"Victor West" wrote in message
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Hello,
Sorry if this question has been asked before.
We have a passion flower at the end of our garden on a south facing
wall. It
has been there for a couple of years. Until recently it was growing
on a 10
foot long trellis. As it was getting quite overgrown we decided to
install
some wiring on the wall in order for it to grow further out.
However, the
passion flower appears to have dried out slightly and is looking
slightly
withered. Is this normal? I thought the reason may be that the plant
is
getting more air circulating around it. Any comments would be
appreciated.

Victor

The top growth has probably been caught by frost.

Test to see if the plant is still alive by carefully scraping the stem
near the roots with your thumbnail. If its green its alive - brown
means its probably dead :~(

If its still alive, wait a bit and then prune out the dead top growth.

Jenny