Looks like I am not the only one catching up on older videos. I was keen to see the progress of a passiflora, have never known anyone grow one in either this area or my former area. I have seen US videos showing passiflora growing along borders, but the growth on yours there is rampant! I am impressed! Mine is 2" tall, so I have a wait ahead of me - that's if it doesn't perish first. Brett, you have given me hope!
I'm trying to catch up on some videos because I've been busy with other stuff at this time of the year, but to be honest it's almost impossible to watch them all. I suppose I subscribe to about 140 channels, some haven't posted anything for months but some post every day lol. I have to ignore the videos that don't interest me enough or I'd literally be watching 24 hours a day 🤣🤣. That Amethyst is I believe a Caerulea cross so is quite hardy in my area but not edible. The hardiest variety and quite edible but incredibly hard to buy is the Maypop, Passiflora Incarnata. I've now succeeded in finding one. Possibly hardy to -10 and dies back to below ground level in winter. Might possibly make it in your area with some protection. I reckon it likes to be fairly dry when dormant so perhaps a sheet of perspex over the top would help.....
In a way there is nothing to lose trying to grow a passion fruit, because the vine and flowers are so beautiful in their own right; the fruit is a bonus. I have just bought seeds of Passiflora Maliformis (Sweet Calabash) and will be sowing them in time for next summer. I am a long way behind you there, but I will be crossing my fingers for anything like similar results in the future!
I love passion flowers regardless of fruit production. I gave ordered passiflora incarnata plants ( maypop ) which is both fully hardy and has beautiful flowers plus supposedly edible fruit, we shall see 🤞🤞
I do now have 2 passiflora incarnata, very challenging to grow in the uk as they die back to the ground and like to be dry in the winter months like in their native habitat but they’ve survived the first winter and are growing
Thanks for letting me know they have them as well. When I bought my amethyst it was meant to be incarnata but was mislabelled lol. I’ve ordered 2 incarnata from agroforestry research trust
Hi there, this variety is not as hardy as P. Caerulea. In the previous winter it had no damage, last winter it died back to the main stem but I’d regrowing now. I think it is hardy to -3c with no damage, maybe -5c with damage back to the main stem
Still looks the same 2 years later, flowered all last summer up to November. I just trim it back in winter to tidy it up and it has lots of new shoots appearing. I normally feature it in my once a month garden tour that I try to do around the first Sunday of each month. It might possibly have flowers on it in the June tour
@@lyonheart84 if you would like it to grow more - take off the flowers as they appear - tough to do I know as that's why you have it but I did it one year with mine and I got loads of growth....well worth it - this appears to have helped its health overall too.
@@Adrienneten lol thanks but I don't need to encourage more growth, but grew about 20 feet last year into the neighbour's garden 🤣🤣. It gets hundreds of flowers on it 🤩🤩
@@lyonheart84 brilliant. I'm hoping my supermarket one will survive in the East Midlands. Its growing rapidly and looking healthy enough. I'll stop worrying about it and see what happens. Thank you
I'll think you'll be fine, especially if you can grow it on a reasonably sunny fence or wall. I think I had some young shoots damaged by frost but they normally recover pretty quickly from lower down the stems
@@lyonheart84 I've just repositioned it onto the sunniest wall which has Reed screening. Hoping it'll attach to that and fill the wall. It has 2/3 long stems and a few smaller shoots. Should I cut the leggy ones. It was only about 6 inches a few months ago??
Looks like I am not the only one catching up on older videos. I was keen to see the progress of a passiflora, have never known anyone grow one in either this area or my former area. I have seen US videos showing passiflora growing along borders, but the growth on yours there is rampant! I am impressed! Mine is 2" tall, so I have a wait ahead of me - that's if it doesn't perish first. Brett, you have given me hope!
I'm trying to catch up on some videos because I've been busy with other stuff at this time of the year, but to be honest it's almost impossible to watch them all. I suppose I subscribe to about 140 channels, some haven't posted anything for months but some post every day lol. I have to ignore the videos that don't interest me enough or I'd literally be watching 24 hours a day 🤣🤣. That Amethyst is I believe a Caerulea cross so is quite hardy in my area but not edible. The hardiest variety and quite edible but incredibly hard to buy is the Maypop, Passiflora Incarnata. I've now succeeded in finding one. Possibly hardy to -10 and dies back to below ground level in winter. Might possibly make it in your area with some protection. I reckon it likes to be fairly dry when dormant so perhaps a sheet of perspex over the top would help.....
In a way there is nothing to lose trying to grow a passion fruit, because the vine and flowers are so beautiful in their own right; the fruit is a bonus. I have just bought seeds of Passiflora Maliformis (Sweet Calabash) and will be sowing them in time for next summer. I am a long way behind you there, but I will be crossing my fingers for anything like similar results in the future!
I love passion flowers regardless of fruit production. I gave ordered passiflora incarnata plants ( maypop ) which is both fully hardy and has beautiful flowers plus supposedly edible fruit, we shall see 🤞🤞
Nice story Lyonheart and I have to say Amethyst looks to be a really pretty, reasonably hardy variety. Good luck getting an Incanarta!
I do now have 2 passiflora incarnata, very challenging to grow in the uk as they die back to the ground and like to be dry in the winter months like in their native habitat but they’ve survived the first winter and are growing
Thank you
You're welcome
I jave a one that you an have nd its the passiflora gown from seed
That’s great, I have 5 varieties of passiflora so far, 4 are the types that hopefully have edible fruit one day 🤞
Lubera is selling a real Passiflora incarnata, they have their own selection
Thanks for letting me know they have them as well. When I bought my amethyst it was meant to be incarnata but was mislabelled lol. I’ve ordered 2 incarnata from agroforestry research trust
Hi , is this plant can take UK winter or not please help me ? thanks
Hi there, this variety is not as hardy as P. Caerulea. In the previous winter it had no damage, last winter it died back to the main stem but I’d regrowing now. I think it is hardy to -3c with no damage, maybe -5c with damage back to the main stem
@@lyonheart84 thank you very much .
Hi Ironheart just wondering how this is doing two years on? I bought two of them today
Still looks the same 2 years later, flowered all last summer up to November. I just trim it back in winter to tidy it up and it has lots of new shoots appearing. I normally feature it in my once a month garden tour that I try to do around the first Sunday of each month. It might possibly have flowers on it in the June tour
@@lyonheart84 if you would like it to grow more - take off the flowers as they appear - tough to do I know as that's why you have it but I did it one year with mine and I got loads of growth....well worth it - this appears to have helped its health overall too.
@@Adrienneten lol thanks but I don't need to encourage more growth, but grew about 20 feet last year into the neighbour's garden 🤣🤣. It gets hundreds of flowers on it 🤩🤩
Did it survive our winter?
Yes I believe it's a hybrid of passiflora caerulea, seems completely hardy here in the south east of the UK, covered in flowers again this summer 👍
@@lyonheart84 brilliant. I'm hoping my supermarket one will survive in the East Midlands. Its growing rapidly and looking healthy enough. I'll stop worrying about it and see what happens. Thank you
I'll think you'll be fine, especially if you can grow it on a reasonably sunny fence or wall. I think I had some young shoots damaged by frost but they normally recover pretty quickly from lower down the stems
@@lyonheart84 I've just repositioned it onto the sunniest wall which has Reed screening. Hoping it'll attach to that and fill the wall. It has 2/3 long stems and a few smaller shoots. Should I cut the leggy ones. It was only about 6 inches a few months ago??
Long stems about 1 metre now