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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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Ultimate height

2.5–4 metres

Time to ultimate height

5–10 years

Ultimate spread

1.5–2.5 metres

Loam

Moisture

Moist but well–drained

pH

Alkaline, Neutral

	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Full sun
Partial shade

Aspect

East–facing or South–facing or West–facing

Exposure

Sheltered

Hardiness
Hardiness ratings
All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets
H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)

Botanical details

Family: Passifloraceae
Native to GB / Ireland: 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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