Houseplants: Passion Ivy

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pantera Laurel, DE (Zone 7a) September 13, 2009 03:54 PM	Last year I spent 80.00 dollars on two passion ivy ,It grew so big . Well summer ended and I took them in the house ,eveyday i was sweeping up leafs untill I just cut it back and watered it and hoped that when spring and summer came it would come back . Well it never did .So I got two more this year .Is there a way for me to keep this plant living in my house ? PLEASE HELP ME PS Behind my dogs is one of the passion ivy from last year, I love that plant Thank you View Larger
plantladylin East Central, FL (Zone 9b) September 13, 2009 04:39 PM	Pantera: Can you post a close up photo of your plant? I've googled and can't find any plant with the common name of Passion Ivy. I'm wondering if your plant could be Passiflora (common name "Passion Vine".) There are many Passiflora listed in Plant Files. Does your plant get blooms and look anything like this? http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/124933/
pantera Laurel, DE (Zone 7a) September 14, 2009 11:34 PM	Plantladylin you are right It is called Passion vine SORRY ,can you help me please You all are so smart on this site , I thank you all so much for helping with my outside gardening ,and in side plants You all are the best . BIG SMILE This message was edited Sep 14, 2009 11:50 PM
pantera Laurel, DE (Zone 7a) September 14, 2009 11:48 PM	Plantladylin, Here is a closer picture of the plant View Larger
trinawitch Canton, IL (Zone 5b) September 15, 2009 03:16 AM	Pantera, I live in zone 5 and I grow my Passioflowers inside, as well as some clematis, and Jasmine, they require more water than everything else and fertilized more often, cause when you grow them in the house they don't have a "Dormancy" period. you need good support for it though as the vines do tend to get heavy, especialy if you have one that sets fruit.
plantladylin East Central, FL (Zone 9b) September 15, 2009 08:14 AM	I've never grown Passiflora inside, it's strictly a garden plant down this way. But, I think it should do okay if you have a sunny window. Here's the link to Plant Files with some general information for P. incarnata : http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1189/ If it dies back, no worries ... in spring if you start watering it should re-sprout. They are deciduous and will go dormant in winter. If you read the comments at the bottom of the Plant Files page, someone in Ontario Canada reported that they planted it in their garden and it came back in spring.
trinawitch Canton, IL (Zone 5b) September 15, 2009 08:37 AM	In Canada? A friend keeps telling me I can plant these outside here too...but I'm not willing to chance it. I might take some cuttings and plant them next year and see how that works
pantera Laurel, DE (Zone 7a) September 15, 2009 04:45 PM	Well this is the one from last year , It died and didn't come back so a nother 80.00 dollars spend this year . Why can't i keep it alive . I will water it more plus fertilze it more this time. thank you (Trinawitch) and thank you plantladylin
trinawitch Canton, IL (Zone 5b) September 15, 2009 05:06 PM	if it dies again don't buy anymore I will just send you some starts from mine...maybe because they are already used to beng in the house you'll have better luck... My second one just bloomed today, it looks like this View Larger
plantladylin East Central, FL (Zone 9b) September 15, 2009 06:27 PM	Oh my goodness, $80.00?!! Wowsers, is it a special cultivar of Passiflora? I know our Home Depot had large ones in 3 gal pots this past spring for $12.98! You should take trinawitch up on her offer!
trinawitch Canton, IL (Zone 5b) September 15, 2009 06:40 PM	i don't get the $80 either cause she says hers is Passiflora x belotii....I think I paid $4 for mine and its Massive....even if she threw them away every year I could still send her starts...I think someone at the nursery saw her coming...ticks me off whe they take advantage just cause they can
pantera Laurel, DE (Zone 7a) September 18, 2009 09:26 PM	I live in Laurel DE. my home depots do not have anything different so I go to this place in MD ,I pay 40.00 a plant in maybe it was a 10gal. not 80.00 for one . I buy two for each side of steps on my pourch . But yes if i can buy a rooted starter that is from a inside plant I will be very happy . Thank you so much . Do you think that is why because it has been out side for so long? Now if I leave it out all winter it will come back? Thanks again everyone BIG SMILE This message was edited Sep 18, 2009 9:32 PM
trinawitch Canton, IL (Zone 5b) September 20, 2009 06:05 PM	Do you know what Zone you live in? I live in 5a so they don't come back here I have 2 kinds I am currently growing in the house passiflora x belotii and a Blue Eyed Susan Passionflower...look them up in PlantFiles and tell me which kind you want....I can give you several large cuttings of the belotti, but only small ones of the Blue eyed Susan as it is a new plant and just started growing
trinawitch Canton, IL (Zone 5b) September 20, 2009 06:34 PM	just dmail me which one you'd like to have
daisylovn Wilmer, AL (Zone 8b) October 13, 2009 02:33 PM	Pantera, Your dogs are beautiful. Are they Weimeraner ? Not sure of the correct spelling!
pantera Laurel, DE (Zone 7a) October 22, 2009 03:35 PM	hey thanks everyone < sorry I didn't get to read your reply untill now. daisylovn ,My Puppies are Great Danes they are blues, trinawitch , I took all other plants in already < this week end going to take them in , What is dmail? Thank you all so much
plantladylin East Central, FL (Zone 9b) October 22, 2009 03:42 PM	pantera: dmail is Davesmail, mail we can send back and forth to others here on DG. If you look at the top of this page, somewhere up there you should see a place that says mail. Click on it and you can send mail through your DG account to other DG'ers! I will send you one now and you will get a message on your home page here telling you you have mail. Lin