Tropicals & Tender Perennials: P. Edulis var Flavicarpa run amok!, 1 by budgielover

budgielover wrote:
This is what happens when you leave a 1 gal pot of p. edulis var flavicarpa sitting on the ground in one place too long. LOL I used to use this structure for breeding birds years ago and more recently as a shade/greenhouse depending on the weather. It has since lost the roof but still serves to protect some of my rarer plants from being run over by the dogs. Anyway 2 years ago, I was overwintered a young seeding of this passi and had it in a 1 gal pot. I ran out of room on the shelves I was using so I set in on the ground and promptly forgot about it till spring. Well, when I went to move it, it had grown through the pot and firmly into the ground and had started to take off. Within the first year, it had taken over a major part of the structure and formed a great natural canopy over the roofless top weaving amongst the rafters. It flowers well and produced a few fruit, This spring, I cut it drastically back as I have vigna caracalla on the far right end and it was encroaching it's space. Well, this is what it has done since spring.
I recently gave away several plants from last years seeds to some freecyclers and am awaiting a news release about a plant that is eating the city and everything in it's path. LOL