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Passion Flower query
SnowflakeSusie
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Today is mine and my husbands 4th Wedding Anniversary and the UK anniversary is 'Fruit & Flowers', therefore the Passion Flower was the perfect gift. We have a beautiful well established plant in a pot...however, now what?
The weather isn't great so I'm concerned about losing it early on. We do have a nice sheltered yard with a nice big wall which is where I intended on placing it so it could grow up it with some guidance. Will it be ok in a new pot if it has good drainage or does it need to be in the ground?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
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Some passion flowers are hardier than others SS. Do you know which one it is?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Snow, I had a small passion flower a few years ago,it was in a 12" pot ,either the frost cracked the pot or it broke through the pot into the the most rubbish soil and loved it, anyway after 2 years it was over 20 feet long entirely covered a wall and an iron fence and was full of delicious orange colored fruit,,however to move from the house i had to saw it down, as they age they are a very tough plant and with a little control make a wonder full display so i would keep it protected for the winter the after the last frost into your chosen spot, keep an eye on it you might be surprised at the speed it travels up the wall, you will need Strong wiring and fastenings, have a look at this from Joe Swift
http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/planting/how-to-plant-a-passion-flower/228.html good luck, i now have a new one in full flower beutifull
I have grown one in every house I have lived in and have never lost one to bad weather. That said I have always grown the most common ones. They are hardier than you think. I think I would plant it (but Im no expert).
It's a standard Passiflora Caerulea and just looking at the tag it does say that it will be fine in a pot. Fingers crossed! Thanks for all your help, I really appreciate it.
It will be more contained in a pot. They tend to wander a bit in the ground.
I think that one is the hardiest
In the sticks near Peterborough
They more than wander a bit in the ground. I had to yank mine because it was turning into the bully of all time, popping up all over the place. Even now, four years later, it still reappears. Mine, in the ground, coped with frost, snow, everything.