Hardy Passiflora (made in Italy)

Hi all
when i say hardy passiflora we all thing about the commun cearulea , but no many peoples know that one of the worl experct in passiflora have hybridazed many new variety for the cold , at the moment he is the creator of more then 60 new variety , I was talking to him recently and he gave me the permission of use any of his picture for the forum
I`would like to introduce Dott. Maurizio Vecchia and just few of his hybid.

this is passiflora inspiration (not one of maurizio hibrid but hardy as well)



the plant die down in winter but will come back stronger in spring
classified root hardy at -10c ...already in my garden.

passiflora guglielmo betto



another hardy variety that will die to the ground in winter


passiflora fata confetto (sugar plums fairy)

one of the hardy of all apparently roots hardy to -18c




passiflora incarnata alba (this is a species and not an hibryd )




passiflora temptetion



similar to inspiration , got seed in germinations

passiflora clara -15c



passiflora 'Star of Subirton' classified at -8c



but please
enjoy Maurizios 30 years works with passifloras

http://www.passiflora.it/temperatureminime.htm


ps not an hardy variety but sure one of my favorite

passiflora Etna

 

They're fantastic, Sal! Does Maurizio sell plants and seed within Europe?

 

Noisette , there are few of the biggest producer of passiflora in France ....I will ask the address

 

Gorgeous! I love passifloras and it is lovely to see so many new ones.

 

Cheers, Sal I'm sooo bored with Constance Elliot

 

wait I will have a special guess soon , there are so many new species that I do lots of confusion , so I`ve invited an expert

 

If I could stay awake long enough! Quarter past midnight here, so will toddle off to bed and look forward to catching up with you both tomorrow Nighty night...

 

Hi all, It’s my first time in an English forum, so please forgive my errors….


Sal, you are right. These are several frost resistant species and hybrids. We can divide them in three group: Maurizio Vecchia’s hybrid – others hybrid – species.


The Maurizio Vecchia’s hybrid are: P. ‘Fata Confetto’, P. ‘Guglielmo Betto, P. ‘Clara’ and P. ‘Etna.

Other hybrids are: P. ‘Temptation’, P. Inspiration, P. ‘Star of Subirton’.

The specie is P. incarnata (a clear variety of P. incarnata).


I hope this will help you. Sal, thank for your invite ;-)

 

Welcome to the forum stefy and thanks!

 

Welcome to the Forum
Thanks for the info.
Nice to see some Passiflora that are hardy in Europe,and not just the usual caerulea.

 

Thanks to you. I'll follow this thread with much interest...

 

Stefy , we actually need you , to now little be more ....
please could you show more hardy variety
how to make an hybrid
what soil should we use

and please show us a bit of your amazing collection

 

Are they available to buy anywhere??

 

Hi Stefy, we certainly need a few more interesting hardy passionflowers.

My only concern regarding the ones which die down is, would a British summer be hot enough and long enough for the plant to reach a reasonable size?
And flower.

Incarnata has never made it in my garden even though it is said to be very hardy.