My passion flower has been blooming for over a month now beautifully from a pot on a vine in my backyard. I noticed it just stopped blooming in the past week or so. I looked closely last night and found at least 25 black and orange caterpillars eating my plant! Help. Can I save it? It seems to be dying suddenly.
Hand picking the caterpillars is usually recommended, though you can also treat the plant with Bt or nemm oil. This article should also help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/prevent-caterpillars.htm
I have a Passion Flower indoor plant that blooms quite nicely with big, purple flowers. I have read the directions on this site and I keep it in the sun and I have wrapped the vines on a trellis. I spray for bugs approximately every 10 days and also add a tiny drop of Miracle Gro to the water ever other week. Right now, there are five or six full or partial blooms on it, but the leaves are yellowing and falling off, which causes me great anxiety. I just love the flowers and I want to give the plant the best care possible. Can you please advise?
It may need a little more fertilizer. I would give it a full dose of water soluble fertilizer. Also, to be on the safe side, treat it with a fungicide.
I live in Ohio, zone 5-6 I believe. I have a pretty shady yard. I got a tropical passion vine as a birthday gift and I am wondering what to do with it. Should I plant it outside with an arbor or try to keep it pruned and potted? I am not sure if it would survive a winter here, even with heavy mulching, but would really like to keep it outside if I can. Should I plant it outside and let it grow then dig it up and heavily prune in the fall or would that harm the plant? Just need some advice!! Thanks!
This article should help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower/preparing-a-passion-flower-vine-for-winter.htm
We have a passion flower vine growing on a trellis. The vines have parts that look dry and dead in combination with parts that are greening. Should we prune the dead looking areas? We have had it growing now for about 3 years. Each year it has looked the same, and although there is lots of vine, we don't get many flowers. We live on the south end of Vancouver Island British Columbia.
This article will help with pruning: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower/cutting-back-passion-vines.htm As for the blooming, the soil may have more nitrogen than phosphorus, which is responsible for the blooming. Add some phosphorus rich fertilizer or bone meal to the soil to help with flowering.
Looks like something is attacking the flowers at the base where they attach to the vine, so they fall off. I can see what looks like little bite marks.
Common causes of blossom drop in any fruiting plant are failure in pollination, or too many flowers to support, or not enough sun or water. One thing that comes to mind when you say little tooth marks is mice. Also, there is a possibility of bugs (thrips?) or some disease. You can look carefully on the existing flowers, and the branches and leaves for any kind of bug; you can also take some samples to the nearest Extension Service for analysis; this link will help you find one: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/extension-search/
FYI, here's rather a lengthy article on passion fruit that might be of interest to you; https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html
I'm in Clearwater, FL and vines are flourishing but getting bare at the bottom.
Passion flower is very tough, and you're unlikely to harm it by pruning too much, but if you want to encourage some growth from the base, I think fall would be a good time to prune. Cut back the branches that are bare to within 6-8" of where they emerge from the ground or main stem/ trunk. This article has some more information you might find useful: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower/passion-flower-care.htm
I live in Eastern PA and have 2 different passion fruit plants growing on an arbor. I don't feel like they can handle our harsh winter (especially after last year's) and was hoping to keep them alive by bringing indoors. I'm wondering what is the best way to do this with the least amount of shock/damage to the plants.
You can cut it back to a manageable size and keep it as a houseplant, or you can allow it to go dormant. Just follow these suggestions and you should have no problem: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/passion-flower/passion-flower-winter-care.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/hpgen/acclimate-plants-indoors-winter.htm