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Edible fruit?

Some are delicious & some toxic!

Practical Passion flower tips

How to care for these fascinating and beautiful climbers

Passiflora 'Snow Queen'

A fabulous new hardy RIVERSIDE® Hybrid

Passiflora Online Journal

Free download! Informative articles and stunning images

Myles Stewart Irvine

Myles Stewart Irvine

Riverside® Passiflora breeder

Myles has been growing Passiflora for over 30 years, releasing a number of hybrids over that time. The best have been selected for worldwide distribution as the Riverside® Passiflora.

He created this site in 2000, started the Passiflora Online Facebook Group in 2007, now over 5k members and edited Passiflora Online Journal.

He also grows Agaves, Aloes, Bananas, Cacti, Cycads, Euphorbia, Lithops, Palm Trees and more, plus is the Food Dispenser for Louis the Cat and Gilbert Gecko.

Passiflora Online has many plant care tips and fascinating information about these beautiful Passion flowers which are climbers, vines and trees. ID what passion flower you have here. Check out the FAQ. This authoritative site has information about many aspects of these fascinating and beautiful climbers, vines and trees. Passiflora, also known as Passionflowers, including:-

Plant care such as making cuttings, sowing seed, hybridising, edible fruit, fertiliser, hardiness, minerals, soil mixes and more. Plant info such as alternative medicine, flowering, genetics, hormones, lifecycle, lifespan, toxicity, pigments, pollen and more.

Fabulous images and info re pollinators such as bats, bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, moths and wasps, plus images of antique botanical prints and newer images, stamps, tattoos and Passiflora hybrids and species.

Passiflora Online Journal. 10 issues to date, free to download with fantastic informative articles and spectacular images.

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Louis the Cat outraged that I am attempting to hav

Louis the Cat outraged that I am attempting to have a mid-afternoon nap. Outrage increased due to being denied any kibble or Thrive Chicken Treats. #wetfoodonly #happytummy @mobilecatvet
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#blackcat #blackcats #blackcatsrule #blackcatsofinstagram #cat #cats #catofinstagram #catoftheday #riversidepassiflora

Gunnera tinctoria. @roknopp_exotic_garden has adv

Gunnera tinctoria. @roknopp_exotic_garden has advised not G. manicata & Maarten Christenhusz (taxonomist) confirms that he is correct. And just to put the icing on the cake having done very little above ground last year it is positively exploding into life this year & to my amazement has started to produce an inflorescence/flower spike confirming indeed it is G. tinctoria. How big it’s going to grow this season I have no idea. 🧐 It seems almost all plants sold throughout Europe as G. manicata are G. tinctoria. The first time I remember seeing them was in @cannizaro.park many years back. A huge bunch of them in a prehistoric valley waiting for a pack of 🦕 🦕🦕 to burst out of them. Fabulous.
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#monsterplants #tropicalgarden #gunneramanicata #uktropical #uktropicalgarden #gunneratinctoria #tropicalgardenuk #waterplants #bogplants #bogplantsrock #tropicalvibes #jurrasicpark #dinosaurplant #dinosaurfood #giantrhubarb #riversidepassiflora #giantrhubarbplant #gunnera

Passiflora ‘Snow Queen’ A Riverside®️ hybri

Passiflora ‘Snow Queen’ A Riverside®️ hybrid. Pics © @graemeboocock. Lovely to see SQ from @clearviewhort on sale in Canada. Great labels. SQ plants appeared a bit late in UK this year (Brexit/late frosts?) but are now widely available in uk from local garden centres plus online at @waitrose @crocus.co.uk @the_rhs and more. Also available in EU & USA.
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@planthaven_plants @brushwoodnursery @babyplant.nl @neweyppl
#planthavenplants #passiflora #surbiton #polyploid #vine #whiteflowers #tropicaltribe #tropicalplants #surbitonlife #passiflorasnowqueen #hardyvine #hardyplants #climber #vine #riversidepassiflora

Chamaerops humilis, the European Fan Palm. Questio

Chamaerops humilis, the European Fan Palm. Question of the day. Palm growers, when (if you do it at all) do you cut off your old fronds? On most of my Yuccas in Spring I cut off not just old spears but some perfectly good ones to encourage upward growth and a taller trunk. I also seem to get more side shoots too depending on the species and the plants seem happy. I also do it with Cycas revoluta on occasion if the fronds are yellowing and from now on Dicksonia antarctica each spring as it seems to stimulate new croziers to unfurl. With palms however this seems to be discouraged with the fronds only being removed when the leaflets have totally died back, with suggestions that to do otherwise will slow the growth of the palm. Herbivory generally boosts growth but perhaps this doesn’t apply with palms. All thoughts welcome. @tropicalbritain @carlos.magdalena.kew @matt.pottage @bigplantnursery @thepalmcentre @thepalmtreecompany
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#riversidepassiflora #dicksonia #dicksoniaantarctica #yucca #europeanfanpalm #chamaerops #chamaeropshumilis #palm #palmtree #palmpruning #palmquestion #tropicalgardeningadvice

Brahea armata. #nofilter A favourite. From @thepal

Brahea armata. #nofilter A favourite. From @thepalmcentre Many common names including Sweet Brahea, Blue Fan Palm, Big Blue Hesper Palm, Mexican Blue Palm, Blue Hesper Palm, Spiny Rock Palm, Rock Palm, Gray Goddess Palm etc. This little chap has made it through two winters in a pot and now it’s taken the plunge and dived into the ground. We have planted it a bit proud of the soil and added a little compost and sharp sand but not too much. In heavy clay soils adding a lot of sand can turn the soil around the plant into a sump where water will accumulate. Some palms would be unbothered but this once like it hot and dry with a freedraining poor quality substrate. These are notoriously slow growing when small but have the most blue/green fronds of any of the palms and are hardy to about -10°C. In their natural habitat they can grow up to 45 feet tall and produce a spectacular inflorescence. In UK conditions we will be lucky to see 8 feet. @vincenzecalzone reports the fronds losing their blue colour and reverting to green once transplanted from pot to ground so will be interesting to see what happens.
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#riversidepassiflors #hesper #hesperpalm #bluepalm #mexicanbluepalm #brahea #braheaarmata #palm #palmtree #tropicalgarden #tropicalplants #tropicalplantsuk

Putney Bridge. The recently restored Victorian cas

Putney Bridge. The recently restored Victorian cast iron lamp columns. Wiki ‘In 1886 construction of the stone bridge that stands today, on a new alignment, was completed. A new road – Putney Bridge Approach – was laid to connect the northern end of the new bridge with Fulham High Street at its junction with New King's Road: in consequence the southernmost stretch of Fulham High Street was reduced to a cul-de-sac.

The bridge was designed by civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette as a five-span structure, built of stone and Cornish granite. Bazalgette also designed London's sewerage system, and the bridge integrates two of his five outfall sewers running perpendicular to it.‘
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#putney #putneybridge #castiron #castironlantern #gradetwo #gradetwolisted #riversidepassiflora

It’s funny how a trip out to London feels so exo

It’s funny how a trip out to London feels so exotic after a year of going out very little at all. Andrea & I walked from Raynes Park to Putney then on to Fulham Palace. Excellent coffees & grub @doctorespressocaffetteria
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#doctorespresso #londonwalk #putney #fulham #riversidepassiflora

Morning out plus Andrea. A fascinating house and g

Morning out plus Andrea. A fascinating house and garden, historic residence of the Bishop of London. @fulhampalace
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#riversidepassiflora #fulhampalace #botanicalgarden #bishopoflondon #walledgarden

‘What we were makes us who we are.’ #history #

‘What we were makes us who we are.’ #history #surbiton #surbitonstation #railway #tailwaystation #southwesttrains #riversidepassiflora

Musa basjoo aka ‘Brandon Banana’ is the first

Musa basjoo aka ‘Brandon Banana’ is the first banana to make a strong recovery after such a tough April with umpteen frosts. A lovely big plant last year from @bigplantnursery. What I have learnt since I started growing bananas, Ensetes etc recently, is that it is better to pay more and buy a bigger plant so it can really establish itself before its first winter. One of the smaller M. basjoo plants has rotted but the others should be ok. M. sikkimensis seems pretty near M. basjoo in its hardiness with Musella lasiocarpa not far behind. Re Ensetes (We lost three, one large and two small) you might get away with it in a mild winter but much safer to chop the leaves off, dig them out and dry store them upside down, only putting them back out when frost risk is passed. Lesson learnt.
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#riversidepassiflora #musa #musabasjoo #musella #musellalasiocarpa #musasikkimensis #bigplantnursery #musasikkimensisredtiger #tropicalgarden #tropicalgardenuk #tropicalgardening #tropicalgardenstyle #tropical #banana #bananas

The many colours of Spring as plants desperately t

The many colours of Spring as plants desperately try to burst into life. @metoffice ‘April 2021 had the lowest average minimum temperatures for April in the UK since 1922, as air frost and clear conditions combined for a frost-laden, chilly month, despite long hours of sunshine.’ Also the driest April for 60 years. 🙀🙀🙀
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#riversidepassiflora #frost #recordweather #dryweather #frostyweather #surbiton

Louis the Cat storming up the stairs to express mi

Louis the Cat storming up the stairs to express mild irritation at being denied Thrive dried chicken cubes. ‘It’s for your own good you know’. Wet food only seems best for his tummy. Salmon @meowingheads a favourite. @mobilecatvet
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#riversidepassiflora #blackcat #blackcatsrule #witchesfamiliar #wetfoodforcats #angrycat #grumpycat

I had decided to leave all the old fronds on the D

I had decided to leave all the old fronds on the Dicksonia antarctica till the new croziers (there but waiting) burst forth. More and more were going brown and dying back though so I took the plunge and cut them all off leaving stubs of about 4 inches. Lovely golden sap oozing out. I’m hoping the simulated herbivory will spring the croziers into life like unfurling party horns!
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#treefern #dicksonia #dicksoniaantarctica #tasmaniantreefern #herbivory #jurrasicjungle #primitiveplant #dinosaurfood #prehistoricplants

Fabulous old Citroen DS crossing Hampton Court bri

Fabulous old Citroen DS crossing Hampton Court bridge. First released at the Paris Motor Show in 1955. @topgear ‘An icon. The Citroen DS is one of the landmarks, a wonder of the car world. If humans one day leave Earth and decide to ship only ten automobiles from history to our new home in the stars, a Citroen DS will have to be there, nestled among the Ford Model T and Ferrari F40. It’s Citroen at its absolute maddest.... The DS didn’t just seduce buyers with its elegant speedboat looks. Its tech was real-world relevant. The whole car was suspended on hydro-pneumatic, automatically-levelling independent suspension that would absorb the bumps from France’s notoriously roughshod roads, and even raise the car up for more ground clearance. Range Rovers wouldn’t be able to do that for decades. Heck, the Range Rover wasn’t invented for another 14 years.’
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#citroen #citroends #topgear #vintagecar #classiccar #riversidepassiflora

Louis the Cat loves our local paper @thegoodlifesu

Louis the Cat loves our local paper @thegoodlifesurbiton. It’s a great read with a quirky feel, plenty of local news and always some really interesting local history articles. Amy the Cat Doctor @mobilecatvet advertises in it and most importantly it’s good for sitting on! 🐈‍⬛
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#thegoodlife #surbiton #riversidepassiflora #thecatdoctor #mobilecatvet #blackcatsofinstagram #blackcatsrule #blackcats

Colocasia esculenta 'Blue Hawaii' #nofilter A love

Colocasia esculenta 'Blue Hawaii' #nofilter A lovely little plant from the excellent @blue_nurseries From their site, ‘an eye catching cultivar produced from the common ‘Taro’. This tropical, big leaf has large ovate heart shaped leaves with dark ribs and edges displaying intricate blue-grey veining on stems of deep burgundy. If you want to achieve maximum tropical in the UK summer garden this is a must have plant.
Grows to around 150cm tall and requires a constantly moist soil throughout the growing season. Best in a sheltered spot in dappled shade, but best leaf colour is produced in full sun and plenty of water. Store tubers overwinter in a dry, frost free place. Bagging with just moist vermiculite over winter helps prevent the tubers/corms from drying out too much.
Light shade/full sun
Well drained but moist soil
RHS hardiness rating H2/H3’
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#colocasia #colocasiabluehawaii #surbiton #pondplants #tropicalgarden #tropicalgardenuk #taro #riversidepassiflora

#nofilter Is nothing sacred? I know! Let’s spray

#nofilter Is nothing sacred? I know! Let’s spray the plants the same colour as the pots. 🧐
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#cacti #cactus #dyedplants #riversidepassiflora

A failed experiment. Having overwintered successfu

A failed experiment. Having overwintered successfully at the end of year 1 indoors upside down with the leaves chopped off, the Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’ had got so big we thought we would try to overwinter it in the ground at the end of year 2. I knew we were taking a risk but in a mild winter hoped it would be fine. It seemed to survive a few cold spells and some snow but the repeated late frosts in April, the worst for 60 years finished it. (perhaps I unwrapped it too soon but don’t think it made any difference in the end.) So it was dug out today, not just rotten but putrescent almost as though it was part animal. The corm is fermented in Ethiopia (a smelly process apparently) into a nutritious flour and I suspect it is the amino acids from the protein content breaking down giving the smell.
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#musa #ensete #enseteventricosum #enseteventricosummaurelii #musabasjoo #musasikkimensis #musasikkimensisredtiger #banana #dwarfcavendish #dwarfcavendishbanana #winterprotection #frostcovering #horticulturalfleeceforxmas #surbiton #horticulturalfleece #riversidepassiflora

I posted a pic of Pseudopanax lessonii ‘Moa’s

I posted a pic of Pseudopanax lessonii ‘Moa’s Toes’ a while back. A lovely pair of plants from @toucan_tropicals. The new leaves are quite amazing, dripping with a thick waxy coat that looks as though it has been polished to a shine by an army guardsman. I bought two plants. As a growth comparison test, one in a terracotta pot for me and one one in a plastic pot for @carlos.magdalena.kew . Inevitably this is his one looking great while the new leaves on mine have been chomped into a misshapen mess by a 🐌. Bah! Info as before, Pseudopanax (false ginseng) are mainly found in New Zealand. Some of them like Pseudopanax ferox have quite different juvenile & adult foliage. The change is thought to be due to evolutionary pressure of herbivory to make the juvenile leaves hard to see and thorny. Ostrich like creatures, the combination of hunting for food plus habitat loss meant the moas became extinct by 1445. Wiki ‘The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached about 3.6 m in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about 230 kg while the smallest, the bush moa, was around the size of a turkey.’

Louis the Cat has a hard life. Kept going by the a

Louis the Cat has a hard life. Kept going by the amazing Amy & her team. @mobilecatvet
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#riversidepassiflora #catsofinstagram #cat #blackcats #blackcatsofinstagram #catmassage #surbiton #mobilecatvet

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