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Posted by travellingred 8 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 15, 09 at 7:48
| Hi,
How can I renovate a tired passion flower?
It grows in a pot in my south facing conservatory in Manchester, where it has been for maybe 4 or 5 years now. All I've done in that time is fed, watered and removed dead leaves and branches. It flowered just once - in 2007 - and now is very leggy with very few leaves. It has grown to maybe 5m from the base to the extremes.
Can it be renovated - if so what should I do?
Or am I better just replacing it?
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RE: Passion flower
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- Posted by pond Portsmouth, UK (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 21, 09 at 2:27
| You could try cutting it back and giving it a feed of tomato fertilizer or similar liquid feed. |
RE: Passion flower
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| What colour flowers does it have btw? |
RE: Passion flower
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| In my experience Passion flower plants grow vigourously so maybe you need to use a bigger container and check the type of soil/compost you are using. They do prefer growing in the ground. |
RE: Passion flower
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My passionflower (Passiflora coerulea) grows from the cutted trunk and gives profusely new branches. For my greated sorry this summer was cold enough and plant has abundantly flower buds just when the cold wave is spreading to our country. Some branches reach about 4-5 m long during one season. I've got it from UK and it overwintered succesfully under good protection at the south wall of my house. Here's a picture in september 2009:
And a flower:
 With best wishes ,
Antti
Suomi - Finland, Northern Europe |
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