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Strong colours from today’s #Passiflora flowers

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@BeckyWhin I’m thinking pics 2 & 4 are hellebores (probably H. foetida) which seeds prolifically and flowers late winter/spring Not sure about the other. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helleboru…

@NoniSturge Now is the perfect time to plant out any hardy ones to give them a long season to get roots down (with that in mind water a lot once a week through summer, rather than little and often,this year to encourage deep roots). Worth pinching out tips for greater bushiness too.

@Devsubtropgdn Is it safe to plant these Passiflora cuttings outdoors now? Thank you 😊

@Rainmaker1973 Need glasses! 5+(13x4) = 57

A classic brain teaser.

@Littleashgarden On as devonsubtropical but need to get some content going!

@Devsubtropgdn A shame, but I understand. Not on Instagram?

I will no longer be posting on here for a number of reasons. If you want to see my usual regular passionflower pictures you will find me under a similar name in the blue place. Meanwhile thank you to everyone for the fun interactions over the past few years. Cheers Steve

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@JulieParker144 Thank you for your lovely feedback, Julie. More photos will be coming later this month.

@Devsubtropgdn Great job

#Passiflora x kewensis ‘Beervelde’ is a modern take, by Cor Laurens, on the old cross P. ‘Amethyst’. It proved hardy here last winter and I have a few cuttings with pale flowers in the greenhouse. The last 2 pics are from the summer. It’s readily available in garden centres!

With plants to raise for the boat at the end of the road, bedding for Dawn’s parents & back up plants for 2025 openings there’s no more propagation space so it would be highly irresponsible to get loads of passionflower & banana seeds so you won’t catch us doing that No way!

It takes a lot of preparation, planning and installation but we have finally managed to get our outdoor Christmas lights up. I did a quick risk assessment to check they don’t dazzle passing motorists and all seems fine. Merry Christmas!

Some #passiflora today. P. ‘Annette’ P. ‘Di Scansano’ P. ‘Victoria’ Buds developing on P. ‘Pura Vida’ Interesting to note that 3 of them (not ‘Di Scansano’) are hybrids of P. princeps (previously known as P. racemosa) which has given rise to a great many superb hybrids

Hoping everyone and their gardens came through this last storm safely!

@Littleashgarden That’s a shame, I hope all else is ok. At least it looks like the new one survived! Hopefully can be fixed. I love a greenhouse with a bit of storm history, like a whaler with a wooden leg or a craggy old rock and roller on the comeback trail. All ok here fortunately!

My poor little greenhouse... Blown off its base. It's been there for 12 years.

My little trick for looking after greenhouse plants. Whenever I boil the kettle any leftover boiling water is added to the thermos flask. One litre of very hot water can raise the temperature of 10 litres in a can by about 10C. Makes rainwater useable and tender plant friendly

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December flowers on hardy plants from @RiversideHybrds #Passiflora and one of our hybrids. P. ‘Damsel’s Delight’ P. ‘Betty Myles Young’ P. ‘Snow Queen’ P. ‘GK2’ (our one. Flowers more impressive in season) No heavy frosts mean they carry on growing and flowering

The huge #Passiflora ‘Coral Seas’ that we dug up in October, as we do every year, and cut back to about 6ft tall has been in the greenhouse. It now has shoots appearing all over and will grow through the winter until it goes out again for next year. Flower pic is from September.

#Compost adventures with the #hotbox. We slice up material with lawn mower in seating area (only gravel free flat space) and feed into composter with kitchen waste and bits of cardboard to keep up ‘brown’ content. Makes a lovely nutritious mulch for beds.