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.

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Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

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Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

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