The last Ruby Glow, Lavender Lady, Blue Horizon, Vitifolia, Blue Bouquet,Victoria, and Coral Seas.
This week in my Passiflora Land
Lavender Lady
Blue Horizon
Vitifolia
Blue Bouquet
Victoria
Coral Seas
The nice part is that only Ruby is done for the winter. That's the sad part too.
Here is my ruby, daytime though....
Just a lovely show. Thanks. I may have to find me a Ruby Glow! LOL
Daytime Ruby Glow
drooling...............lol
WOW!!
See you know how to work your camera- I still don't. Been too busy. :-(
I think I'm going to have to order Ruby next spring. Great pictures. I hate it when winter starts its approach. I hope you will have pictures all winter for us.
Thanks for the photos - they are lovely!
Beautiful!
Glorious blooms!
So pretty!
they are all lovely, but Vitifolia is my favorite,
I'm in awe of Ruby Glow. I only have one passiflora, which I bought in a pot. What is the best way to acquire new ones--by seed or by ordering the plant?
In San Jose go to the biggest nursery in the Bay Area and pick out what you want. You can ask me also. What zone are you in. This is a nice one if you're not too cold. Vitifolia. I bought the Ruby in Carmel Valley at Valley Hills Nursery 1-831-624-3482. That's a cool daytrip for you. They have hummers and spyhnx moths and lots of plants.
Vitifolia's buds are almost as pretty as the flower.
Their great red color sets them apart from other passis.
Is ruby glow hard to grow?
I love it and want to order it but I swear I've heard some people say its hard to grow
(it would have to be in a pot)
Very hard. I got 2 blooms all year. I don't think it will take the cold 25-27f here, we'll see. If you can take it in for the winter it should work. Mine is in a pot.
I'm in the same zone as you, monterey. It sounds like you'd recommend the vitifolia as being an easier plant to grow?
Beautiful blooms, Rich. I don't think your P. alata "Ruby Glow" will survive freezing temps and below. I would cut it back and bring it in before temps reach the 30's.
P. alata "Ruby Glow" is a good grower and easy to grow, but if you live anywhere below Zone 10, you need to grow it in a large container and bring it in for the winter. I think this is my favorite passiflora because of its fragrance. My vine is in the ground here, and the vines start to drop leaves and die back when temps start reaching the 40's at night. It look pretty terrible in the winter here outside, but it comes back nicely in the spring.
Clare- Will I need to bring mine inside?
I have loads of buds still coming on and it is in a pot. We get a lot of ocean air.....
Daisy, yours will be fine outside. You may see some leaf drop and some vines die back, but don't trim off the dead vines until spring. They offer some cold protection to the rest of the vine. Your vine will start to noticeably put on new growth during the spring and summer before flowering again in the fall. You'll probably get flowers earlier next year.
Thank you, Clare!
Its going to be 45 tonight here! Bet you have that too!
Beautiful Blooms!!! My passies have been cut back and are under grow lights for the winter.
Where do you buy Ruby? I have standard purple vines. Can you take cuttings from these to root?
Bluegrass, P. alata "Ruby Glow" is available in local nurseries here, but it is also available through many mail order nurseries like Logee's. Rooting cuttings of this one can be challenging, but it can be done with warm temperatures and lots of humidity. Logee's: http://www.logees.com/store/
Thanks for the link. I have never seen any type sold in KY.
I want to get a passion vine for my patio as I have a spot for it with a lattice. The pot would be on the patio but the vines would grow to the outside of the lattice here in Tucson Az. We get 100 plus temp in summer and some freezing in winter. Should I put it next to door where it won't grow to the elements? Even then, if it gets freezing, would I have to bring it inside in winter? and what a job that would be. Which is the most fragrant passion vine? Can you smell it from a distance???
Only1joanie, so much depends upon what passiflora you have and what zone you are in. There are passifloras that can withstand colder temperatures, and there are passifloras which are considered tropical or subtropical and which will die below 45. Some passifloras will be killed back to the ground but come back from the roots in the spring.
Logee's has a great selection of vines, but you will have to do some research about which ones are cold hardy and which ones are not. Try checking out the Plants Database for hardiness information. Here's a link to Logee's: http://www.logees.com/store/ Here's a link to the Plants Database: http://davesgarden.com/pdb/search.php?search_text=passiflora+passion+flower
Heat isn't usually a problem, and some thrive on it. Cold is usually what does a passiflora in. If you wanted to keep growing it then, yes, you would have to bring it inside for the winter assuming you get a cold-sensitive one.
As for the most fragrant, that is a tough one. The most popular fragrant ones are Passiflora belotii, also called Passiflora alatocaerulea, and Passiflora Alata "Ruby Glow." You can smell both from a distance. Other fragrant ones include Passiflora Incense, Passiflora serrato-digitata, Passiflora helleri, Passiflora sprucei, Passiflora cincinnata, and I'm sure there are others that I am forgetting.
Gorgeous flowers! What a collection you have. I love passion fruit. When I was growing up (long time ago in a land far away...), I never paid attention to the blooms....now I can't get enough of the passion flower.
Thank you for sharing.