I bet "morning glory" would be a good term of endearment.

This Spring I planted a bunch of sunflowers, and a few weeks later I planted morning glories around them. The idea was that the glories would wind their way up the sunflowers and they would both bloom together giving a lovely display. Unfortunately it didn't quite pan out like I'd hoped. The glories vined up nicely, but by the time a few blooms popped out the sunflowers had all gone to seed. Drag.