Passiflora 'Constance Elliot'

Planting Advice for Passiflora:

• Passion Flowers tend to bloom particularly well when their roots are restricted by a container or path side border.
• When planting in a container, use John Innes No 3 potting compost, or any good quality compost.
• Pot-grown shrubs can be planted at any time of the year as long as the soil is not waterlogged or frozen.
• Water your potted plant well, then dig a hole a little deeper and three times the width of the supplied nursery pot.
• Add a soil conditioner such as well-rotted manure to the earth removed from the hole if necessary.
• Remove the plant from the pot and tease out a few of the roots.
• Place your plant in the hole at the same level at the pot.
• Refill the hole with the earth removed by backfilling.
• Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball.
• Water well and mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.

Aftercare Advice:

• Water well and regularly for the first few months. With a robust and rapidly growing root system, your plant will establish rapidly.
• Once planted, keep the area free of weeds, which will compete for nutrients.
• Apply a generous layer of mulch around the base of the plant after planting and annually thereafter.

Pruning Advice:

• Little pruning is needed apart from removing any branches that are dead, damaged or diseased.
• If your passion flower is overgrown or badly frost-damaged, carry out renovation in spring by cutting back the stems to 30-60cm from soil level and your plant will respond by sending out new shoots.