passiflora lovers... passion flower

[Sweepster]

I took a couple of fruits from an old and very vigorous passiflora caerulea in my sister's garden just before she moved house - I sowed the seeds in a couple of plastic cake trays (with the lids on) and ended up with so many plants I ran out of people to foist them on and even chucked a few away

I've got them planted all along my fence, though a good deal of the garden is shady and they struggle a bit there - the soil is also quite heavy so not ideal for them. The ones that have done best (and flowered!) are in containers, with plenty of grit/sand for drainage, in a fairly sunny spot. Even got one fruit last summer, despite the awful weather. A snail ate it

[IgglePiggle]

The passion flower I cut right back the other week, has new shoots starting to show on the main stems! Which I'm shocked about as its got no leaves on it and looked dead I've now put a net up behind it, so hopping it takes off when the shoots come out further!

[Marthaclematis]

Well mine are a total failure so far. I planted new seeds, they're in a lovely warm sunny room. I water them from the bottom and - nothing. Not one has sprouted. The basil next to them is doing ok. I think a trip to Lidl is on the cards.

[Sweepster]

Well mine are a total failure so far. I planted new seeds, they're in a lovely warm sunny room. I water them from the bottom and - nothing. Not one has sprouted. The basil next to them is doing ok. I think a trip to Lidl is on the cards.

I think mine took months and months to germinate - I was shocked when they finally did, as I'd been meaning to throw them away... they'd been sitting there for so long, there was all sorts of colourful fluff and guff on the top of the compost

Once they appear, though, there's no stopping em

[Spiderling]

I dug one up completely (or so I thought) because it was far too rampant for it's place in the garden and replanted it behind the fruit cage on our allotment. It is now re-growing in the garden and is looking beautiful on the back of the fruit cage! It flowered well into November and there are still some of last years fruits on it. I love it.

[muslimgrower]

so how are everyones passion flower growing ?

[IgglePiggle]

so how are everyones passion flower growing ?

Not so well, I was hoping it would climb up an apple tree, but think its to shady there Should I move it to a more sunny spot? Or would moving it now kill it? Was only planted a couple of months back

[Sweepster]

Those of mine which flowered last year are beginning to do so again now... the ones planted in inappropriately shady spots are doing their best to find the light... and one further down the garden has shot two-thirds of the way up a (tall) tree without my noticing.

I had to do a fair bit of hacking back earlier this year in order to reclaim a bit of my washing line, but they recovered very well. Pics of a bee on one of last year's flowers in my album

[WrexTheDragon]

I used to grow these in the old house and had to leave them behind when I moved.

The plant was taking up a fence about 6ft high and 10ft in length.

Lots of flowers followed by fruit. Never found a method of using the fruit?

[SueA]

Mine was really hit hard by the cold winter & I had to cut off a lot of dead growth earlier this spring but it's now coming back to life but only has one large clump of growth yet & hasn't spread alomg the trellis it normally covers, looks like it's recovering well though, they're pretty tough!

[julesapple]

Mine was really hit hard by the cold winter & I had to cut off a lot of dead growth earlier this spring but it's now coming back to life but only has one large clump of growth yet & hasn't spread alomg the trellis it normally covers, looks like it's recovering well though, they're pretty tough!

Sue, my passiflora in the back garden (west facing wall) was also hit hard by severe frosts and snow this year. We cut it back drastically and it sprouted a few bunches of green a couple of weeks ago.

Since we staryed with the weather pattern of hot sunshine followed by a few days of rain, it's gone quite mad. I suppose it's quite like the tropical climate the passiflora originated from.

I bet yours will love this humid heat wave! Water them well in the evenings if it's hot during the day.

Jules

PS Just wondering if I can give the fruits to my chooks? I might try them later on see if they like passion fruit!

[thedrisback]

hi all just found this posting does anyone have any seeds from th fruit as i would love to grow some.
i would send you a sae if you pm me with your info thanks

[Two_Sheds]

The passion flower on my shed has finally flowered ! After 4 years! Now I'm moving it it'll probably be another four years.

(my fault for planting it in the shade ... it is south facing, but shadowed by a neighbour's house).

[muslimgrower]

so i potted one of my passion flower plants into the ground yesterday.. A pic later on

[muslimgrower]

here is the latest pic.. i made a trellis using garden twine and now its racing upwards