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By Meanie


Will it, or won't it? (Pasiflora alata)

My Passiflora alata is getting close, but will the cold weather cause it to drop before it blooms?



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Tantalizing : )

11 Sep, 2012

 

can you put a bag round it to protect it?

11 Sep, 2012

 

More than I can say Steve!

It'll have to take its chances Sticki............There's always next year!

11 Sep, 2012

 

My guess is it will make it this year! Good thing you don't live near fort William, they are forecast snow this week!!

11 Sep, 2012

 

Who mentioned the s word?...........please dont go there, we are just having our summer here now!!
It will be fine Meanie, trust me lol

11 Sep, 2012

 

Sorry DD!

11 Sep, 2012

 

Your forgiven........

11 Sep, 2012

 

Sticki - you're bad!!!! No snow this year.

I hope that you're right DD as it's like a mini P.quadrangularis.............

12 Sep, 2012

 

i know im bad meanie!!! but it was true ~ i have the forecast for fort william on my google page! [tonight is due to be 1 degree!!]

has it come open today meanie?

12 Sep, 2012

 

Nope - several days away yet I reckon.................

12 Sep, 2012

 

the sun is now out here [too late to be on my garden though] and its blue sky but 2 minutes ago it was throwing rain down by the bucket load ~ hope you have sun there!!!

12 Sep, 2012

 

It comes and goes. Actually I need some rain!

12 Sep, 2012

 

have some of this !!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12 Sep, 2012

 

It's here!

12 Sep, 2012

 

magic!!!

trouble is ~ its STILL here!!!

12 Sep, 2012

 

I hope it opens for you. There's a while before the winter yet.

12 Sep, 2012

 

Done here after just half an hour Sticki...........

Me too Hywel, although when I bought it I knew that it needed a good summer to do well.

12 Sep, 2012

 

stopped here now but its cold and dark

12 Sep, 2012

 

Pricking out Canarina canariensis (google it) to pass the time, so hadn't noticed.

12 Sep, 2012

 

oh lovely, canary island bell flower? have you been to the canaries?

12 Sep, 2012

 

A few times!

12 Sep, 2012

 

never been

do you choose your holiday destinations according to which plants they grow ~ or how hot it will be?

12 Sep, 2012

 

We have to compromise on how hot - if it was up to me it'd be the far east!

12 Sep, 2012

 

i think im an arm chair traveller! if it was up to me i would be exploring each and every one of those scottish islands on the west coast!

12 Sep, 2012

 

Too damned cool for me!!

Need to get away soon, but having to be careful with money a bit since the move. New boiler has just cost an arm and a leg!

12 Sep, 2012

 

cool and windy ~ so windy there are no trees!!!

maybe last minute dot com have some bargains?

12 Sep, 2012

 

Next year when I can get what I want...............

13 Sep, 2012

 

Canarina Canariensis was growing happily in Le Jardin des Plantes Keith! Any sign of that flower yet?

13 Sep, 2012

 

Nowt yet Karen.................

13 Sep, 2012

 

Meanie:

That's amazing! Does P.quadrangularis grow there? I thought it was the most tropical of the Passiflora species.

14 Sep, 2012

 

Stickitoffee:

That's unbelievable! Snow, already? I don't know where Fort William is located...but it seems awful COLD!

The forecasted high here tomorrow is for 100ºF/38ºC. Yuck!!!

14 Sep, 2012

 

P.quadrangularis grow s here under heated glass - I've posted a few shots of the one at Oxfords botanic gardens.

14 Sep, 2012

 

Yes, I do remember those pics. So, it only grow under glass. I kind of figured. I know it grows here...however, it only grows well in Southern California...Northern California is too cold for it in winter.

14 Sep, 2012

 

I have found some seed for P.quadrangularis in a sale - may order them just for the hell of it!

14 Sep, 2012

 

Go for it : )

14 Sep, 2012

 

Do I need a Passionflower growing the front room though Stevie???

14 Sep, 2012

 

Well why not, could bring alot of pleasure : )

14 Sep, 2012

 

Not too sure that TV's and hifi's would appreciate the high humidity and heavy misting required to keep it happy!

14 Sep, 2012

 

Delonix ~ Fort William is north west Scotland, very near to Glen Coe and over looked by Scotland's highest mountain Ben Nevis!

http://www.visit-fortwilliam.co.uk/

never mind meanie ~ you could watch the passionflowers instead of the tv!! [it does repeats and series too, i believe, but they are better than tv repeats]

14 Sep, 2012

 

Stickitoffee:

Fort William looks like a beautiful, lush green place. It looks very cold, though. I can't even imagine such cold when it's 11:00 a.m. and already 98ºF (37ºC).

14 Sep, 2012

 

and they probably cant imagine 98º !!! i expect its one of the coldest places in the UK?
but it is an evocative and stunning location!

14 Sep, 2012

 

Rarely watch TV anyway Sticki..............

15 Sep, 2012

 

I had a feeling that would be the case! I wouldn't miss the tv but I would miss my computer!

15 Sep, 2012



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