Passion and grape vine communicating

nice one! wonder what language they use?

A very beautiful photo.

cheers Gm : )
still a couple of flowers in there, and plenty of buds

i have two out in my garden!

wow congrats, just need a bit of sub the open the last ones

might have to pick the last few buds if they dont look like opening? do you think they would open indoors in a jar of water?

I have two open in my grden too Sticki! ah bless.

have you ever tried picking them GM?

Noo I havnt to tell the truth! But there is always a first time, might pop one in the freezer to see if it will last til christmas!

the one that is out now has lasted a week!! but its just closing up now, when it was warmer they were lasting a day

can you freeze flowers?

I have frozen roses before and they looked lovely on the christmas table! I have popped my passion flower in the freezer, dabbed it with kitchen roll and its in a loc n loc box, will let you know how it fares :)

ok, hope it works, thats fabulous, didnt know you could do that

I'd try anything once Sticki!! The flowers dont last long after being thawed out but for one day.............

i will have to wait till the next one opens now! need a bit of sun

Hopefully we will have a little soon, I have two more flowers in bud, it has waited until far too late to grow, silly plant.

www.passionflow.co.uk
Stevie, found this website, you may like to have a look, very interesting!

wow GM ~ look at this photo

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

interesting stuff

ah looks good thanks, will take a look. I was thinking of spraying some flowers with maybe a resin and keep them for display

Do they use glycerin to preserve flowers in?

We used glycerin once, you have to let the flowers draw it up and then they last for quite a long time, not sure if you can still purchase glycerin these days (elf & safe etc) take a look at this too:
http://www.passionflow.co.uk/passion-flower-passiflora-science.htm

I'll investigate, I think if you found a very stable method then flower arrangers n the like would love em

but if no method of preserving is to be found looks like we will all have to get a polytunnel!

Good idea Sticki :)