Passion Flower - "White Lightning"

Thats a lovely one Meanie my favourite hence my name on another garden site Passiflora, you ll have to keep this one indoors not hardy.

Because it's not hardy?
It's the first flower I remember seeing! It rather frightened me, but then again I was only 3!

Yes there are only certain ones Lulu that are hardy I ve tried most of them and the only one I find successful year after year is Cearulea, you can have them flowering indoors in conservetary, or with a lamp they say Lavenderlady is hardy I ve had two died over winter the other white one too they say is hardy for got its name lol.

Thanks 6d - it should be ok huddled up in the garage I think..........
Which is why I've been resisting Lulu!
Still, it's not as tender as Sues which she got from Devon;

http://www.passionflow.co.uk/images/passiflora-antioquiensis-flower.jpg

No Meanie they need light at least 4 hours a day you can get special bulbs with a lamp.

The garage has a window.......
Sues P.caerulea used to die back in the winter, this is the same species, just a different variety. What do you think?

Yes they die back just mulch the top of the pot even if you ve putting into the garage for a bit of frost protection, they like to be feed with tomatoe feed or skin of bannan chopped up a little in the earth Potasium, if you trail around not straight up you ll get more flowers but don't over feed as you might not get many flowers.

Ah, goodo!
The garage is pretty ok in the winter - everything sits on several layers of carpet offcuts and newspaper huddled around the airbrick. Plus, the boiler flue goes out through the garage now too, which should make it even better over the winter.

Thats good then but it does like the light even if not in flower that I do know.

Do they take from cuttings?

That looks great :))))

This will give you not only the cuttings but info about the plant too Meanie hope it helps you :o))

http://www.passiflora-uk.co.uk/passion-flower-growing.htm

Thank you Paul!

Thanks 6d!

:o)) Your welcome take note even in conservetary it said to keep roots warm.

:)))))

You are very brave!!!

That is beautiful Meanie. I can't wait for my Passiflora actinia to bloom. I hope soon, the plant is now nice and big and the leaves are so big and shinny.

Thanks 6d for all the information.

Your welcome Alexnadramc :o))

Thank you Alexandra!
Yours looks like a beaut!

thats a lovely passion flower... : O ))

Thank you Holly!

Passiflora Caerulea 'Constance Elliot' is the hardy white one. I had it in my garden here, but took it out as I wasn't keen on the white flowers, prefer the blue caerulea.

This is supposedly hardy down to minus 5 or 8 degrees......

I have 'Caerulea' blue and 'Constance Elliot', new this year.....I intended to leave them outside with a mulch....But last winter we had -16 a few times...:<(

Moti - check this site out for all the info you may need!

http://www.passionflow.co.uk/index.htm

Fabulous - it's worth it for the photos!

that's really rather nice Meanie,

Thank you Sticki and Surreylad!

Ive got the Constance Elliott too..I was thinking of the greenhouse for winter altho really hoping it would survive in the ground..oh dear, what to do!

I'm new to Passiflora, but from what I've discovered they'll grow quite well in fairly small pots if fed regularly, so mine is in the garage for winter!

I can understand Meanie .They are just irressistable

The P. antioquensis is setting flower buds now - that is something to look forward to!