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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Georgie on June 11, 2007, 22:31:43

Title: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: Georgie 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

G x

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: saddad on June 11, 2007, 23:40:14

Is it coming up between all the slabs in the patio yet?
 ;D

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: Emagggie on June 12, 2007, 22:24:50

Always works for me Georgie  ;)

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: Marymary on June 12, 2007, 22:26:13

i planted some seeds from the seed swap but none of them germinated.  :(

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: Georgie 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.

G x

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: sweet-pea 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!

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: Amazin 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.

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: fluffygrue 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

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: pye 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?

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: Marymary on June 26, 2007, 22:25:06

No idea but smashing photo.  :)

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: Georgie on June 26, 2007, 22:25:44

That's Caerulea I'd say.

G x

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: Amazin on June 28, 2007, 23:20:36

Yup, definitely Caerulea. By the way, my Banana Passionfruit has just started flowering - pics soon!

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: saddad 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...
 ;D

Title: Re: Passiflora - thank you
Post by: manicscousers 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