I have been trying to get a passion flower to grow from seed...it doesn't! My daughter has a huge one that grows rampant in her garden...it is superb. Can I take cuttings from this? If so, how?
Take stem cuttings of 3 to 4 inch length in July or August. Insert in sandy cuttings compost and keep in a propagator at 16c to 18 c (61-64f) until rooted. Pot up and grow on until big enough to plant out.
Or you could try layering a shoot in Spring. Any shoot which can be pegged down onto the ground may develop roots. When well rooted the layering may be separated from the parent and planted out.
My Kings mixed Passiflora seeds dont seem to have germinated either :'( - unless they are really slow!
Put a pot of them on sons windowsill some moths ago and this floppy plant popped up thro the compost. Trouble is... it looks horribly like a rather weak Dandelion!!!! ;D ;D
Helen
Thanks for the information about layering propogation. I went scouting under the aforementioned passiflora hedge...it is 6feet long and about the same high, glorious when in full bloom. Found many new plants popping up from the grass so dug up one with good root ball and planted it in my garden..hope that it grows, it is under several inches of snow today.
Hi nitiram,
It should work well. i have 2 passiflora in my garden, and only a few weeks back had a 'culling' because I was overrun - assigned about 20 new ones to the compost heap - there were only so many my family and friends wanted! My back garden is protected and they flower, fruit and sprout all year round - great news I thought at first, but its a bit much now. Am going to have to take them in hand a bit this year. Good luck with yours.
Hi all... well, there you are all saying cuttings are best and I'm looking forlonly at a pot in the corner of my dinning room which I planted up with passion flower seeds on Sunday  :-[ Hope all goes according to plan...
I watered the seed compost first, buried half the seeds and left the other half on the top of the soil (better to be safe than sorry!) Covered with a sheet of newspaper and then covered the pot with a sheet of clingfilm to keep in the heat and moisture. It says on the packet that passion flower can take up to 30 days to germinate.....
Am I doing the right thing????? Hahaha, this is my first attempt at growing anything from seed in an attempt to get my other half hooked on growing & gardening - I dont want it to go wrong.
Any tips gratefully received; especially on how long I should leave on the clingfilm and newspaper.... (if at all)
I was given some seeds last year but had no luck either so took a cutting (actually just a big leaf of one we have in the garden!!) and stuck in in some compost on the kitchen windowsill last august. It has sat there ever since and and I was giving up on it even though it still looked green and healthy but a couple of weeks ago it started growing and now it is about 5 inches tall with 4 new leaves - I'm over the moon like a proud new mum and show it to everyone who comes through the door :). Paul just says "small things please small minds.." but I'm happy with it!!
Maybe these plants are just late developers so if you give yours enough time they may surprise you.
claire xx
;D Well, it took patience and perseverance but I got there - nearly a month later and I've got a nice crop of passion flower plants all growing up in the pot on my windowsill - so successful in fact I've topped up the compost around them in the hope to slow them down. Am so pleased as they are my favourite flower - hope I see some this summer.
Do I need to "pinch these out" and if so, what does that mean? I've heard people referring to it but have no idea what you actually do!
Depending on their situation, passiflora can be as tough as old boots, especially the common one, p. caerulea. Check out Passiflora UK Online at www.passionflow.co.uk.
I've had a triffid masquerading as a passionflower for many years now. I've had seedlings coming up in the lawn, between cracks in paving, and even in the midst of one of my shallow-end pond plants! Early this year I decided to show it who's boss. I pruned it hard - and I mean ruthless, i.e. garden shears... I swear I heard it sn;ggering as I walked away...
This year I'm trying three kinds of edible passionfruit. The seedlings are up, and a couple of the sturdier ones are now outside in the mini-greenhouse to see how they get on - so far so good...
Thanks for the website Amazin..My daughter's passiflora is also a triffid, with absolutely masses of fruit. The seedling i took some weeks ago now, hasn't died, is still green but is showing no signs of new growth, so am hoping that it takes off. Am sure yours will be returning soon after its hair cut ;D ;D ;D
I found one hiding in my garden last year . I have no idea where it came from so I cant identify it yet. Its about 12 " high.
I had to move it from where it was so I potted in on and brought it indoors for the winter until I decided where its was to live. Ive planted it out now but tbh I really dont have a suitable site for it. I cant throw it away though as it found its way here , via bird or wind or whatever, it deserves to live.
Mark I think you and need to go a-googling together to find out what to do now they have got going. See ya there! ;D
I bought one last year from the garden centre and so far so good. If it flowers this year, I will become hyper ;D