Passion Flower Vine Seeds
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Blue Passion Flower Vine Seeds
The passion vine prefers a frost-free climate. The "Blue
Passion Vine" is pretty cold hardy and salt tolerant but
the plant does not grow well in intense summer heat.
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Propagating Passionflower from Seed
If you want to try starting passionflower from seed, harvest the seed pod from a mature plant and remove the seeds from the gelatinous aril (the glop is very tasty, btw). Dry seeds in a warm, dark place and plant them out in sandy soil next spring after giving them a soak in water for a couple of days. Planting passionflower seeds is a little like watching the grass grow, though: seeds can take up to a year to germinate. That isn't a typo. Put seeds in an attractive, shallow pot and hunker down for a long wait. If it seems like a royal pain, just imagine the payoff when those green shoots finally poke their heads out of the ground.
The passion vine prefers a frost-free climate. The "Blue Passion Vine"
is pretty cold hardy and salt tolerant but the plant does not grow well
in intense summer heat. The yellow passion fruit is tropical and isn't
fond of frost. The purple and yellow forms both need protection from
the wind.�Passiflora vines are vigorous growers and require regular
fertilizing. Stay away from just using a 20-20-20 liquid food. This
may promote good growth but possibly too much green and not enough
flower. Use a fertilizer with a ratio more along the lines of a 2-1-3.
Care for the passion fruit vines requires full sun except during those
very hot summer days, if possible provide some partial shade. The vine
is a fast grower and can get out of hand, so if possible plant it next
to a chain link fence or on a trellis. Passion fruit vines grow in many
soil types but make sure that the plant gets excellent drainage. If you
want to keep the vines flowering almost continuously, regular water is
necessary.
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