindweed, a vine. However, it differs in that it grows in the southern regions. Practically cannot withstand low positive temperatures. 3-4°C is lethal for him. For this reason, it grows as an annual plant in the central region and cannot survive here. “It is sold with seeds as an ornamental plant,” he said.
Before that, State Duma deputy Sergei Gavrilov stated, growing morning glory tricolor can result in up to two years in prison. Possession and receipt of even three grams of morning glory tricolor seeds is already considered a criminal offense, as the plant contains narcotic substances.
“It is no longer possible to grow the popular multi-colored garden flower Ipomoea tricolor on a plot of land, which all grandmothers and summer residents love to plant along fences. If the number of bindweeds on the site exceeds 100 loaches, this is already considered a crime,” Gavrilov said.
previously police closed Family pharmaceutical laboratory in southern Russia.