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Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 23:20
I ordered this and just got around to planting it due to moving house. I ordered two but can't remember what this one is. It's very robust with big leaves and took off right away. Planted it in a trash shrub and letting it do its thing. Strange thing is that it doesn't have lobed leaves but it does seem like a passiflora- tendrils look right to me. I don't know if it is even hardy. Anyone recognize it? Maybe it will bloom before winter and maybe it will SURVIVE winter. It has grown 2ft in a week.
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| There are plenty of passifloras that don't have lobed foliage such as P. alata, triloba and many others. It's in all likelyhood not a cold hardy variety. You might want to post this pic on the Facebook passiflora group (Passiflora - Passion Flowers Online - you have to join). It's busy and has several knowledgeable members. |
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| My guess would be P. alata or P. quadrangularis, based on the leaf shape and the shape of the stem, which looks like it has the right square cross-section. I'm also guessing probably *not* winter-hardy for northern Louisiana, although I've read of some folks who have had P. alata overwinter in similar climate if it was well-mulched and exposure wasn't harsh. |
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| I didn't notice the squared stem at the right but it might very well be a P. quadrangularis. If so, it's not going to survive a zone 8 winter, but is a very beautiful passie and worth lifting and taking inside for the winter. |
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| I would suggest that this is definitely of the Laurifolia - Quadrangulares section, as others have stated, and it would not even be hardy in my zone. However, if you can bring it indoors in the winter.... |
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