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CrystallP wrote:
Hi All,

I found one lonely 'Lady Margaret' seedling at our local nursery. I coaxed it along throughout the Spring and Summer and it has blessed me with a bounty of blooms nearly every other day, sometimes I get five blooms in one day. Anyway, I am really glad that this thread was started because I haven't found any Fritillary eggs, just plenty of ants and bees, lots and lots of bees. I didn't realize that the red passiflora could be toxic. I guess I will try to grow one of the other species next Spring. I am going to try and over winter this one. Here is one of my favorite photos of the lovely lady:



This message was edited Aug 14, 2007 7:37 PM