Passiflora 'Quadrangular Grandilla'

Passiflora is a very interesting ornamental crop for landscaping rooms, offices, as well as homesteads in the south of Russia. Long-lived fast-growing liana, depending on the form of support form a dense green screen or a semicircle of lush foliage, studded with flowers fantastic in their beauty and exoticism. Passiflora tetrahedral is the largest of passiflora, with powerful shoots reaching over 15 m in length. It features bright green oval leaves and huge flowers 13-15 cm in diameter. Gives very large oval fruits with a thick yellowish skin and sweet pulp up to 30 cm long! It needs high temperature and humidity to bear fruit so requires more care. It usually blooms in the apartment but bears fruit infrequently. Seeds are soaked for 24 hours before sowing, then sown into the soil to a depth of 2-5 mm. Seeds are covered with glass and constantly moistened, not allowing the substrate to dry out. The optimal germination temperature is 20-24°C. Sprouts appear unevenly, some seeds may germinate for 10 months. As the seedlings appear, remove the glass. In the phase of the first pair of true leaves seedlings are pickled. Passiflora is very light-loving, prefers well-drained, neutral or slightly alkaline soils. It needs regular watering, weekly feeding (especially during active growth), spraying and ventilation. Before frosts, plants are returned to room conditions; in March, shorten lateral shoots by three to five buds. Passiflores are ideal plants for vertical gardening. They are fast growing, vigorous, magical fragrance, abundant and long-lasting blooms.