P.sanguinolenta
P.gracilens new shoot
P.gracilens new shoot
P.caerulea
28th February 2026
P.sanguinolenta and new shoots showing on P.gracilens
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Merry Christmas 2025
Happy New Year 2026
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First flower from this old tacsonia hybrid - P.Kew Gardens
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P.Damsel's Delight (passiflora hybrid) - flowering outside in a large pot against a south facing window
P.Grandioso (tacsonia hybrid) grafted on P.caerulea - just started producing new leaves in the polytunnel
P.colinvauxii (decaloba species) - growing in a hanging basket in the polytunnel over winter
P.insignis (tacsonia species) - a young plant moved to the polytunnel over winter
25th November 25
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P.pinnatistipula flower still open with temperatures at -1.9c (29f)
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Passiflora pinnatistipula with 4 stigmas and 4 anthers 🙂
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Passiflora pinnatistipula - second flower from this tacsonia species planted in the greenhouse - close up photos 🙂
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P.pinnatistipula - finally produced a flower after many aborted buds dating back to June 2025
P.pinnatistipula - finally produced a flower after many aborted buds dating back to June 2025. This is too high up in the apple tree to pollinate!
My first P.pinnatistipula flower!
Grown from a PSI seed (EUR) and planted in the ground inside the greenhouse 3 years ago it has extended high into the apple tree to produce the first flower.
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Tacsonia fruit with faint stripes
Tacsonia fruit with spots
Tacsonia flower bud
P.pinnatistipula flower bud
2nd September
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P. x exoniensis flower bud
Tacsonia flower
P.nigelliflora seedling
P.caerulea ripe fruit
Today's progress 10th July 2025
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Pink tacsonia flower
Pink tacsonia flower
Thursday 26th June
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Possibly my first flower of P.pinnatistipula
Maybe a hybrid of P.pinnatistipula
Maybe a hybrid of P.pinnatistipula
Promising tacsonia flower buds on top of the greenhouse 🙂
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Tacsonia type 1 flower bud inside the greenhouse
Tacsonia type 2 flower bud inside the greenhouse
Tacsonia type 3 flower bud outside the greenhouse
Large single lobe leaves forming inside the greenhouse - this may be P.Kew Gardens but no flower buds yet to confirm
Tacsonia flower buds are starting to grow inside the greenhouse :-)
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Flower fully opened and lasted 4 days :-)
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First tacsonia flower this year :-)
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New flower
Tacsonia - first flower bud from a new hybrid
New flowers and buds :-)
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Maybe P.pinnatistipula - will have to wait for flowers to be sure
As yet unidentified tacsonia with red stem - probably a hybrid
Maybe P.pinnatistipula - will have to wait for flowers to be sure
Maybe P.pinnatistipula - will have to wait for flowers to be sure
Finally seeing a few tacsonia flower buds :-)
All buds are on the greenhouse escaped plants, none yet on the inside.
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This graft looks a bit ropey but the scion is growing well - the rootstock is either P.caerulea or P.'Purple Haze' - I can't remember!
As yet unidentified tacsonia scion - maybe P.mixta ?
This graft looks better - the rootstock is either P.caerulea or P.'Purple Haze' - I can't remember!
Scion is P. x exoniensis - just started to produce a leaf shoot
Update on my first grafting trial. One graft looks a bit ropey but the scion has started to grow well. The other graft looks ok and the scion has just started producing a new leaf shoot.
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First P.insignis plant repotted a few weeks ago using an ericaceous type potting mix containing four ingredients.
Second P.insignis plant repotted yesterday using a peat-free type potting mix containing four ingredients.
P.insignis repotting has gone well. Additional leaves have opened. I repotted the second plant using a slightly different potting mix for comparison.
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P.insignis - upper side of the leaf - glabrous
P.insignis - under side of the leaf - villous
P.insignis - showing the pinnatisect stipules
Closer look at P.insignis showing the glabrous upper leaf surface while the underside is villous. Also showing stem with pinnatisect stipules.
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Passion Flower seeds for Sale !
The Passiflora Society International European Seedbank Spring 2025 Sale is now open - web site is passiflorasociety.org
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P.macropoda (species)
P.'Grandioso' (hybrid)
P.macropoda and P.'Grandioso'
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P.insignis (species)
P.insignis roots (species)
P.macropoda roots (species)
P.'Grandioso' roots (hybrid)
Up-potting a few young plants :-)
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Original roots carefully removed
More original roots above showing green stems on the left
All the roots retrieved. I then cut up some of the longer roots without green stems into smaller pieces.
These roots with the green stems I planted into separate pots.
Dividing up roots of my Passiflora lutea to create more plants!
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New growth on one of my tacsonia hybrids
Tacsonia hybrid leaves
Underside of a tacsonia hybrid leaf
Pubescent stem and tendrils on this taconia
Interesting leaves appearing on all the tacsonias growing in the greenhouse and polytunnel :-)
The last photo shows a new shoot which has a pubescent stem and tendril
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Another fruit has fallen of P. 'Wilgen K. Verhoeff' :-)
Waiting a few days for the fruit to soften before opening.
Pollinated by P.caerulea
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I germinated an old seed produced in September 2022.
This was a selfed fruit from an established tacsonia I grew which died a few years ago due to extreme cold so hoping to re-establish it in the greenhouse :-)
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This is a graft I made last year showing new shoots.
Tacsonia(P.mixta?) grafted onto a P.caerulea to provide stronger roots and growth.
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P.mucronata - showing new growth
P.parritae x P.antioquiensis - old hybrid growing new stems
P.mixta ?
P.'Wilgen K. Verhoeff'
Passion flowers growing in the greenhouse and polytunnel
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