Last year I spent 80.00 dollars on two passion ivy ,It grew so big . Well summer ended and I took them in the house ,eveyday i was sweeping up leafs untill I just cut it back and watered it and hoped that when spring and summer came it would come back . Well it never did .So I got two more this year .Is there a way for me to keep this plant living in my house ? PLEASE HELP ME
PS Behind my dogs is one of the passion ivy from last year, I love that plant
Thank you
Pantera: Can you post a close up photo of your plant? I've googled and can't find any plant with the common name of Passion Ivy. I'm wondering if your plant could be Passiflora (common name "Passion Vine".)
There are many Passiflora listed in Plant Files. Does your plant get blooms and look anything like this? http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/124933/
Plantladylin
you are right It is called Passion vine SORRY ,can you help me please
You all are so smart on this site , I thank you all so much for helping with my outside gardening ,and in side plants You all are the best . BIG SMILE
This message was edited Sep 14, 2009 11:50 PM
Plantladylin, Here is a closer picture of the plant
Pantera, I live in zone 5 and I grow my Passioflowers inside, as well as some clematis, and Jasmine, they require more water than everything else and fertilized more often, cause when you grow them in the house they don't have a "Dormancy" period. you need good support for it though as the vines do tend to get heavy, especialy if you have one that sets fruit.
I've never grown Passiflora inside, it's strictly a garden plant down this way. But, I think it should do okay if you have a sunny window. Here's the link to Plant Files with some general information for P. incarnata : http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1189/
If it dies back, no worries ... in spring if you start watering it should re-sprout. They are deciduous and will go dormant in winter. If you read the comments at the bottom of the Plant Files page, someone in Ontario Canada reported that they planted it in their garden and it came back in spring.
In Canada? A friend keeps telling me I can plant these outside here too...but I'm not willing to chance it. I might take some cuttings and plant them next year and see how that works
Well this is the one from last year , It died and didn't come back so a nother 80.00 dollars spend this year . Why can't i keep it alive .
I will water it more plus fertilze it more this time. thank you (Trinawitch)
and thank you plantladylin
if it dies again don't buy anymore I will just send you some starts from mine...maybe because they are already used to beng in the house you'll have better luck...
My second one just bloomed today, it looks like this
Oh my goodness, $80.00?!! Wowsers, is it a special cultivar of Passiflora? I know our Home Depot had large ones in 3 gal pots this past spring for $12.98!
You should take trinawitch up on her offer!
i don't get the $80 either cause she says hers is Passiflora x belotii....I think I paid $4 for mine and its Massive....even if she threw them away every year I could still send her starts...I think someone at the nursery saw her coming...ticks me off whe they take advantage just cause they can
I live in Laurel DE. my home depots do not have anything different so I go to this place in MD ,I pay 40.00 a plant in maybe it was a 10gal. not 80.00 for one . I buy two for each side of steps on my pourch . But yes if i can buy a rooted starter that is from a inside plant I will be very happy . Thank you so much . Do you think that is why because it has been out side for so long? Now if I leave it out all winter it will come back?
Thanks again everyone
BIG SMILE
This message was edited Sep 18, 2009 9:32 PM
Do you know what Zone you live in? I live in 5a so they don't come back here
I have 2 kinds I am currently growing in the house
passiflora x belotii and a Blue Eyed Susan Passionflower...look them up in plantfiles and tell me which kind you want....I can give you several large cuttings of the belotti, but only small ones of the Blue eyed Susan as it is a new plant and just started growing
just dmail me which one you'd like to have
Pantera,
Your dogs are beautiful. Are they Weimeraner ? Not sure of the correct spelling!
hey thanks everyone < sorry I didn't get to read your reply untill now.
daisylovn ,My Puppies are Great Danes they are blues,
trinawitch , I took all other plants in already < this week end going to take them in , What is dmail?
Thank you all so much
pantera: dmail is Davesmail, mail we can send back and forth to others here on DG. If you look at the top of this page, somewhere up there you should see a place that says mail. Click on it and you can send mail through your DG account to other DG'ers! I will send you one now and you will get a message on your home page here telling you you have mail.
Lin
