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Georgie

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Passiflora - thank you
« on: June 11, 2007, 22:31:43 »
Can I just thank everyone who encouraged me to hard prune my Passiflora Caerulea.  I chopped it back to one stem at about 4 foot high and in the last couple of months it has sent up about a dozen or more new strong shoots.  I'm delighted.   ;D

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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2007, 23:40:14 »
Is it coming up between all the slabs in the patio yet?
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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2007, 22:24:50 »
Always works for me Georgie  ;)
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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2007, 22:26:13 »
i planted some seeds from the seed swap but none of them germinated.  :(
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Georgie

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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2007, 22:39:12 »
Aww Mary, bad luck.   :(  I think the secret might be to grow the seed fresh.  Every one I sowed last year germinated and I'd be happy to sow some for you this year and send you the seedlings.  PM me if interested.

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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2007, 11:05:40 »
I managed to get 2 seeds to germinate this year :-)  Now I have to work out where to plant them!
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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2007, 02:34:42 »
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Posted by saddad: Is it coming up between all the slabs in the patio yet?

Marymary, I'll check my spare stock of slab-grown seedlings (i.e. self seeded everywhere!) and you'll be more than welcome to a couple.

These have grown from the fruits of a twenty-odd year old rampant beast  :o

I'll be taking cuttings of my banana passionfruit as well (Passiflora Mollisima) - the link shows a piccy:

http://www.jungleseeds.co.uk/SeedOrders/enter.html

if they take, and anyone wants to give 'em a go, let me know.
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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2007, 15:04:06 »
I think it's going to be a good Passiflora year - this is the first year mine are really covered with flower buds.. am getting quite excited. :D
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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2007, 20:47:12 »
Ours has flowered earlier than usual this (crazy) year.

I can't decide if I like it or not - they are so fancy, I usually prefer simple flowers, but then when I get up close to them I can't stop looking at them.

I don't know what variety it is, can anyone help?

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Marymary

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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2007, 22:25:06 »
No idea but smashing photo.  :)
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Georgie

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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2007, 22:25:44 »
That's Caerulea I'd say.

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Amazin

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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2007, 23:20:36 »
Yup, definitely Caerulea. By the way, my Banana Passionfruit has just started flowering - pics soon!
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saddad

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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2007, 23:29:08 »
Loads of flower on mine too, earliest I've had flowers before was the 11th of July must have been the warm April...
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Re: Passiflora - thank you
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2007, 14:00:42 »
Ive planted the 4 banana ones that germinated in black buckets, they're climbing up the mesh in the fruit cage, no flowers though, but at least they're still growing  ;D
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