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Chris Hogg wrote:

Does anyone have any experience of how hardy and vigorous
P. caerulea "Clear Sky" and "White Ligntning" are relative to
(a) the common form and (b) "Constance Elliott"? My experience
is that "Constance Elliott" is definitely less vigorous and hardy
than the blue form, but it's based on a sample of one!

Also, has anyone got fruit off "Clear Sky"?

Lastly, does anyone know of a source of P. incarnata, or do I
grow from Chiltern Seeds again? Mine is doing fine, but I can't
dig up its suckers to propagate it (because of where it is) and
I would like to try another somewhere else. The Plant Finder has
6 suppliers, but none of them have it on their Web page (which
probably means in stock, my experience last time). Tynings'
Web page and telephone information are, er, minimal :-)

I can't be much help, but Cross Common Nursery, down on the tip of the
Lizard peninsula and the most southerly nursery in the UK, offer a
wide range of passifloras, both hardy and tender, although I don't see
P. incarnata among them. Worth contacting?
http://www.crosscommonnursery.co.uk/

Yes. I was trying the Web-based information first, as now is not
a good time to contact nurseries. The reason that few nurseries
stock P. incarnata is that it LOATHES cold, wet soil and usually
drops dead when we get a winter like that (surely not?)

I eventually got it to survive by planting it in the rain shadow
of the house, where Cyclamen coum thrive and pretty well nothing
else does. Well, there is also a Clematis cirrhosa, but its roots
can get out under the (loose paved) drive.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.