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Passiflora caerulea 'Constance Eliott' AGM
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© RHS 1999
Characteristics
Plant type

Climber/Wall Shrub
Habit

Climbing
Toxicity

Ingestion may cause severe discomfort
Resilience
Hardiness

H4 (hardy - average winter)
Colour
Flower

White in Autumn and Summer
Foliage

Green in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter
Size
Ultimate height

4-8 metres
Ultimate spread

0.5-1 metres
Time to ultimate height

5-10 years

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Preferred common name

passionflower 'Constance Eliott'
Family

Passifloraceae

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

'Constance Eliott' is a vigorous evergreen climber to 8m, with deeply lobed leaves and star-shaped white flowers with contrasting purple style-branches, in late summer and autumn
Suppliers

Suppliers listed in RHS Plant Finder
Awards

Award of Garden Merit
How to grow
Sunlight

Full sun
Part shade

Aspect

South-facing or West-facing
Sheltered

Cultivation

Fast-growing climber for sun or partial shade, thrives in moist but well-drained soil. In cold areas, grow in a container and overwinter indoors
Soil

Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline or Neutral
Sand, Clay, Chalk or Loam

Propagation

Propagate by seed, semi-hardwood cuttings or by layering in spring or autumn
Suggested planting locations and garden types

Cottage/Informal Garden, Flower borders and beds, Patio/Container Plants or Wall-side Borders

How to care
Pruning

Pruning group 11 or pruning group 12 if necessary, in early spring
Pests

glasshouse red spider mite, glasshouse whitefly, mealybugs and scale insects may be a problem under glass
Diseases

May be subject to a virus :woohoonaner: