HOW TO GROW PASSION FLOWER VINE

Hi there. today we review the Passion Flower Vine (Passion vine) and how you can best grow them in your garden. These plants make a great landscaping addition to any South Florida garden. Specifically, we go over Passion Flower Vine (Passion vine) lighting needs in your garden, Passion Flower Vine watering needs and Passion Flower Vine fertilizing needs. We also go over the best soil for Passion Flower Vine and Passion Flower Vine (Passion vine) pests to keep an eye out for. Hope you enjoy!
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[@bizzy1648]

i love how encouraging and sweet big michael is to little michael

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Thank you so much for your comment.😀🪴

[@jlcmiles]

It's true that Passionflowers definitely make you happy in more ways than one x)

[@gilertabeyta]

Awesome! Love you guys!

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Thank You! Glad you liked it! 😀🪴

[@redrumax]

I have the blue variety and love it. Moved into my new home 2 years ago and planted near a fence and it already found its way creeping through a tree and clung to the building wall . Last year I had 3-4 flowers but now is all full of buds and flowers and I am leading it to cover all fence. Love it:). The flowers are so beautiful.

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

That is so coooool! She must be spectacular to see! 😀 🪴

[@redrumax]

@@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN she is beautiful.

[@oksalbright]

I bought a Passion Flower, but I do not know what color it will be yet. New to gardening and wasn't thinking about it being September, so I keeping her in the house until spring. I transplanted her in a bigger pot tonight because her leaves started turning yellow and falling off. I also planted a Hyacinth plant in July and it has taken root and is sturdy. Can't wait for spring.❤

[@maryque300]

I have a purple Passion flower plant on the west side of my house in northern Illinois. It grows like crazy in the summertime and I virtually give it no care. But thanks for the tips

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

That is awesome! That far North, is incredible! Congrats😀🪴

[@ethanboyd7843]

What a team! Always intimidated by germ time but ill try it!

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Thanks and I think you will love the vine! It's so cool.😀🪴

[@georgweyand88]

Thanks, Michael. Please show more videos about outdoor plants. Will you revisit the Fairchild Botanical Garden anytime soon?

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

HI Georg! I missed an opportunity to go to Fairchild last week to shoot a spring plant/orchid video. I had to go out of town on business. But I am looking to go in near future. Is there any particular plants the garden you would like the video to focus on? And thanks you so much for the feedback!😀🪴

[@oksalbright]

​@@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGNI inherited purple irises, red spider lilies, 4 rose bushes , 6 rose of sharons, 3 Asian pear trees, a persimmon tree and lots more unidentified. My Irises are clustered and need to be thinned out, but I am worried about doing it wrong, along with pruning the trees and bushes. With studying these, I caught the green thumb fever and planted a Hyacinth last July and in September I also bought a Passion Flower(have no idea what color it will be.) Keeping it in the house until spring, but tonight I repotted it into a bigger container. Thank you for your video. Oh, and I have two plum seeds germinating.

[@davebennett4087]

Bee utiful🐝🐝🐝

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hahaha Dave! Thanks, he is a handful, but he's so much fun to film videos with.😀🪴

[@ravenbishop5232]

There is purple growing wild just down the street. I'm going to get a piece of it and try to grow it Infront of my picture window.

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

That's awesome!😀 🪴

[@marilyna597]

I have 2 small corky stem growing in my backyard against a chain linkedfence. No flowers yet. I have noticed thete are some zebras hanging around where they are. Thanks for the care instructions.

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi Marilyn, how cool! Corky stem are great host plants. The flowers, however are a bit on the muted side... not as showy as the other varieties, but its a great native vine!😀🪴

[@piecharts5036]

I just got a snow queen to bring pollinators into the garden cause my purple passions started dying off after someone in my house sprayed weedkiller around the pot it was in so i quarantined that one and i am tring to save it. If i can then ill have 2 different ones 😊

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Nice! 2 passion vines.... Enjoy!😀 🪴

[@wannabfaery]

Hi! I live in West Hollywood (Broward) and have a south west corner of my fence that I want to put a memorial garden in. It gets full sun in the summer but shade in the winter (because of the fence) what would you recommend putting there that can take both sun and shade and is appropriate for a memorial garden?

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi, you could consider using the passion vine, its a wonderful choice for a memorial garden since it welcomes nature (butterflies/bees) And since the passion vine likes to climb, if grows on top of your fence, then I feel it should get sun thru the winter months. Other plants that might be a good choice for a memorial garden with sun/shade tolerance are confederate jasmine, gardenia, crotons, milkweed, coontie, butterfly bush, pinwheel jasmine, trinette schefflera, bromeliads and liriope. Hope this helps😀🪴

[@michelelara5982]

Could this be a good companion with a climbing rose? I have new dawn over an arbor.

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Yes, but Passion vine is a robust grower, you may need to teach her to play nice (trim back or redirect vine every now and then) when she merges into rose.😀🪴

[@heatherlygillpatrick9414]

I live in the dryer side of Oregon eastern Oregon. I’m wondering if I could grow these here

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi! you could try it. Maybe first test with a passion vine in a pot and when your winter comes, see how she reacts to the first cold spell, if her leaf tips burns from cold, bring her in through the winter and bring back out in spring😀🪴

[@albertybob2286]

Is it true such passion plant only for admiration of its flowers and will never bore passion fruits.We have such passion vines in Singapore too.(red passion flowers)

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi! Yes You can eat them! They are not super tasty, but they are edible. Hope this is helpful. 😀🪴

[@eleanorcyr6751]

I just bought a Passion flower vine n I have it in my front window… lm from southern Saskatchewan Fort Q area…can I just grow it inside?

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hmmm, I have never tried.... but wouldn't that be lovely! Maybe give it a try, but I would place her right next to a window... needs lots of sun to bloom. 😀 🪴

[@andreakatz421]

That Junior Gardener is marvelous! I’d think about a promotion before he gets away!

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Well Hello Andrea! I have promoted him to chancellor of green thumb gardening😀🪴

[@allisonvecere8933]

Is that also a passion flower rooted in the blue pot in the corner? So it's not just the one rooted in the ground by the pavers?

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi. That is a bougainvillea in the blue container. Both plants compete for the sun's attention. Usually, the passion vine covers the boug, until spring and then bouganvillea starts shooting our her stems above the passion vine. 😀🪴

[@RevAcres01]

Hi Michael, care instructions say spring through summer bloom curious if, I would see blooms during winter months (Jan-Mar) thank you!

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi Kim. Yes! We have seen blooms form into late Fall and even a few blooms in Winter and definitely blooms start picking up in early spring (late Feb/Mar). But we feel that the bloom frequency and amounts depend on if we have cold winter or mild winter.😀🪴

[@carissajohnson5994]

So should I not put this plant by my garden since of the caterpillar damage

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

No,no please plant in your garden if you have the space available! The Butterflies caterpillar chew damage are part of natures process; Passion vine is the host plant for the Gulf Fritillary and Zebra, and caterpillars will chew on leaves, but the passion vine is a robust grower and quickly regrows new leaves.😀🪴

[@carissajohnson5994]

@@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN 🤔 Well since you say that then I will put it around if it grows fast it's kinda of like a sacrificed plant

[@efazefti8130]

Where did you get the seeds? Of different variety passion fruit... Let me know please.

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi there. We purchased our passion flower vine as a sprouted vine in a small 1 gal container at a garden center years ago.😀🪴

[@akaTheLaughingGirl]

I saw them on Amazon for $8

[@monserivera8499]

WIll they come back every year? And will they survive the winter?

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

They should do fine in florida! Where is your hardiness grow zone? 😀🪴

[@monserivera8499]

Canada, Montreal :P @@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hmmm, it looks like you are right on her boundry. I believe you might be in zone 5a and Passionvine limit is Zone 6. She is a tough vine, but super cold weather can hurt her. 😀🪴

[@MsHeatherLea]

Hi! Will this grow in North East Texas?

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

YES ! The Passion Flower Vine is very tough and will grow in East Texas. Note- She may get dinged up by one of your a cold winter storms, but she will bounce back in spring.😀🪴

[@CP-tl2sz]

Been growing in Dallas area for 10-15 years. The freeze will kill above ground growth, but new growth returns with a passion in the spring and summer from the prolific root system which will spread all over.

[@pandabear4256]

I have a question: if I don’t perform the pest control, will the caterpillars eat all the leaves? I don’t want to kill the caterpillars because they turn into beautiful butterflies.

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Yes, please don't spray pesticides on leaves. The caterpillars need to eat the leaves to grow, it's normal to have some leaves chewed up, but the vine will bounce back. 😀🪴

[@CP-tl2sz]

Butterfy larva love passion vine as a staple for food and larva growth. Had a big vine, a very large white flowered one that covered a 30 ft wide patch with growth on both sides of the 7 ft fence. Ignored the larva at first thinking there were not enough to do much damage. The butterflies kept laying their eggs on it. Full growth mode with flowers and new branches and buds. The butterflies were very active mid summer. Their young larva multiplied immensely, and stripped ALL the leaf growth on the whole vine in a week or less. They have a voracious appetite, grow very fast, and they decimated all the leaf foliage, killing the plant. It did not return the following spring or fall after that. Either knock them off by hand, or find something they don't like. Not sure but you might try Neem oil to discourage their taste buds and get them to look elsewhere for greenery to feast on. I would avoid herbicides that will likely kill mature butterflies.

[@rtpfreshflowerslocalfloris8724]

Do these plants produce suckers?

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi, not that i am aware of. 😀🪴

[@fightinggator4398]

Where do you get the vine to start with?

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

You can often pick up the passion vines at your local nursery. Living color in Broward may have or you can try Flaming Road Nursery in Davie.😀🪴

[@fightinggator4398]

@@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN I live in Polk county and I see it in the woods all over but I haven't been able to get it to grow from the seeds or clippings

[@esortom6754]

Can we eat the fruit of lady Margaret passion vine

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Yes, but I always recommend you test the fruit first ( try a very small amount) to make sure you are not allergic or sensitive to fruit. 😀🪴

[@nivedithasgarden7970]

Is it fruiting or non fruiting type ??

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi, yes it does provide fruit, but ours has not produced any yet. The red passion vine is more slow to fruit.😀🪴

[@benburger230]

My vines get absolutely destroyed by fritillary caterpillars! Destroyed! Any suggestions??

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi Ben, have you tried supplementing with fertilizer to encourage more growth? Thant might help or, if you have the room have you considered planting another Passion vine to share the load?😀🪴

[@graciemarym1317]

It's the host plant for the caterpillar. They need to eat the leaves to become butterflies

[@Bright-It]

@@graciemarym1317 What’s specie of butterfly?

[@CP-tl2sz]

Many kinds, primarily the Monarchs and others that look similar to it.

[@davidbotto7312]

BT

[@angelahill-martin1606]

Is your passion fruit edible?

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi Angela! We have never seen any fruit form on little Michael's Lady Margaret Passion vine. But if you pick up a Purple passion vine, that variety readily fruits and the fruit is edible and sweet (but it has lots of seeds). Hope this helps.😀🪴

[@none-ya-dam821]

Yellow Passion flower plant fruits too

[@heatherlygillpatrick9414]

Aren’t the caterpillars bad

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Ohhh no, they are good, They are the butterfly babies. This plant evolved together with the zebra and gulf butterflies. Their caterpillars will eat up some of the leaves, but passion is tough and bounces back.😀🪴

[@rosiejambo2197]

Pleeeease Heeeeelp me!😩! I rescued a bedraggled Passionflower from a Store & lovingly potted it up(Terracottta)for the front Garden. It has gone from a beautiful newly grown flowering Vine (my first attempt...to grow one!) into a 'collapsed' state....😱it looks like its exhausted...! I'm thinking I may have overwatered it? Overfed it?😥. Any tips ✴️urgently needed please!!✴️Thanx Rosie🕷️🪲🦋🐛🐞 [🐝Kind to ALL]

[@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN]

Hi there, so sorry your passion vine is suffering. Test the soil, is it very damp? Does it have a strange smell? We have been having a wild simmer with scorching hot days and loads of afternoon thunderstorms, whic can dump a lot of water on our plants. As to fertilizer, when was the last time you fertilized and what did you use? 😀 🪴

[@CP-tl2sz]

Plant it in the ground now to encourage winter root growth for spring emergence. They can grow in pots, done it well on an apt balcony in full hot west sun. Just not the best medium for it, needed lots of water and fertilizer. They need a lot of room to develop a good root system to perpetuate. I like the larger plastic pots that don't weigh so much, easier to move. I prefer larger plastic pots, so the bigger the pot the better.