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Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Passiflora C. Elliot thrives after HARD FREEZE!, 1 by JLD_II

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JLD_II wrote:
I finally found a minute to take a couple pictures of 1 of these thriving vines. Sadly the photos are pretty bad IMO. If you look closely, there is a hibiscus stalk on the left of the passiflora and there used to be a P. belotti intertwined with this P. Constance Elliot. You can see the C. Elliot is absolutely thriving and everything else is dead. The 3 C. Elliot's that are still in the ground look much healthier than the 2 I have growing indoors! Go figure.
As of today, we've had atleast 14 days of below freezing weather and 2 nights that were at 25F or just below.
This plant is just mind boggling, I've never seen anything other than Columbine thrive in such weather. Anyhow, here is a photo