Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Have Passiflora "Purple Haze" established cuttings., 1 by DarwinESF

DarwinESF wrote:
Hello everyone. I've been drooling over these forums for a year or so, but just began starting to trade this week.. That being said, I somehow can root passionflower cuttings in jars of standing water. I have 5 well rooted cuttings (been growing in soil for 5 months), three that I cut in May that I potted up a few days ago (fair root systems) and a bunch more still in water until the roots are a bit less delicate looking. I love these vines, been to Costa Rica a lot where they're like weeds and even in Syracuse I just seem to 'need' them. So I want to expand my collection, I'll take anything but Caerulea at this point, though there are definitely some varieties that I'd be really really grateful for, might throw in a black and blue salvia if you want to offer P. aurantia :drool: or.. has anyone tried P. 'Blue Eyed Susan' yet? I've also got a weak spot for Lady Margaret, I ordered one with Purple Haze, but she just perished about a month after arriving. So yeah, I'd love to have her.

Purple Haze blooms pretty easily for me, even in the winter in a W facing window. The flowers have more blue than most I've seen, and they do have a scent, it's strong enough that you can tell it's blooming before you see it if the flower is hidden.

Oh, yeah, and the water thing... All I do is change the water every day or every other day. I also rinse the stems periodically. They sit in the water for around three weeks and some will start roots. I get a success rate of about 60-80% I'd say.

Cheers,
Byron.