This is one of the slowest growing passifloras I've ever had. It grows up into a brugmansia and never gets heavy enough to bother it.
Jeanette is blooming
Very pretty!
Pretty. Mine grew like crazy this year, but didn't bloom very well. Actually, none of mine bloomed like they should. Maybe our cool summer???
That might have been why Brugie. Mine are just now recovering from the move and freezing on the way down here.
Very nice Cala.
very pretty!
This one is very pretty Susie. I am glad that you are seeing your passiflora recover from the move and bloom for you. I sure wish I was better at rooting cuttings of these. As of yet, I have not got one to root for me, and I have tried many times. . . lol
Very pretty,grew one a few years back loves the heat,my flowers were never as big as yours,so it really must like were it is growing.
Frannie, the cuttings root better if taken in either spring or fall. Take a tip cutting with three leaves(not counting the new one coming out at the tip), cut right below a node(to seal the stem) and remove all except the new leaf at the top. Dip in rooting hormone, stick in rooting medium and keep warm. Takes about 4-6 weeks to get a good root system.
Very nice Susie!
It sure is cool to compare notes with growers everywhere. This was my 1st year with that passie, isn't that Lavender Lady? Man I had the best luck with this 1. Clare was kind enough to send me a few shoots of it last spring and I think I had 5 of 5 root for me. I cut those into even more and that's the tuffest Passie of my collection. It's the only 1 that still has a bloom on it today and we've had several frosts already. I sure hope it can make it through our winters here, I left 1 or 2 outdoors to see what happens. It's also the only 1 that thrived no matter where it was planted, full sun, partial shade, full shade etc. and just did great everywhere.
Don't be hard on yourselves when it comes to rooting cuttings of passion flowers. I go to extremes(or that's what most say) using rooting hormone gel, oasis cubes, heat mats, keep them under flouresent lights covered with humidity domes and spray them daily with a maxicrop foliar solution. I know it sounds like alot but once you get it all down, man it sure is worth the trouble. I get around 98% to root and many in less than 2 weeks. It was the only way I could make certain I could expand my plant collection w/o having to hunt all over the state for the rare occasion that a store happens to have 1 or 2 for sale. I love being able to have a friend mail me a few tips from across the country and propogate those into several plants, it sure saves a fortune in cash too. I do this with all kinds of plants early every spring so my wife can fill her flower beds with my plants rather than spend hundreds of dollars each year like she has in the past. Now we end up with enough seedlings and cuttings to share them with friends and family.
If anyone wants more details on how we do this, we started a thread last winter called "Rooting Passiflora's" I believe. There are several pictures and notes from atleast 3 of our friends here that all started with the same cuttings using different methods to compare and share notes.
Well I've rambled on again for a page full. Good luck all and thanks for the picture.
JD
No, this one is Jeanette, the flower is a little different from Lavender Lady and the growth habit and leaves are completely different.