Blue Passion flowwer (Passiflora Caerulea)

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  1. Durgan

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    This plant was kept in a pot over winter in the furnace room. It was placed in the ground in about 24 May 2006, and only had a few six inch shoots. It now is about eight feet high and eight feet across the top of the reinforced concrete wire trellis.

    It had a few fruiting bodies, and I removed one to determine if it tasted as insipid as last year. I was suprised to see it had seeds. Always before the fruiting body was minus seeds. I removed them, and will attempt to grow this this winter. The seeds appear robust.

    The plant flowered most of the summer and usually had 5 to 15 flowers.This was the largest plant I have grown in Zone 5. It apparently does better in the ground than in a large pot. The vegetation is a dark green and most attractive, even without the flowers.

    On the right of the trellis is a pink Mandavilla, which always had flowers all season. There is also a white Mandavilla near the passion flower vine, but not as tall as the pink one. The Delphinium is in second bloom this season.
    Durgan.
     

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