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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2007 15:46:04 GMT
Hi all ... my passionflower, grown from seed last year, is putting on lots of growth, but its leaves are yellowing from the bottom up. Could this be because of all the rain - the site where it's planted is pretty much a bog at the moment? Or does it need particular feeding? Any advice greatly appreciated ... cheers ...
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Post by Chuckles on Jul 3, 2007 20:00:21 GMT
Could well be all this rain CC. Not sure about what feed they need though but I'd like some info on how to look after them. I've got some cuttings going and have just been telling P about them on the Clem thread  Just found this CC..........Passion flowers need a well-drained soil in sun that warms up quickly in spring |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2007 11:42:03 GMT
Re. your cuttings, Chuckles - I grew one for years in a pot in my previous house, and it was pretty undemanding. I think you're right, the weather must be what's getting this one down ... it's actually in the best-drained, sunniest bit of the garden, except now nothing is draining properly (mind you, at least I don't have water lying on the surface like some of my neighbours) ... hopefully it'll recover if and when this deluge stops ... cheers ...
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Post by Chuckles on Jul 4, 2007 19:40:03 GMT
I've got 4 cuttings growing CC, 2 that are about 3ft high and 2 only about 4" high at the moment. I'll be growing mine in pots I think so I can move them inside if we get a bad winter. Hope yours perks up for you |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2007 21:22:47 GMT
I had one in a border at my last house, which was quite happy out side all year. |
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Post by Chuckles on Jul 5, 2007 22:25:21 GMT
I've had a couple in the garden a few years ago and lost them over the winter  We are quite exposed at the back of our house. Might put 2 in pots and try and find a sheltered sunny spot for the other 2. Just remembered I still have 2 others in water in the GH that haven't put on enough root to pot up yet. OMG thats 6 Passion flowers to find a home for |
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Post by Tig on Jul 18, 2007 22:26:50 GMT
Hi all, have grown one from seed. Last year at three years old it form buds - some idiot pruned the flowering stem off!
It has flowered this year and I have experienced its beauty for the first time ... but should I cut off the closed buds of those which have flowered to encourage more blooms?
Tig
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jul 20, 2007 17:18:42 GMT
If it's only weeny then I would, but they'll just fall off anyway...If it's a huge great plant it'll probably keep putting out flowers even if you don't nip out the dead ones. I have a huge thuggish white one that I have to trim all the time because it's so rampant...but I don't bother removing spent flowers...I also have a smaller sized purple one of a much more delicate disposition...I take the spent flowers off that if I can reach them....but only because it looks nicer if I do. ;D
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Post by Tig on Jul 21, 2007 14:47:37 GMT
Thanks CPB - mine has white flowers, just a hint of mauve towards the centre. Seems to be getting a few more buds as it grows. I will take the old ones off this year so it doesn't waste energy making seed. |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Jul 22, 2007 17:00:58 GMT
Not something I would grow but for fans of this flower here is one I saw growing inside a restaurant in Holland this year My Grandma used to grow them very successfully in a very windy but partly sheltered part of her garden - I was fascinated by the story  |
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Post by madonplants on Jul 22, 2007 17:57:27 GMT
That is lovely jennywrenn. ;D
Keith
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Post by Tig on Jul 22, 2007 18:34:05 GMT
Wow Jennywren lovely photo - that is a super specimen - makes mine look very inferior! |
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Post by Tig on Jul 25, 2007 18:26:04 GMT
Managed to get a photo today - not too bad after all!  |
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Post by Chuckles on Jul 25, 2007 19:20:11 GMT
Fab photo and flower Tig, can't wait for mine to grow up now. This time next year  maybe |
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Post by Tig on Jul 25, 2007 20:43:48 GMT
Thanks Chuckles - not that easy to grow from seed, I planted eight but only one grew. Pleased with the end result even though I have waited four years for a flower or six!
Tig
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Post by Chuckles on Jul 26, 2007 18:16:47 GMT
Tig, the cuttings I did were just young bits that had broken off one I moved for a freind. I cut them to about about 5" lengths and stuck them in some water and left them in the GH, some produced roots quicker than others. I potted them up and am well pleased, 2 of them are at least 18" high now ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2007 11:34:46 GMT
Feeling envious here Tig ... mine isn't even thinking of flowering. Just pinging this to the top because I read in this month's Irish Garden that passionflowers like an extra feed of potassium ... which I've given my poor ailing one ... perhaps Andy has more thoughts on this? ... cheers ...
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 3, 2007 11:57:38 GMT
Strange you should say that CC, my neighbour cought me this morning saying hers has loads lovely green leaves and flower buds but no flower inside. Apparently they like poorish well drained soil but lots of water, if the soil is too rich they don't produce many flowers. They do need a potassium feed though. Andy will put us right |
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 25, 2007 20:01:37 GMT
I couldn't wait for mine to flower next year so I went and bought one ;D  |
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Post by Tig on Aug 25, 2007 20:14:33 GMT
And a beautiful specimen it looks too Chuckles. You will have a garden full of them next year!
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Post by oldmoleskins on Dec 18, 2007 18:05:02 GMT
Notwithstanding the known difficulty of getting them 'away', I've just returned (from an xmas tree buying trip) with a couple of fruits from the most extravagantly fruited and rampant PF I've ever seen.
The seeds are being salvaged as I write, and if anyone would like some, just bung me a PM with the address.
This bush was absolutely all over everywhere, in a very exposed site and the oldboy tree-vendor assures me it's all this year's growth - he cuts it back hard (like to within 6 inches of the ground hard) every year. Don't know if I believe him, there's so much of it, but anyway it's worth a go...
OM.
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Post by andy on Dec 18, 2007 18:08:53 GMT
OM....we used to grow the large tropical passionflower in our palm house at work ( P. Quadrangularis) and it grew 30' a year before we cut it right back to the main trunk eack winter. They can certainly grow when they want to.
Good luck with the seeds mate
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Post by oldmoleskins on Dec 18, 2007 18:16:29 GMT
Encouraging, Andy, thank you...
OM
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2007 15:47:24 GMT
Just been delivering our magazines and the cottages where retired priests live have a huge passion flower, I counted 12 flowers out, despite the cold.
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 24, 2007 7:36:10 GMT
I have always wanted a Passion flower outside but I doubt that it would stand our temperatures somehow.
RF
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Post by andy on Dec 24, 2007 21:19:32 GMT
I have always wanted a Passion flower outside but I doubt that it would stand our temperatures somehow. RF To tell you the truth RF, they grow so quick that you could almost grow them as an annual and replant them each spring. As with the Fatsia thread, worth giving them a go if you can find somewhere out of the cold, northerly winds. |
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Post by Spruance on Dec 24, 2007 21:37:37 GMT
Yes I tend to agree on that. Obviously they are not fully frost hardy but they more durable than I had previously thought.
There are two ripe fruits on the one at the bottom of my garden. I will try to remember to take a photo if they are still there in the morning.
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Post by Spruance on Dec 25, 2007 15:54:39 GMT
Photos as promised - in spite of the rain. Firstly the plant itself, which is climbing though the arched seat at the bottom of the garden.  Secondly, the two surviving ripe fruits which are about the size of a small plum...  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 26, 2007 8:34:34 GMT
I must admit that it all looks rather exciting - can you eat the fruit Spruance? I have always wanted a Passion flower outside but I doubt that it would stand our temperatures somehow. RF To tell you the truth RF, they grow so quick that you could almost grow them as an annual and replant them each spring. As with the Fatsia thread, worth giving them a go if you can find somewhere out of the cold, northerly winds. Is it possible to put them in a container and overwinter them in a dark (ish) cellar, - because if so I could give it a chance. I will ask at my GH/Nursery if they have any. The only thing is that our growing season is a lot shorter than the growing season in the UK. Gardens are cut down and finished for October. Fatsia's - are we still saying that they can do up to minus 20? RF |
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Post by andy on Dec 26, 2007 9:03:12 GMT
Now RF....i'm only going to say this once more ....go out and buy yourself a small Fatsia which should cost no more than 5 UKP. Whilst you're there, get yourself a nice passiflora too....P. Caerulla (i can never spell that bloody thing !!!) is the best. Passiflora are so fast growing that enough growth and flower is produced in the growing season to compensate for shorter growing seasons. They are also ridiculously easy to grow from cuttings so you could have quite a few on the go which wouldn't be the end of the world if you lost a couple. There's a thread in the propagation section about passiflora cuttings. All your German friends will stare in envy at your lovely exotic garden this year Sue  EDIT...here we are Sooooo gardenworld.proboards103.com/index.cgi?board=prop&action=display&thread=1159639195 |
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We are quite exposed at the back of our house. Might put 2 in pots and try and find a sheltered sunny spot for the other 2. Just remembered I still have 2 others in water in the GH that haven't put on enough root to pot up yet. OMG thats 6 Passion flowers to find a home for 
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