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Passiflora 'Incense' (F)

passion flower 'Incense'

Vigorous evergreen climber about 3m tall, with deeply lobed rich green leaves. Fragrant, lacy, bowl-shaped violet-mauve flowers 12cm across with wavy coronal filaments, have white marks towards the base, are produced in summer, followed by ovoid, yellow edible but acidic fruit, to 8cm long in summer and autumn

Synonyms
Passiflora (_incarnata_ × _cincinnata_ 'Incense')
Passiflora incarnata 'Incense'
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Size
Ultimate height
2.5–4 metres
Time to ultimate height
5–10 years
Ultimate spread
1.5–2.5 metres
Growing conditions
Loam
Moisture
Moist but well–drained
pH
Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green
Summer Purple White Green Yellow
Autumn Purple White Green
Winter Green
Position
  • Full sun
  • Partial shade
Aspect

East–facing or South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H2
Botanical details
Family
Passifloraceae
Native to the UK
No
Foliage
Evergreen or Semi evergreen
Habit
Climbing
Genus

Passiflora are mostly tender tendril-climbing shrubs, with simple or palmately-lobed, generally evergreen leaves and showy flowers of distinctive structure with often colourful coronal filaments, followed by conspicuous fruits, edible in some species

Name status

Accepted

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in a conservatory or frost free greenhouse in a container of peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light, with shade from hot sun. See passion flower cultivation

Propagation

Propagate by seed, semi-hardwood cuttings or by layering in spring or autumn

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • Sub-tropical
  • Conservatory and greenhouse
  • Edible fruit
Pruning

Pruning group 11 or pruning group 12 if necessary, in early spring

Pests

May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, glasshouse whitefly, mealybugs and scale insects under glass

Diseases

May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely) and a virus

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