Location - North Midlands, sheltered corner bed facing South West.
The Passiflora is about two feet from the South facing wall of the
house and close to the West facing party fence.

Last year we allowed it to have its head. As a result the six foot
fence was completely covered for about ten feet. The growth
cascaded down our side and the (friendly) neighbour's side and
flowered profusely. In fact on our side the growth came out from
the fence and completely coverd a generously sized three seater
bench.

Last year the plant was healthy. It threw up suckers as far away as
eight feet from the main plant. Was it happy or trying to escape?

Seriously, as has been out habit we cut back the plant to about
eighteen inches last autumn and protected it with bubble plastic
throughout the winter. Currently the new growth is about fifteen
inches tall and growing fast. However we have a number of normal
looking shoots but an equal number of shoots with much darker and
slightly crumpled leaves. The distant (unwelcome) suckers look
healthy.

Please, can anyone offer suggestions? What should we do? The plant
has not been fed because it has a very extensive root system. I
sprayed the shoots with Malathion a couple of days ago.

We have a postage stamp garden and we would hate to lose this plant.

TIA

Peter