Cool Passion Flower Seeds 10+
Kept at 75-80F germination occurs unevenly over a period of 30-90 days.
passion flower seeds. It actually has a chemical in the seed to keep germination slow. Abundance in short seasons. Aug 21 2020 Plant the passion flower seeds Water the planting medium in the pots or flat until it is barely moist.
A self clinging climber from Brazil but one of the hardiest of the passion flowers. After soaking them surface sow them in a container of pre-moistened soil. Hardy in zones 8-10.
Unusual yet beautiful 3 inch flowers followed by edible fruits after a hot summer. The plant prefers full sun dryish soils and a trellis. They have hard seed coats so you will need to soak the seeds 1 to 2 days to soften them.
Plants that are produced from seed can take over a decade to flower so propagation from cuttings is preferable. To break dormancy and improve germination for seeds that have been stored a while you can simply take a piece of fine sandpaper and lightly rub one or both sides of the seeds. Remove new growth from below a node.
The flowers have pink petals and sepals the filaments are white streaked with red and purple. They do not store well and will usually go dormant for up to a year. 5 out of 5 stars.
In place of soaking in water you can soak them in pulpy passion fruit juice. Mar 19 2019 Growing passion flowers from seed is not easy. Passion Flower potted Live started Plant.