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Sat, Sep 25, 04 at 17:41
| Traded for these Passiflora Foetida seedlings, planted near my Passiflora Incarnata, we're still having 80 degree days, cool nights, will Foetida weather winter here?
Thanks, Katie |
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| P. Foetida Hardiness: USDA zone 9 B - 11. The genus Passiflora (passion flowers, passion fruit) contains about 350 vine species that live in warm or tropical habitats. Only one species, Passiflora foetida, is thought to be a potentially carnivorous plant. When the plant flowers, it makes glandular bracts. Digestive enzymes have |
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- Posted by Wilmington_Islander 9A/Sunset 28 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 27, 04 at 13:06
| Foetida overwinters fine in coastal 8b and 9a areas...you may lose top growth but it is hardy enough. |
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| There's different varieties of P. foetida. Some more tropical varieties may be very cold tender. The kind I have in Texas has survived down into the mid-teens with no problem. Most of the vines were zapped in December last year, but I'm seeing a little growth that is still green. I have WAY too much, more come up every year. |
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- Posted by tiresunltd z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Feb 20, 05 at 1:13
| glade to know foetida will survive outside. we drop into the 20's here but the frost stops at my property line (looks wird) will that help? |
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- Posted by Wilmington_Islander 9A/Sunset 28 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 20, 05 at 9:31
| Most certainly it will. They all can take more cold than advertised, but perhaps less frost than advertised. |
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