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Cultural
information: "Passion Vine" is not the
prettiest plant around but when it produces it's exotic flowers...
you'll be happy you
own one. See the inset picture of the flowers compliments of
corbis.com.
"Passion Flower" needs direct sunlight for part of
the day or very bright indirect light all day to flower. Keep the
soil moist, occasionally allowing the plant to dry to it's wilting
point. When the plant is growing, feed monthly... when the plant
is resting feed bi-monthly with a balanced liquid plant food. You
can train your plant to grow on nearly any thing. We used to grow
them in large clay pots with an interesting tree branch planted in
the pot for the vines to attach to. It really added to the beauty
of this exotic flowering plant. Propagating stem cuttings is
difficult.
"Passion Flowers" are usually available during the
spring, but may be located year round. Generally they are produced
in 10" containers with an inexpensive wooden trellis for the
plant to climb on.
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