Passiflora 'Cooltropics Duo' brings the allure of the tropics to your garden with its exotic, vibrant flowers, fast-growing vines, and fragrant blooms. Whether you’re growing them in containers, training them to climb a trellis, or creating a tropical garden wall, these Passionflower vines will fill your space with vibrant colour, texture, and the even edible fruit! Their easy care, pollinator-friendly nature, and tropical appeal make them an excellent addition to any garden, providing a captivating focal point that blooms year after year. Passiflora vines are renowned for their tropical appeal, bringing a lush, exotic feel to any space. With their fast-growing vines and vivid blooms, they can quickly cover trellises, fences, or walls, providing a tropical oasis in even in our cooler UK climates. They are particularly well-suited for growing in containers or as climbing plants in sunny areas.
These plants are self-infertile, so Passiflora Cooltropics® Duo provides two plants that will successfully fertilise each other. Height: 3.5m (11.5ft). Spread: 1m (3.2ft).
Passiflora Cooltropics® Duo comprises the following varieties:
Passiflora 'Cooltropics Snowstar®' - Large dazzling white flowers.
Passiflora Cooltropics 'Eia Popeia®' - Vivid blue-violet flowers.
Plant height and spread is seasonal therefore we list by pot size rather than a defined plant size. The height and spread of the plant delivered will vary depending on the season, meaning arrival images are an indication only.
Growing Information
Plant Passiflora Cooltropics® plants into any moist, well drained soil. Choose a sunny position that is protected from cold winds in winter. Plants grown in the warmest positions (eg a greenhouse or polytunnel) will start growing earlier and the fruits will ripen better.
Prior to planting, add plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost to the soil. When growing passion flower, be sure to provide the twining stems with an appropriate support such as trellis or wires attached to fences and pergolas.
Plants can also be grown in large containers, minimal size 10 litres. Container grown plants will need to be moved into a frost-free position over winter.
Feed and water regularly throughout the growing season. In autumn, apply a mulch of well rotted manure or garden compost to the base of the plant.
In late autumn, simply cut back the above-ground part to 10 cm. Light winter protection, such as a thick mulch, is recommended. In the winter plants will die back to below ground. Plants require warmth and will not reemerge until late spring, around mid to late May.
Plants are self infertile and so two plants are required to pollinate each other and produce fruit.
