Is anyone growing this? I ask simply because they're in flower now and it's
just such a lovely, delicate plant. It's a sport of the better known P.
caerulea, I think and it's white and wonderful AND it's as hardy as its
cousin.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)

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Sacha writes:
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| Is anyone growing this? I ask simply because they're in flower now and it's
| just such a lovely, delicate plant. It's a sport of the better known P.
| caerulea, I think and it's white and wonderful AND it's as hardy as its
| cousin.

Yes. It is facing south-east, and is a sparse grower and shy flowerer
with me. It's OK, but not exciting.

Admittedly, my caerulea hasn't flowered at all so far this year, for
reasons known only to itself. It is possibly because it has access
to a lot more water and was cut back hard.

The one that I am chuffed with is my P. incarnata, which I grew from
seed, and is flowering now. It is the very devil to grow in most parts
of the UK, as it can't stand the combination of even slight frost and
waterlogging. Mine is in the rain shadow of the eaves, sharing a bed
with Cyclamen coum, which also likes that.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Sacha wrote:
Is anyone growing this? I ask simply because they're in flower now and
it's
just such a lovely, delicate plant. It's a sport of the better known P.
caerulea, I think and it's white and wonderful AND it's as hardy as its
cousin.

As you know, I got one a few months ago and it has grown like the
blazes, flowering all the way. I've been training the stems back and
forth horizontally to get the maximum lateral cover, which means some
of them must now be a good 15 or so feet long. Not bad for a 3 footer
planted in April. I don't find the normal form of coerulea very
attractive at all, but this is in a totally different league and
seriously refined. The flowers are slightly smaller than the species,
but their translucent white sepals and pure white corolla are far more
effective than the blue and pale green of coerulea.

I have it growing with the reddish-purple P. x coeruleo-racemosa and am
looking forward to seeing them both out together. I suspect the whole
lot is going to be yet another one of my 'tangles', because Araujia
sericofera rushing along to join 'Constance' and her companion.
In-between, an 'orchid vine' - Bauhinia yunnanensis is weaving its way
through hinting at a show of purplish pink, orchid-like flowers the
weeks to come. There's already been a 'crash' in the middle and all
manner of tendrils are flailing about. I do like it when everything
gets close and personal

The Araujia is a decidedly handsome climber in its own way. Vaguely
Stephanotis-like, the fragrant white flowers are carried in clusters,
some being haphazardly splashed or spotted with pink of varying
intensity. It is a good evergreen with silvery backed, leathery, deep
green leaves and can put on quite a show from late summer onwards. Its
party-piece however, is that night flying moths searching for nectar
are held fast by their probosces and not released until the sun has
gained strength the following day. On some mornings in late summer,
there are several dozen moths hanging from the flowers. A gruesomely
curious sight.

So the Araujia gets really close and personal with the moths.
Why does it do that?-- naughty sexy explanations (if you must)

Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:

So the Araujia gets really close and personal with the moths.
Why does it do that?-- naughty sexy explanations (if you must)

Well it doesn't do it with the moths, it was my way of saying that I
prefer to have many climbers intermingling, weaving and clambering
about each other, forming a mass of foliage and hopefully, different
flowers. Araujia (sometimes known as the 'Cruel Plant') ensures
pollination by having very sticky pollen masses that adhere to any
insect's probing parts. Since the pollen only reaches its sticky
maturity by early evening, bees and butterflies are rarely caught. The
moth is held prisoner until bright warm sunshine cause the pollen
masses to dry and crumble enabling the moth to break free. Enough
remains firmly glued onto its proboscis so that when the next flower is
visited, particles are deposited on the stigma thereby initiating
pollination. It works very well in warm climates, but when the weather
turns cooler in the UK, the flowers don't dry out sufficiently and the
moths remain firmly stuck, only to be picked off by appreciative birds
or until they die of exhaustion.
Aye, nature raw in tooth, claw ... and flo'er?

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"DavePoole Torquay" writes:
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| Aye, nature raw in tooth, claw ... and flo'er?

Yes. There is also that fungus which lassoos some kind of worm,
strangles it and eats it.

The only kingdom (or whatever they call them nowadays) that I don't
know of something like that is the Archaea, and that is probably just
my ignorance showing.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

One of our passiflora caerulea has large numbers of flowers this year,
more than ever, the bees love it, esp bumble bees. It's still flowering,
& fruiting like crazy!! I loves the weather, on the front of the south
facing house & yet again trying to get into the living room!!

Not sure if it's edulis, but I have tried some of the fruit in previous
years!!

nice!


I LOVE passiflora, really considering renewing my Passiflora society
membership.

I went to visit John Vanderplank , who is the custodian of the
Passiflora collection in the UK.. Amazing place, would love to go
again!!

http://www.passiflora-uk.co.uk/

JW

Sacha wrote:

Is anyone growing this? I ask simply because they're in flower now and it's
just such a lovely, delicate plant. It's a sport of the better known P.
caerulea, I think and it's white and wonderful AND it's as hardy as its
cousin.


--
My Blog at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sw33tf00l/

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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(JW) writes:
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| I went to visit John Vanderplank , who is the custodian of the
| Passiflora collection in the UK.. Amazing place, would love to go
| again!!
|
| http://www.passiflora-uk.co.uk/

When? We went there in September last year, if I recall, and the place
was derelict, which was very sad.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

He has moved, and split the collection, he has retained the species while a
lady called Jane (I think) Lindsey has the cultivars. I think part of the
nursery site is still used to hold some but as a nursery its no longer
trading. My information however is not that much newer than yours and
something may have happened to him but I suspect I would have heard.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

Charlie Pridham wrote:

He has moved, and split the collection, he has retained the species while a
lady called Jane (I think) Lindsey has the cultivars. I think part of the
nursery site is still used to hold some but as a nursery its no longer
trading.

Which explains why the website has disappeared into the ether. Pity,
it was a very good site while it lasted.

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DavePoole Torquay writes

The Araujia is a decidedly handsome climber in its own way.

How tender is that Dave?

Janet

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk