Myles Stewart Irvine
Riverside® Passiflora breeder
Myles Stewart Irvine 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 9.7k members and edited the Passiflora Online Journal.
He also grows Agaves, Aloes, Bananas, Cacti, Cycads, Euphorbia, Lithops, Palm Trees etc, plus is the Food Dispenser for Gilbert Gecko & Mittens.
Recently featured in Our Plant Stories together with Bridget – the topic? Passiflora of course! Check out Podcast 2. Passiflora!
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, 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, stamps, tattoos and Passiflora hybrids and species.
Passiflora Online Journal. 10 issues to date, free to download with fantastic informative articles and spectacular images.
Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens has been supportive of my efforts over the years. Please check out his website here.
Also check out the Horticulture.co.uk Passiflora page, which I helped to update!
