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Blue Passion Flower

Wonderfully exotic white flowers with central rings of purple, blue and white spiky filaments from July to September, followed by egg-shaped, orange-yellow fruit. Blue passion flower is a vigorous, trouble-free climber that thrives in hot summers. Perfect for a tropical garden, it grows best at the base of a sheltered wall in full sun.Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soilRate of growth: fast-growingFlowering period: July to SeptemberFlower colour: whiteOther features: the egg-shaped, orange-yellow fruit, and deeply divided, rich green leavesHardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)Garden care: To train chose three to five of the strongest shoots, tying them in to horizontal wires. Once established cut back the flowered shoots immediately after flowering to within two or three buds of the permanent framework of the plant. In spring remove dead, misplaced or overcrowded stems
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