Lady Margaret is a lovely passionvine. The flowers are about 2 and 1/2 inches+. It is a hybrid of vitafolia and caerulea. Both of these vines are cold hardy. Last winter I left her in the ground, well mulched, and the original root returned with several nice shoots. There were also a few root suckers running in the garden.
The color is described as rasberry petals and white fillaments. The androgynophore ( the arrangment of stamens and pistal in the center) is pale yellow in my flowers.
When I saw the nice root suckers coming up, I moved them to the unplanted side of the trellis.This gave me a much fuller vine for the summer. Caterpillars don't like the leaves too much. They are tough. You will see a few cats, however. I didn't bother to pick them off this year. Of course, the large majority of eggs were laid on incense, Lavender Lady, Dakota, and caerulea.
Wow, that's a gorgeous vine! I killed mine :-(
Mine has bloomed three times this summer, love it! Thanks for sharing.
Flicker, another beauty, I just got the Lady Margret last week now I know what I have to look forward to.....Thanks so much for the pictures.... :o)
Flicker, your photos are georgeous. I have about 7 kinds of passion flowers. Are all passion flowers hardy here in Covington or just some of them? I put mine in GH last winter but would rather leave them out.
Hi LA Lady,
No, not all passionvines are hardy here in z8b. It depends on which ones that you have. Which ones do you grow? Maybe we can trade.
This is a shot taken in my gazebo/cutting house. The flash brought out the rose color.
I found 2 small fruit on Lady Margret. I hope they hold on long enough to get good color.
