Random Spring 2013 @ AYK

[aykhan]

Khan Saheb fragrance bhi hai na?

[aykhan]

...Passiflora incense in bloom. Will have more pictures later. Blooms look good despite the heat and fragrant.

[saqib]

superb collection ,

[Hamad]

Khan sb though I don't like small day lilies but this one is stunning and looking beautiful, passiflora is also looking great

Hamad

[rafique]

Beautiful collections sir... endorsing again and again.

Any special precautions to grow n get flowers on passiflora?

[aykhan]

Rafique Saheb I have 5 passiflora cultivars not yet a full year has passed so I have no specific recommendations. For now I can say Incense was the first to flower from rooted cutting and now repeat flowering good despite heat. Clear Sky had a lot of bud drop might be heat stress but will need to see how it performs next blooming time. If Clear Sky didn't have bid drop it might be most spectacular since it literally had hundreds of buds which kept coming. The other three are stressed since I transplanted them and chopped them in half.

[rafique]

Dr sb there is passiflora miniata or vitifolia(red flower) in a nursery at model town and nursery man is demanding RS 3000 for it.
it is a mature plant having 8 to 10 buds. but i want to know does it has this much worth or not?
On the other hand i purchased couple of passiflora incarnata cuttings(small ones) last month from patoki at cost of 200 each. Should there be too much difference between two cultivars?

[aykhan]

Rafique Saheb I cannot be sure about other cultivars. Even the ones I have I will not not be able to tell you which one is best for Lahore. Example the zone rating of both Incense and clear Sky is same but Incense had yellow leaves and was messy in winter while Clear Sky was evergreen and beautiful in the winter. On the other hand the bud drop problem was there. Maybe needs more shade than Incense. Also it's nice that leaves are small and beautiful and flower size is large. Incense and Ruby elata are huge and more invasive and this one is smaller and can be controlled better.

Please don't waste that much money of the vine. I think the cultivars I selected are the best and cover the color range. These vines are not that expensive and grow so quickly that size is not even an issue in the cost. I have a Clear Sky sucker pulled out a few days ago. If you like come over anytime and take it as a present.

[Kaleem]

Beautiful Passiflora bloom, Red one is my fav Passiflora bloom.

[rafique]

Thanks you Dr for guidance. I am really grateful for your gerouos offer. I would try to avail the opportunity.
Thanks again.