ambrch Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I picked up a passion flower at Lowe's this summer and it has been blooming beautifully ever since....(in the ground by my clothesline)! Now, with fall approaching, what do I do with it? It has vined its way around things and I would have to cut it back to bring it in......suggestions please? I went a little crazy at the clearance racks this summer and have many plants in the ground. I tried to pick cold hardy plants, but others were too irresistable... I would not turn away any suggestions on how to winter over some of these plants. ;D It sounded like a wonderful idea at the time, but now I have to mark them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Bring the passion flower in and treat it like a house plant. Cut it back as necessary. It is usually a good idea to trim back tropical plants that have been outside before you bring them in because you are losing roots when you dig them up. Reducing the top keeps them from wilting or losing leaves. Since the plants have been in the soil it is important to get them into pots while the weather is still good. Dig them up and remove as much of the garden soil as you can without destroying the roots. This is kind of a compromise here. Because indoor conditions are great for the multiplication of bacteria and fungi we try to keep soil conditions as sterile as possible. You can't do this completely because your plants have been in the ground but do get them into good potting soil. I'd leave them outside in the shade until they recover from the transplant and then bring them in. If any of your non-hardy purchases are bulbs or tubers you can wait until after the first frost, dig them and store then according to their requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambrch Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 Thanks! Can you take starts from the existing plant? This thing is still blooming...it's a purple and white flower, some of the runners are 8ft long. I will go get new potting soil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Apparently it's better to take cuttings in the Spring, but if you have a huge sunny window, you may be able to fool it. Seeds seem doable but very difficult. http://www.passiflora-uk.co.uk/passion-flower-growing.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Thanks! Can you take starts from the existing plant? This thing is still blooming...it's a purple and white flower, some of the runners are 8ft long. I will go get new potting soil... Wow! Yours did a lot better than mine which is still trying to recover from a bad bout of mealy bug. I've never tired rooting them but I'd say take some actively growing shoots with 3 or 4 leaf nodes. Take the leaves off the first node and stick it into something that is sterile (potting soil, vermiculite). Do this in a container like the ones that you get take home in with the clear plastic lids. Water it and put the lid on. Keep it in good light but not in the sun. It will probably root since the plant is in such active growth and this method works for most things. Just for the heck of it put some in water. A lot of things will root in water. Let me know what works. I might try mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambrch Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 I brought that bugger in and it is still blooming! I put some in water but the cat hit it and it spilled to the floor. Nothing is sacred ... :-/ I pick off any leaves that look eaten from the J.B.'s.......I will keep you up to date....hopefully it won't die! it's beautiful when it blooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I picked up two from a sale rack last year. There were no tags. On the way home I dropped one off at a friend's house. I had a sneaking suspicion that it was a passion vine and when mine bloomed it confirmed it. Friend says hers is blooming away. Mine is a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambrch Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 Here is a picture of my passion flower (this was taken in August and it is still blooming!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I bought another purple one and saw a red one today, so they both came home with me. I really like these plants. The purple one is full of flower buds ready to pop open!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 They are beautiful and when I was trying to identify the one I bought I saw that they came in many different colors. Mine is finally getting a few new leaves. I hope it makes a full recovery when it can go outside. You know that the name refers to the Passion of Christ. The early missionaries used the structure of the flower to explain the Crucifixion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slk59 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Who has them for sale here? (DuBois) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 They usually have them at Lowes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I got mine at the Valley Rainbow in Weedville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 here is a pic of mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Passiflora caerulea the blue passion flower. Pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 my red passion flower bloomed today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 The intricacy of this flower is unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambrch Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 I need another one. I re-potted mine and it withered up and died. Where can I get one????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Watch the sales at Lowes. They usually have them at one time or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelnut Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Beautiful! Hubby says that now that I'm getting into perrenials, I want everything that I see... he may be right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheobe Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Beautiful! Hubby says that now that I'm getting into perrenials, I want everything that I see... he may be right! When I first started gardening and planting perrenials, my Grandmother told me: The first year they sleep; The second year they creep; and The third year they leap. I love it when they "leap"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 My daylilies are "leaping". Prairie Blue Eyes which was just a start a couple of years age has a bunch of flowers. I also found a raspberry and wine colored one that I have no idea where I got. Most of the specially bred ones that we were given are starting to bloom. They will be fabulous next year. The pink double from Bluestone Perennials is also blooming. It is pretty but not near as ruffly as the old orange double that I have. It is more like a triple or quadruple. I divided some of my tetraploids and the new ones are flowering better than the old clumps. I'm convinced that you can get as many flowers on a 3 year old daylily as you can in a big clump. I think they love to be divided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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