Passiflora Caerulea

Hi Grandmage. Don't know what happened earlier, but I wrote the blog, then had to edit it because one of my pics was missing. When I re-did it, the title was Clematis. Haven't a clue how that happened. Started to read your comment, and blog dissappeared. Think I must have hit delete button. Sorry, only read something about you pruning hard...... missed the rest. Lol.

thanx for this linda, i didnt realise the stems got so big, wow, but i do like them so will be keeping mine and training it, also keeping under control to, thanx again ;o))

Very informative, linda I had no idea they grew large, the flowers are so attractive what a pity they dont last longer, a litle like the Day lilies you wait so long and they have been and gone in a flash.ow ld is your Passin flower Linda?

Thanx both. At a guess Pansy about 7 or 8 yr old. First one we had we lost, Hubby insisted on getting another one. It does get wild sometimes, and I'm not that caring with it. If there's a piece in my way I just give it a yank. Sand, what you are looking at now is all this years growth, I meant to take another pic for you to see how far back we cut it. :o))

thort i take a peek to .omg that is big , sons lost theres to snow ,dont think its doing much now ,will have to ck. but i allso love it so its staying lol xx

This does my head in sometimes. It's living on borrowed time. Lol. I've even tried giving it to the neighbour next door by chucking the shoots over the fence, and hoping it will attatch itself to her side for good. Lol. No such luck, it just keeps shooting more my side Lol.:o))

I have this passionflower growing really well..I only planted it a few months ago and have had up to 6 flowers open up for me at the same time so I guess I am really lucky..It is a shame they don't last long though...I didn't know they grew so big either :-)

I had one of these 'Monsters' outside my front door when I moved in, It was lovely and used to be covered in flowers but far too vigorous and spent most of it's time trying to come inside the house. The stems could grow 1ft in a couple of days so It had to go. I have recently planted one in my back garden where it can rampage away :-))

i can imagine linda as mine has shot up this year after looking dead, so if it survives winter its going to go mad next year, garden string and trellis at the ready lol

It will go beserk cazz if not kept in line. I know exactly what you mean Annella, mine makes a bee line for my kitchen window. Lol. Well Sand, I'm glad it's not just me who knows what they're growing habits are like. :o))

thanx both, will keep it in check, its at the back of garden so should be ok there, not in the way of anything ;o))

Think I was saying Linda LL, that I pruned mine really hard last year and thought I had killed it !! But no, it has grown back and looks lovely, however I am going to do the same thing next spring, prune it really hard and see if it grows back again, think they need to be kept in check !!

Most definately Grandmage. Thankyou for replying to my plea Lol. Was having a bad time of it last night, as I had to take my Spaniel Scamp to be put to sleep, so my head was on another planet. Still don't know where 1st blog went, must have deleted it. Yes Mage I prune mine really hard and it still comes back to haunt me Lol. :o))

Sorry to hear about 'scamp', bless, you must be feeling down. Will you get another dog now?

linda im so sorry about scamp, must be so hard to think on here today,i know how i felt when i had angelina put to sleep last year, always say "never again" but ive got casper now, thinking of you ;o) x

Oh Linda Im so sorry to hear about Scamp know just how you must be feeling, we had to have our Polly put down this time last year and Im still very tearful when I think of her. You just need the time now to help you come terms with your loss. its so very hard , Will be thing of you, Take care love Carole xx

arhh linda reall really sorry 2 hear that hun. my best frend charlie girl was put to sleep last oct as well. the hardest desion i have ever made . so fully understand wot u are going thro. google rainbow bridge, and see if that helps . it helped me loads as i felt there was somewhere i cud go to greave. ,you can put a mess on there and ur frends 2 wth little storys bt ur pet. its so lovely i still miss my king charles she was 14 ,they are in ur hearts 4 ever. i have rosie pup now . but u never 4 get. thinking of you take care. xxxxx

Thankyou Grandmage, Sand, Pansy and Cristina. I'm ok. Thankyou all for your lovely comments. We already have a puppy. I did a blog when we got her a couple of weeks ago. There is a pic of Scamp and Mali the puppy on there, both laying on the lawn facing each other. I just felt he'd suffered enough and he'd started to get grouchy with everyone. I couldn't take a chance with him doing anything I'd regret, especially with the granddaughter, :o(

Lovely blog Linda your pictures are so colourful. We welsh know how to take a good picture......lol ;-)

You obviously moved away then, Richard? Thanx for your lovely comment. :o))

Yes moved to Leicestershire in 1983 Linda ;-)