Was tying more wire to keep the vines going over the arbor and found two of these.. had to stand on a chair to take the photos, but could not get a good shot, so I cut one and put it in a bowl.. Does anyone know which one this is?
CLARE - my first passiflora blooms
another photo of same.
the one in a bowl.. I think I'm in love with passionvines, found the name. P. Caerulea
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This was the very first passiflora that I owned. I loved it because it bloomed so well. This one is used a lot for hybridizing, I believe. Very pretty A.
I must have gotten this passiflora a couple of years ago but could not remember the name. It never really grew or bloomed because something always ate it. This is the first time and it is about 12 feet long. The leaves look creamy white in the picture, but they are very light green. I am doing the happy dance... This year is going to be a very exciting year for me and plants/vines. So many new plant varieties have gone into our yard this past summer through the present.
Its soo pretty ,I love passiflora!
I can't wait to see more pictures. I'm sure your yard will be gorgeous.
Oh Brugie, today I put in over 50 gallon seedlings and 7 (five gallon trees) and a few other things.. it was a perfect cloudy day for transplanting (and it rained yesterday) and it rained just a little this afternoon. About 40 of the seedlings were the Brug seedlings started from seed, still have another 30 to put in. Also, painted the old Terracotta Suns and Moons with that spray paint that looks like stone.. take a look.. they look new. Lots of work here and some day I will be able to read a book outside..lol. ..
These were pinkish and quite old, one of the moons was broken and we glued it back on, then the stone speckled paint really did cover up the cracks and glue, it even filled in some of the imperfections..
Looks great. Boy, you do keep yourself busy, don't you? I'm heading to bed now. I'm totally exhausted after digging out two tree stumps today. Have a good night!!
Wow! Congratulations on your passionflowers, Antoinette! I would have guessed P. Caerulea as well. Do you have Passiflora Belottii, also called P. x Alatocaerulea? That one is a must-have for any Passiflora lover.
Your suns and moons are awesome too. I can't wait to see all your vines develop this summer too. You are going to have a wonderful display of flowers. I used to have a ceramic sun, but it broke when we moved. A while ago, I bought another one, but this one is made out of metal. You can see it in the background behind the dwarf Cananga odorata:
I have Alatocaerulea coming in but haven't got any blooms. There's one called Victoria too. Allspice is nice. Many nurseries can order you different vines or as Clare can tell you online is great. Here is a shot of Allspice.
If you live in 9a this is a good plant with a little protection. They sell these at my Lowe's for 19 bucks in a 5gal pot. I shot this yesterday in the morning
Beautiful pictures, Monterey:-)
My Allspice's filiments are getting longer which I like. The trellis I think is only big enough for the Dropmore Scarlet(L. brownii), it's growing like crazy. I just now took this! the trellis is 7ft high and 60 in by 60 in.I think this guy can fill it.
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Thanks Monterey,
Got two of the 5 gallon Vitifolias at Lowes two weeks ago (couldn't wait for a bloom), boy are they tall and full.
Just love that color on your Allspice (I really thought the plant I had up there would be an Incense) as I have some others that were incense, guess I mixed them up. Now, as they bloom, I can start tagging them or at least know in my mind where they are. You have wonderful photos there.
Clare
that sun looks great, is that the metal one? It looks more ceramic. I was shocked to find that p. caerulea flower and then went back and found two more, I thought there was only one, then two, now there were three and tons of more blooms.
I have some that I grew from seed and the morifolia is 12 inches tall and two that I lost tags for about four inches tall, does anyone know how long they take to bloom from seed? Is it the next season or will they bloom the first season. I also have a few more varities starting to come up, very few seeds are germinating also.
Brugie,
you are probably as sore as I am today, I could barely move to get my self up and out of bed.. I don't know if I could tackle tree trunks, but may have to. That taller tree to the right in front of the detached garaged ( and my sewing room) is a dead pine that I have some vines growing up it. I am hoping that it will serve as a trellis, if it doesn't work, well, then down it will come and I have a 15 Gallon Red Laceleaf Japanese Maple ready to put in it's place that I have been babying for about 1 year. The vines under that tree are Blue Dawn, two Airpotatoes (if the come up), and two Hardenbergias (Alba and Violet). So far only the morning glory is doing anything, they have only been in about three weeks. (Don't know what happened to the pine trees this year, we lost two).
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Hi Antoinette! Yes, it's a heavy metal of some sort. I'll have to ask my husband which metal it is. Did I send you the P. Morifolia seeds? That one bloomed the first year from seed, but I think most take two growing seasons to bloom from seed. I also might have sent you P. Edulis, if you are growing that one from seed. Passiflora seeds can take up to a year to germinate.
Hi Clare, no, I didn't get any passionvine seeds from you, but have ordered several varieties, don't know if any of them will germinate, got them so late this year. Also got some in two trades from here on Daves and got the morifolia last year as an extra from another trade. I am trying to grow Edulis but I guess will have a long wait..lol.. I also have about three unknowns, which could be edulis or god only knows which ones. I do have one mollisima seedling that came up and 2 p. Alata seedlings but they don't look so good. Now the ones without names look great.. This is a terrible addiction, probably worse than brugs (well, almost)..lol
Hi Antoinette,
Oh, okay. I sent out a lot of P. Morifolia seeds last summer when my vine was covered in fruit, and I thought maybe I had sent some to you. I grew my P. Morifolia from seed, and I can tell you they germinate easily. P. Mollissima and P. Edulis took a little longer to germinate. P. Morifolia and P. Amethystina flowered the first year from seed, but P. Mollissima and P. Edulis took nearly two years to flower. You are right that it is a wonderful addiction:-)
Gotta a CA thing go'n here. I am very interested in Passiflora for my Orange County home. Not sure if it is the same zone as you but I need to buy passiflora for my houses there!
Hi TwinLakesChef! Orange County is a little over two hours south of me, and I'm not sure what hardiness zone it is, but I imagine it is probably Zone 9 or 10. Here's a link: http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/hzm-sw1.html
Your best bet is to visit a Home Depot near you because they will carry vines which will be hardy in your area. They should have P. Incense, P. Alata, P. Belottii, and some others. If you want to order some mail order, Logee's has an excellent selection at reasonable prices: http://www.logees.com/store/
Hi TwinLakesChef, I'm in zones 8/9, get some frost and lots of heat. That one that bloomed up there has survived the heat and cold, (p. Caerulea) and Incense seem to be doing great (besides critters eating them).
I got Caeulea at HD, and didn't know they had all those others, gotta try to get Belotti, and the others I got were at Lowes (Vitifolia and Incense) the rest I am trying from seeds from Plants of Distinction and a couple of trades.
Hi Clare, I can hardly wait to see a bloom on morifolia, it is about 2 feet tall. Maybe this summer...
These tags were on the Passiflora alatocaeruleas when I bought mine at Home Depot. Isn't the alatocaerulea sterile, no fruit. The picture is for a P. caerulea I think, the other tag seems right. check out the backs too.
Here's the backs. Look at the hardiness.
Monterey, I noticed at my Home Depot that their one-gallon Passifloras were labeled wrong also. The one on the left is P. Belotti, also called P. x Alatocaerulea, and the one on the right is P. Caerulea.
Antoinette, the P. Morifolia has little flowers. If you don't look hard, you might miss them! The fruit is decorative as it hangs on the vine but non-edible. Here's mine:
Thank you CLare, now I know to keep my eyes peeled.. Also, there was a visitor on my passion vine today. Do they eat the plant leaves or is it the caterpillar only that eats the leaves?
Here's another photo of it, I was really close to it, but don't know how to enlarge on my camera yet. It stayed a good ten minutes and then I guess they are afraid of bees and birds, cuz when they showed up, the butterfly left.
Guord, I grow lots of different passionflowers. The caerulea was my first and got me hooked. Most of mine die down in the winter and come back in the spring. Except for my edulis, which only got a little leaf burn. I have some edulis rooting now if you need some. Watch out for those cats! The gulf frits ate my caerulea down to nothing. They didnt bother the belotti, vitafolia, ruby glow, quadrangularis, edulis but they sure munched down on the others. How is your hawaiian woodrose?
Hi rylaff,
My hawaiian woodrose is doing fine, I put it outside and it is growing, but very slowly, because of the weather going from warm to cold and back again. Is your's still growing at that fast rate they were going?
I would love edulis. Do you mean that I have to be careful of the Caterpillars or the Butterfly itself? I managed to root some Incense if you want some, and can try to root some of that caerulea too, let me know. I also sowed the seeds you sent me, nothing up yet.
My woodrose has slowed down too.
The butterflies will lay eggs on the leaves. The cats will eat them down to nothing. They will re-emerge either that season or the next.
My caerulea is back and doing well.
I do have incense, one of my favorites. The cats like it too.
If the seeds dont come up for you, let me know. I am sure I will have some incarnata suckers at some point.
Hi Antoinette,
Rylaff is correct that the butterflies lay eggs on the leaves, and some of those become catepillars, which will hatch into more butterflies. I had lots of butterflies in my garden last summer. I grow plants specifically to attract them. I hardly noticed any leaf damage on my Passifloras from the catepillars -- just a few eaten leaves here and there. I love your arbor.
I just dug up Morifolia and Amethystina and moved them to a different trellis; so I now have P. Lady Margaret, P. Edulis, P. Belotti, and P. Mollissima on this trellis:
