Passion fruit vine
Can the Man Offline
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i recently bought a passion fruit vine thinking it was a fig shrub  Confused , anyway when I seen my error I decided to give it a go in the tunnel apparently it can handle 10’C to 35’C , I think a few leaves got a bit of frost bite.  Sad .

Anybody any experience with growing passion fruit ?  Huh
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Veggie Offline
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I've grown a passion flower which was a very sprawling, scrambling plant - it wasn't an edible passion fruit but I imagine the growth habit is much the same.
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Proserpina Offline
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Back in the late 90s, my Mum managed to get one to not only grow well and flower but also to fruit. She grew it in a container against a southish-facing wall next to her front door. I don't think she ever expected it to do so well. I think it was grown from seeds taken from a random supermarket fruit - possibly the first one she ever bought/tried.

Passionfruit are definitely on my future garden list. The flowers are very pretty, even if you don't get fruit.
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Vinny Offline
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I grew one from the seed of a passion fruit I bought at the supermarket. I planted it in a large tub and grew the vine up against a South facing shed wall. It didn't flower but was quite a pretty vine reaching 8 foot tall. Smile
Even though I tried to insulate it for the winter, the frost got it. Sick
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Small chilli Offline
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I want to give one a try at some point. Only for the flowers.
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I have a non-edible one (I assume - it was a gifted cutting) growing on a wooden tripod - it is in heavy clay, gets very wet feet in the winter and baked in the summer, is quite exposed on a south facing and survived minus 7 this winter.
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