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Is my passionflower dead???

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kitsmummy · 22/03/2009 17:51

Hi, I am a new gardner (eg haven't really got a clue what i'm doing, but am enjoying it). Last September I planted a passionflower to grow up the side of a wall. Couldn't plant it any earlier cos garden not ready til then. It seemed happy enough and gave us some flowers. This year though it looks brown and dead and I don't know if it's going to come to life or if it really is dead. It gets the sun in a fairly sheltered garden so I was expecting to see something happening by now, or is it still too early? thanks

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kitsmummy · 08/05/2009 21:05

Soooooooo.....mine was a bit green when I scratched at the stem, but garden center said if not looking alive by next week should assume dead, so I bought another one and dug mine up, only to find green stalks under the soil, oops! Have planted in a pot and will re-plant in garden if i haven't managed to kill it off now

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Pannacotta · 08/05/2009 21:09

kits if the stem is green then its alive.
Try re-plaint asap and it should come back.

Mspontipine · 10/05/2010 20:57

I've just searched desperately to find this old thread from last year to see when shoots finally appeared - no sign as yet but surely any day now......... actually had 5 WHOLE FLOWERS last year - each beauty lovingly photographed, admired and facebooked!

Anyone still waiting for signs of life this year?

WynkenBlynkenandNod · 11/05/2010 08:03

Mine looks pretty rough and it is in a very sheltered spot. I guess they will be very late this year as it's still so cold at nights.

gillybean2 · 11/05/2010 18:53

Mine has always been covered in masses of flowers and fruits like mad.
But I think it may well be dead this year with the very sever winter. Am still hopeful though and glad to hear others have same concerns!

Last year I thought similarly but it did come back and looked as good as usual by late summer. But it did have signs of life by this time last year. However as spring was approx 3 weeks late this year I'm giving it a bit longer before I resort to hecking it back.

noarguments · 11/05/2010 21:38

Yes, still waiting.
I hacked mine back rather over-viciously after it finished flowering last year (as it was growinand then with the terrible winter, I think I've probably killed it. But will give it another few weeks.

Cindyluanne · 15/05/2010 18:05

Mine's looking very dead. I think I may well have to knock it back to the stem. Last year it also looked kind of dead, but by this time of year it was sprouting again. This past winter was really brutal, so it may be lost!

Mspontipine · 15/05/2010 19:56

Still waiting for mine..........

PiggyPenguin · 16/05/2010 19:19

I think mine waas killed by this harsh winter too. Very disappointed as had it for about 8 years and always had masses of flowers.

Has anyone seen positive signs on their's yet?

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kitsmummy · 17/05/2010 10:31

Mine was killed by the harsh winter, so I've replaced it now with some rather inferior clematis

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Mspontipine · 17/05/2010 22:53

Kitsmummy - do you realise this is your original thread from last year?

Do you mean this spring you've replaced yours? I'm stiiillllll holding out hope for mine - hope you didn't move too soon

gillybean2 · 18/05/2010 02:58

Checked again this morning, nothing on either of them. Holding out for the fact that it was very late last year and we had a far worse winter this year.

Mspontipine · 20/05/2010 20:01

Still nothing :-(

NorbertDentressangle · 20/05/2010 20:05

Ours was killed off by the foot of snow and general bad winter.

Our neighbours one was too.

PiggyPenguin · 20/05/2010 20:12

The main part of mine is definitely dead, but I noticed today that some 2nd generation shoots have started to grow up so all is not lost. Very sad though that the the main plant, which was very thick and healthy has been killed off. Bloody snow.

Mspontipine · 20/05/2010 22:14

Do they come from the roots underground sybilvimes?

PiggyPenguin · 21/05/2010 11:55

Yes, they do seem to have come from the general area of the original roots.

To be honest, we get new offshoots practically every year and have previously pulled them up so they don't take the nourishment from the main plant. This year, I was very pleased to see them though. How is your plant doing?

Mspontipine · 21/05/2010 22:27

I've given it some tomato food today but though I check every day still no tiny peeping shhots of life. It looks as dead as the trellis it's supposed to be climbing.

Mspontipine · 21/05/2010 22:28

shhots That's shoots - not a technical passionflower term!!

PiggyPenguin · 22/05/2010 11:00

I think a lot of people have lost passion flowers due to the really hard winter. I'd give it a little longer, maybe it will happen in a few days. Otherwise, I guess you may have to replace.

I feel quite sad as ours was really healthy and strong, the stalk was a couple of inches thick and it was a really lovely plant. I'm not sure what to do now though, should I try to remove the dead thick stalk and risk dislodging the new growths, or leave it and hope the new growth covers it? Tricky.

Mspontipine · 22/05/2010 22:06

I had another one - no flowers last year but high hopes for this year (actually alive this one.... well was this morning) nurturing nicely in a pot. Decided to re-position pot to replace the stalk. Picked up pot and snapped huge tap root that had popped out of bottom of pot and burrowed deep deep underground - who knew!!

No !!!! no !!!! not 2 deaths. Now paying for them both!!

Mspontipine · 22/05/2010 22:07

Ah praying

Ginger05 · 19/04/2019 11:43

My passion flower looks dead to and last yrs flowers lasted 2wks tops then died

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