Rooting Lady Margaret

Hello All, my Passion flower grew very well this sumer no blooms :(...so I brought her in for the winter. Now I am geting lots of bright green new growth.So my ? is will I have trouble rooting them? This is my first try with PF so I am not sure.
Thanks :*)
Kim

Kim, I am new at it also. Gordo is the one to ask, and she most likely will be along soon. Good luck.

Ok,Thanks Jordan.
:*)

I have had the easiest time rooting the lady margaret. Perlite with potting soil, heat mat.

Chris

Thanks Chris :)
I will give a try.

Kim

I used to stink at cutting rooting but the first ones I tried that I already had growing plants of was my violacea and then my Lady MArgaret. I got others from Passiflora Society meeting that also took amazing enough but not a good percent from what i originally had. At the beginning, maybe 1 of every 6 I root works. Now my percent is maybe 1 of every 3 root. Getting better I guess. Have to try more as we are putting up a fence so trying to get more rooted up and growing strong before the spring.

Chris

I will try to root 6, if 2 take i will be happy. now if the mother plant blooms this spring or summer :*) I will be thrilled!!

Kim

Howdy!

P. Lady Margaret is one of my favorites!
Unfortunately, it is also one of the toughest Passies to root. I would suggest semi-woody cuttings in a 50/50 mix of good potting soil and Perlite.
Keep moist, not too wet. Use rooting hormone.
Place the cuttings (make a lot of them) in a 4" pot, then place the whole shebang in a big ziplock bag.
It should take about 6 weeks.
You might want to add a bit of fungicide to the mix as well.
Make sure to open the z-bag if the cuttings look as if they might mildew.
Otherwise, best of luck!

Hello to you Gordo!!
How timely,I was just looking at Lady Margaret and wondering how long to make the cuttings.
When you say a lot ...how many should i put in a 4" pot?
Thanks :*)

Cuttings should have three to four nodes.
Twenty in a 4" pot is about right.
If three survive, you are doing very well.

Wow Gordo that is a lot!
I am going to get them in a pot in the morning.
Thanks so much.
:) Kim

You're very welcome. :-)

WOnder why I can kill everything else but LAdy MArgaret I can root the easiest. Wierd!!

:-)

I am getting ready to start some Lady Margaret seeds. Any tips? I tried last summer and never got any seedlings.

I did manage to keep 2 seedlings off of my Passiflora incarnata that I started. So far I haven't killed them.

Regarding Lady Margaret seeds, make sure you stratify them. I have found that incarnata seeds from the northern parts of the range require a cold treatment to germinate. Since Lady Margaret is half incarnata, the seeds may need it as well. I have had good results by soaking them in water for a couple of days, then placing them in moist potting mix in the refrigerator for a couple of months before moving them onto a heating mat. It likely will not take that long, and they may not even need it at all, but the seeds are so rare, I really have not wanted to risk trying any other method.

Kim and Peggy, I have faith in both of you!!! ♥

Everytime I work from home I don't :*) I just looked at my cuttings and some seem to have taken!
It has been about 4 weeks...now what?

You can do it!!!! ♥

Oh, Happy Birthday, again, Peggy!

Happy Birthday Peggy!!!

Thanks guys.

You bet, Peggy!