Passion Flowers

The passion flowers and the grapes are growing all together in our Wintergarten. The passion flower is an El Cheapo one bought about 3 years ago in Aldi for about ââ??¬1.49. It did well last year and this year it is going mad.

 

I have 2 of those one on the fence and 1 climbing up my traccy, they stay evergreen for me too with having south facing sheltered jungle.

 

Beautiful, Sis. That's the P caerulea or Blue Passion Flower. Mine is driving me mad sending shoots up all over hell's half acre. Mine was a cutting from the IoW.

The Victoria is taking a rest at the moment (as I should be) barring the odd flower here and there.

 

Kedi, thats a rampant one for under glass.
LoL, "victoria" is just the opposite for me, very slow outside but well behaved under glass. :D

 

Do yours stay outside all year round TO?

Ours has sent a shoot up elsewhere in the WG Sis, so if it gets out of hand we will have to do something drastic like uproot it. It would be a pity though. Your Victoria bloomed for a very long time so it deserves a rest.

 

Uprooting it will not help .. it leaves bits of roots that then go all over hell's half acre, whether you like it or not. I would definitely not uproot it because I fear you'll have it everywhere like me ... not nice in odd places.

pete, maybe I should be under glass! :rolleyes:

 

:eek: I've just planted one on a trellis next to... my veg patch! I wouldn't really welcome rogue passion flower sprouts in that, was this a bad idea? I think it's a white one though, hopefully that's less rampant... Yours looks lovely anyway Kedi-Gato

 

Thank you Claire. Let's hope yours doesn't go beserk.

 

I have just pulled a dozen rogues from between the paving slabs in the pergola, in the flower border in front and various other places, some a metre tall! :eek: I do this several times a week.

The Victoria is in a cement planter so she doesn't go out of control. :D

I don't know if all have this bad habit or just the caerulea.

 

Cross pollenated "Victoria" with caerulea a week or so ago, I wonder what I will get from this pod.

 

That will be interesting to see, pete, as my Victoria and caerulea are mingling together on their own so I don't need to cross pollinate.

 

Do you get seed pods on the victoria?
I dont think the vic has any pollen, so it can only cross with the caerulea in that case, the caerulea I think is self fetile.

 

I've only had Victoria since October and so far no seed pods that I've seen. The two are intertwining on the trellis ... along with the Cobaea which is taking over everythin

 

You cant help keep taking pictures of such amazing flowers, can you Kedi?

Is it just me, or are passion flowers not the "IN" plant at the moment.
A couple of years ago they were everywhere for sale, this year its only the hardy ones that I can find.