Passiflora 'Constance Eliott'
Lucombe and Pince, Exeter,
UK 1884
Min –8°C 18°F
May-Oct Note that Passiflora 'Constance Eliott' is often misspelt Passiflora 'Constance Elliot', Passiflora 'Constance Eliot' or indeed Passiflora 'Constance Elliott'. To remind myself I think of Constance as a 'little' girl. That is one l and 2 t's. If you sow enough P. caerulea seed the odd pale blue or even white flower will come up. Lucombe & Pince, Exeter UK, raised Passiflora 'Constance Eliott' in the 1800's. It is not known whether this was from a selection of a P. caerulea seedling or from a sport-that is a spontaneous genetic mutation in a stem of an adult plant. This pure white fragrant form of the species causes considerable confusion as of course only cuttings from the original plant should have the same name. In practice however any white cultivar of P. caerulea is called P. 'Constance Eliott'. Some of these are free flowering, some shy & some may self pollinate but most/all don't. Often used in hybridizing as is thought to give a different range of offspring from caerulea. Note that Passiflora 'Constance Eliott' is often misspelt Passiflora 'Constance Elliot', Passiflora 'Constance Eliott' or indeed Passiflora 'Constance Elliott'.
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Passiflora 'Constance Eliott'
