Hi,

I'm a novice gardener that really likes the passion flower, however after successfully planting one last year which grow well and seemed healthy I've noticed this year its developed yellow patches, brown edges and appears to have been eaten by some kind of pest. I'm worried it will die if I leave it untreated.

Can any one advise me as to what the issue might be from the attached image?

My soil condition is heavy clay but reasonable well drained.
I planted in May of last year with a mix of ericaceous compost, general purpose compost, manure and pea peables and covered soil with bark in a very sunny location (well sunny for Glasgow). I occassionally treat for slugs.

"Chris Knight" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm a novice gardener that really likes the passion flower, however
after successfully planting one last year which grow well and seemed
healthy I've noticed this year its developed yellow patches, brown edges
and appears to have been eaten by some kind of pest. I'm worried it
will die if I leave it untreated.

Can any one advise me as to what the issue might be from the attached
image?

My soil condition is heavy clay but reasonable well drained.
I planted in May of last year with a mix of ericaceous compost, general
purpose compost, manure and pea peables and covered soil with bark in a
very sunny location (well sunny for Glasgow). I occassionally treat for
slugs.


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Chris Knight

Your picture shows perfectly normal winter damage to the leaves, shortly it
will start growing new leaves and shedding the old ones,

Both snails and caterpillars will damage Passiflora leaves but there is no
need to lose sleep over that as the plant will cope.

Do be aware that Passiflora are not totally hardy and you will lose it in
cold winters, either protect or replace (-9c seems to be about the tipping
point although it does depend a lot on where you have it planted)


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

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Charlie Pridham wrote:

Do be aware that Passiflora are not totally hardy and you will lose it in
cold winters, either protect or replace (-9c seems to be about the tipping
point although it does depend a lot on where you have it planted)

I grow one that can take -30 :-) However, what it absolutely cannot
take is wet roots in winter, which rather constrains where it can be
grown, and it is herbaceous. P. incarnata, of course.

My experience of P. caerulea is very much the same as Charlie's, from
a very different area. It did fairly well, but was cut back by every
serious winter, and eventually the main plant died. I could have
carried on with its suckers, but it wasn't worth it.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article , says...

In article ,
Charlie Pridham wrote:

Do be aware that Passiflora are not totally hardy and you will lose it in
cold winters, either protect or replace (-9c seems to be about the tipping
point although it does depend a lot on where you have it planted)

I grow one that can take -30 :-) However, what it absolutely cannot
take is wet roots in winter, which rather constrains where it can be
grown, and it is herbaceous. P. incarnata, of course.

My experience of P. caerulea is very much the same as Charlie's, from
a very different area. It did fairly well, but was cut back by every
serious winter, and eventually the main plant died. I could have
carried on with its suckers, but it wasn't worth it.

I had a p. caerulea in a previous garden (north of Glasgow, cold and
wet) which in a cold winter ( more minus than 17) would die back to ground
level; but spring back up from underground the following year. Its roots
were under a big sandstone slab at the doorstep which probably saved its
life. It was still there and thriving last time I looked, must be well
over a quarter century old by now .

Janet

In article ,
Janet wrote:

I had a p. caerulea in a previous garden (north of Glasgow, cold and
wet) which in a cold winter ( more minus than 17) would die back to ground
level; but spring back up from underground the following year. Its roots
were under a big sandstone slab at the doorstep which probably saved its
life. It was still there and thriving last time I looked, must be well
over a quarter century old by now .

P. incarnata would definitely do the same. I spoke to a couple of
nurseries who couldn't keep it alive, had the same problem in two
places, and succeeded only when I planted it in the rain shadow
of the eaves.

I suspect that there are quite a few 'tender' plants that would
do better under such conditions.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Thanks for all the replies. You have set my mind at ease and just today I noticed some fresh healthy looking growth.