Hi @punkdoc; thank you for getting back to me. I think (?!) mine looks to be the 'usual' variety (if you know what I mean?!) and from what I can tell, mine is a hardier version...I do hope so! I will keep a very close eye on it and if I'm concerned I shall give it some protection when frosts are due. Thank you.
Hi @Hostafan1; thanks for your reply. Ah, yours is persistent too, from the sounds of it?! Fingers crossed mine is the same. This is reassuring, so thank you very much for that.
Hi @Hostafan1; thanks for your reply. Ah, yours is persistent too, from the sounds of it?! Fingers crossed mine is the same. This is reassuring, so thank you very much for that.
It will come back in no time and it grow like wild fire in next spring. Tough old plants they are. I have two and both flowered like mad and bearing lots of fruits , not edible but striking colour. good luck.
Mine just appeared one year, then went from very healthy to very yellow for a couple of years, and died. I chopped the huge stem to the ground in late spring. It's about 6ft tall now. 😄
The only thing I can think of which caused it, and a lot of my other plants to go yellow, is that there was a black walnut growing there, and their roots can see off other plants with chemicals. Anyone else experienced the same?
Hi @dpatel2130; thank you very much for your reply. That's reassuring to know, thank you. It was just such a drastic haircut that my husband carried out; that along with the fact that I don't really know anything about them, then I kept reading the best time to cut them back was in Spring, so you can understand my concern! (Next year I'll be on here asking how you get rid of it, mine will have come back like a triffid?! No, I'm joking, I don't want to get rid of it at all; I'll perhaps buy a nice obelisk for it to train around). Thank you for your reply and reassurance.
Hi @Slow-worm; thanks for your reply. It's encouraging to know that your passion flower came back from the apparent dead; that must have been a nice surprise for you? I don't know anything about black walnut trees I'm afraid but it certainly sounds as though its roots could have caused such a problem with your passion flower (and other plants). I'm sure someone on here will be able to tell you with more certainty than I can! Thank you for getting back to me.
Oh god yes I was chuffed when I saw it coming back, and did a little happy squeak! It's only 3 stems, but it even had two flowers on it a few weeks ago! So if yours is a standard one it'll be back to cheer you soon enough, and hubby has probably even done it a favour. 😁
I brought back a 12 inch cutting from my daughters garden, cut it in three lengthwise and stuck each bit in water. All three pieces have sprouted roots. Looks like they have a very strong survival instinct. I’d always assumed that they were exotic and delicate, and would struggle to grow here in the UK.
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The only thing I can think of which caused it, and a lot of my other plants to go yellow, is that there was a black walnut growing there, and their roots can see off other plants with chemicals. Anyone else experienced the same?
It's only 3 stems, but it even had two flowers on it a few weeks ago! So if yours is a standard one it'll be back to cheer you soon enough, and hubby has probably even done it a favour. 😁