Passionflower really isn't hard to grow but it can be a bit of a pain because it doesn't always come back where you plant it. We were lucky this year that so much of it came back next to the fence and therefore didn't have to move any bits.
It is a native plant and can withstand mowing in road side medians, totally being eaten up by caterpillars and droughts. It does like full sun or at least as close to full sun as you can get.
The plant spreads underground so it will pop up anywhere. In my experience, it didn't like being transplanted directly. It prefered being dug up, held over in a pot for a couple of weeks and then planted. It did better if it got over the transplant shock in the pot.
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These are beautiful Rita! Do you know if the Passionflower is hard to raise?
Passionflower really isn't hard to grow but it can be a bit of a pain because it doesn't always come back where you plant it. We were lucky this year that so much of it came back next to the fence and therefore didn't have to move any bits.
It is a native plant and can withstand mowing in road side medians, totally being eaten up by caterpillars and droughts. It does like full sun or at least as close to full sun as you can get.
The plant spreads underground so it will pop up anywhere. In my experience, it didn't like being transplanted directly. It prefered being dug up, held over in a pot for a couple of weeks and then planted. It did better if it got over the transplant shock in the pot.
I so need one of these.......simply beautiful!
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