Passion Flowers ...

[Nanny Pam]

Has anyone grown this perennial vine?
Where did you buy it? Did you grow it from seed? I saw seeds on-line, but I'd really like to have the option of plants, should I not have any luck with the seeds.

 

[baileydog]

Has anyone grown this perennial vine?
Where did you buy it? Did you grow it from seed? I saw seeds on-line, but I'd really like to have the option of plants, should I not have any luck with the seeds.[/QUOTE

I think I had one of these a couple years back (I have since killed it). My hubby bought it for me over on Rt 4 near Pr fred at the flower place on the side of the road. Dont know the name of it. Sorry, But I do know it a Nursery type place. No Not Wentworths

 

[baileydog]

Oh and it was very beautiful and man did it grow.

 

[Suz]

Has anyone grown this perennial vine?
Where did you buy it? Did you grow it from seed? I saw seeds on-line, but I'd really like to have the option of plants, should I not have any luck with the seeds.

I have!! Aren't the flowers awesome! They are so pretty they look fake! I got mine (2) at lowes Nanny. Are you ever this way (in so md)? If so, you can have a cutting of mine in the spring when it comes back.

Just watch where you plant it! It will spread and take over a garden in a heart beat. I have to move the one I planted in my garden next spring.

 

[Nanny Pam]

I have!! Aren't the flowers awesome! They are so pretty they look fake! I got mine (2) at lowes Nanny. Are you ever this way (in so md)? If so, you can have a cutting of mine in the spring when it comes back.

Just watch where you plant it! It will spread and take over a garden in a heart beat. I have to move the one I planted in my garden next spring.

Thanks, Suz!! I'll check up at Lowes again this weekend.
The guys that lived next door at my old house had them all along the fences, too. They were spreading into my lawn. I was so happy....
Awesome flowers and I understand the fruit is edible. I wish I could get my hands on some seeds soon so I can get them started indoors. It's a fun thing for all the kids to participate in, too.

Kids love to get muddy!

 

[desertrat]

Has anyone grown this perennial vine?
Where did you buy it? Did you grow it from seed? I saw seeds on-line, but I'd really like to have the option of plants, should I not have any luck with the seeds.

We used to have one in AZ when I was growing up and I thought it was exotic looking. So when I saw one at Lowes this summer I bought it. We're trying to keep it alive in a pot upstairs for the winter. I'll think about putting in the ground if they'll make it here.

 

[Nanny Pam]

We used to have one in AZ when I was growing up and I thought it was exotic looking. So when I saw one at Lowes this summer I bought it. We're trying to keep it alive in a pot upstairs for the winter. I'll think about putting in the ground if they'll make it here.

Some will & some won't. Did it say it was hardy for zone 7?

I think you guys are zone 7, too.

 

[desertrat]

Some will & some won't. Did it say it was hardy for zone 7?

I think you guys are zone 7, too.

Ah, that would be like reading instructions on how to put something together. Zone 7? Likes sun and well drained soil? What means this?

 

[Nanny Pam]

Ah, that would be like reading instructions on how to put something together. Zone 7? Likes sun and well drained soil? What means this?

It should have a thing stuck in the soil of the pot saying what zone it is for. But since you bought it at Lowes, I would "assume" that it would be ok to plant outside, as long as you mulched it really good for over the winter.

 

[Nanny Pam]

Isn't Larry (Vrai's boy-toy) a garden person? He will know.

 

[desertrat]

Isn't Larry (Vrai's boy-toy) a garden person? He will know.

It was in the outdoor section, but I don't think I saved the info thingy if it was even there. I could always look it up online. It was very pricey for a plant, I think it was $25. I just had to have it though. It didn't make a lot of blooms this year.

 

[Nanny Pam]

It was in the outdoor section, but I don't think I saved the info thingy if it was even there. I could always look it up online. It was very pricey for a plant, I think it was $25. I just had to have it though. It didn't make a lot of blooms this year.

Eff that! I'll buy seeds and start my own right in the house.

 

[Suz]

We used to have one in AZ when I was growing up and I thought it was exotic looking. So when I saw one at Lowes this summer I bought it. We're trying to keep it alive in a pot upstairs for the winter. I'll think about putting in the ground if they'll make it here.

I planted mine over a year ago in my flower bed. It will definitely winter over just fine.

Nanny- Look for it at lowes in early spring. I did not pay what desertrat did either.

Desertrat - Take heed to what I said earlier. They will take over a garden. I am definitely moving mine come spring. I have a trellis hubby built to hide the huge ugly smeco box at the end of my drive by my shed. Climbing roses are not making the cut. So that is where this is going to go! It should be awesome. Mine did not spread until last year. It all but took over my entire porch railing on one side (30 ft long give or take) and the entire garden!!

 

[desertrat]

I planted mine over a year ago in my flower bed. It will definitely winter over just fine.

Nanny- Look for it at lowes in early spring. I did not pay what desertrat did either.

Desertrat - Take heed to what I said earlier. They will take over a garden. I am definitely moving mine come spring. I have a trellis hubby built to hide the huge ugly smeco box at the end of my drive by my shed. Climbing roses are not making the cut. So that is where this is going to go! It should be awesome. Mine did not spread until last year. It all but took over my entire porch railing on one side (30 ft long give or take) and the entire garden!!

I know. The one plant my parents had covered one end of their carport. The hummingbirds loved it. Then one day these little white moths came and ate the whole friggin' thing in a couple days.

 

[Nanny Pam]

I planted mine over a year ago in my flower bed. It will definitely winter over just fine.

Nanny- Look for it at lowes in early spring. I did not pay what desertrat did either.

Desertrat - Take heed to what I said earlier. They will take over a garden. I am definitely moving mine come spring. I have a trellis hubby built to hide the huge ugly smeco box at the end of my drive by my shed. Climbing roses are not making the cut. So that is where this is going to go! It should be awesome. Mine did not spread until last year. It all but took over my entire porch railing on one side (30 ft long give or take) and the entire garden!!

I can't wait to get mine! The littlest things , ....and I get all excited!

 

[jazz lady]

Plants are rated on their hardiness - how low of a temperature they can survive - and the USDA has assigned different zones to reflect the lowest average temperature in that area. We are in zone 8 now (we used to be in zone 7 but rising temperatures have caused them to redraw the maps recently) so if you see a plant rated as hardy in zones 6 through 9, you're good to go for this area.

Passion vines are usually rated for zones 6 through 9, although individual ones may one be good for only more tropical climates. They are prolific growers once established and have to be carefully monitored and pruned so they don't overtake an area. You can usually find them in the $10 ~ $15 price range, although the more exotic ones are probably more in the $25 ~ $30 range.

 

[Nanny Pam]

Plants are rated on their hardiness - how low of a temperature they can survive - and the USDA has assigned different zones to reflect the lowest average temperature in that area. We are in zone 8 now (we used to be in zone 7 but rising temperatures have caused them to redraw the maps recently) so if you see a plant rated as hardy in zones 6 through 9, you're good to go for this area.

Passion vines are usually rated for zones 6 through 9, although individual ones may one be good for only more tropical climates. They are prolific growers once established and have to be carefully monitored and pruned so they don't overtake an area. You can usually find them in the $10 ~ $15 price range, although the more exotic ones are probably more in the $25 ~ $30 range.

You, Miss, are one awesome lady! Thanks.

 

[mAlice]

When I was little I would visit my grandmother in central FL where all the orange groves are. I'd spend hours in the groves eating oranges and climbing trees, and I remember the passion flowers growing wild all over the groves.

PSA, orange trees are very dirty trees to climb.

 

[desertrat]

When I was little I would visit my grandmother in central FL where all the orange groves are. I'd spend hours in the groves eating oranges and climbing trees, and I remember the passion flowers growing wild all over the groves.

PSA, orange trees are very dirty trees to climb.

Why, did they grope you?

 

[Nanny Pam]

When I was little I would visit my grandmother in central FL where all the orange groves are. I'd spend hours in the groves eating oranges and climbing trees, and I remember the passion flowers growing wild all over the groves.

PSA, orange trees are very dirty trees to climb.

I can't begin to imagine how good an orange grove must smell. Now I'm thirsty for OJ. Mmmmmm