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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 26, 2007 12:34:13 GMT
Okkkkk.....I capitulate.... I will definitely get a Fatsia and a Passion flower...............what am I getting myself into....
I have just googled Passiflora caerulea and it says that they can hold out to minus 15 - sounds good to me. Double fleece will bring another 5 C's with luck.
I do hope that you haven't anything else up your sleeve ;D
RF
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Post by Spruance on Dec 26, 2007 19:23:45 GMT
I hadn't really thought of eating the fruits RF although these ones have gone all squishy having come through several hard frosts of late.
It's perhaps best to err on the side of caution and leave well alone as far as that goes. Unless someone can throw any light on the situation. ??
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 26, 2007 19:43:11 GMT
Wonder if the seeds would be any good from them   |
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Post by Spruance on Dec 26, 2007 23:35:53 GMT
I hadn't thought about that Chuckles. I'll have to investigate!  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 27, 2007 10:19:37 GMT
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Post by andy on Dec 27, 2007 10:47:14 GMT
The passionflower fruits are sour and very pithy....almost inedible !!! but you might be able to take the seeds out, stratify them and sow them. I'd probably bury the whole fruit in a pot of sand or peat and let it get as cold as possible for about 3 months.
Then, take it out, extract the seeds and sow in the warm.
RF....now that is funny !!!
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Dec 27, 2007 16:35:16 GMT
My passiflora fruits often get left where they fall... some of them germinate and I pick out the stronger seedlings in late Spring, pot them into long tom pots and give them away. Last year we didn't get any seedlings tho...I think it was the weather as the previous year we got 5 plants to give away...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2007 19:04:40 GMT
RF ... just clicked on the link and fell around laughing ... actually, passionflowers are quite easy to grow from seed, although they do apparently take a couple of years before they flower. They should be hardy: last week we were in a gallery and saw a Breughel (sp.) still life with passionflowers (caerula) ... and that was in C16 or C17 Flanders before global warming ;D ... cheers ...
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Post by oldmoleskins on Dec 28, 2007 13:54:33 GMT
actually, passionflowers are quite easy to grow from seed, although they do apparently take a couple of years before they flower ... Sounds like I'd be better off going back and getting some cuttings then, before it's cut back to a stub. Might save some time. OM. |
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Post by Tig on Sept 23, 2008 9:52:44 GMT
Little things make me happy, look what I spotted on my passiflora (it's quite a biggun as well ;D)  RF did you ever get one? OM did you have any success in growing some from seed? ('cos I might have some later in the year ) x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 23, 2008 10:13:37 GMT
Lucky you Tig - I have just been outside to have a look - no fruit at all but it has never stopped flowering all summer. Just keep your fingers crossed that I can get it over the winter!!
RF
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Post by Tig on Sept 23, 2008 10:29:07 GMT
You will RF - mine never even dropped its leaves last winter!! It has loads of flowers on and more buds waiting to open, cracking performer  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Oct 1, 2008 22:45:35 GMT
I was really pleased that my Passionflower had blooms, never mind fruit.  Think Climate Change will have to worsen before that would happen up here. ;D |
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Post by Ruthie on Oct 2, 2008 19:11:23 GMT
One tip RF. If you have a real bad winter you may think the Passionflower has died. But, leave it for a Looong time before digging it out. Many years ago when we had proper winters mine appeared dead and didn't show any growth at all until late June. Then it grew and grew (as they do) and flowered and flowered as if nothing had happened!
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 3, 2008 7:25:42 GMT
Thanks SR - mine is in a large tub - I was hoping to put it with the Fatsia and covered it with fleece and... well just keep my fingers crossed really.
We haven't really had a hard winter for a few years - mmmh I shouldn't have said that, I don't think...
RF
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Post by Auricula on Oct 5, 2008 22:31:11 GMT
Something has been eating my passionflower  . Loads of the stems are bare and it isn't disguising the trellis round the oil tank at all  . Anyone know what eats passionflower leaves? Also the same thing has happened to a nearby abutilon - something obviously thinks I am running a cafe ;D ;D .......but what?  |
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Post by Tig on Oct 5, 2008 23:00:51 GMT
The nasty s & s? I found a couple of small ones on my passiflora - and my abutilon is holey  They have both had a few blue pellets scattered around! |
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Post by Auricula on Oct 5, 2008 23:13:56 GMT
Oh No !!!! I didn't know they were vulnerable It's blue pellet time tomorrow - thanks a lot Tig...you're a real STAR!!! ;D |
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Think Climate Change will have to worsen before that would happen up here. ;D
. Loads of the stems are bare 
. Anyone know what eats passionflower leaves? Also the same thing has happened to a nearby abutilon 
