How to grow Purple passion plant growing and care:
Slightly acid, moist, trellising
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Vegetative Reproduction
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No but easy to do so
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Weak and sensitive
Planting season:
All year
Pests and diseases:
Spider mites, aphids
Pruning season:
All year
How to prune:
More for design
Size of the plant:
50-100 cm, 20-40 inches
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Slow growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun (not in the hot summer)/ Half Shade / Full Shade
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
Yes
Growing is also possible in a planter, flowerpot or containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season?
Spring / Summer
General information about the flower:
Orange-yellow flowers with multiple needle like stamen
Scientific name:
Gynura aurantiaca
Categories of growing
Planting Season: Autumn Planting, Spring Planting, Summer planting, Winter planting
Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants, Part shade Plants, Shade Plants
Climates that the plant can grow: Mediterranean Climate, Subtropics Climate, Tropics Climate
Growing speed of the plant: Slow growing plants
Plant life-form: Evergreen, Perennial plant, Shrub, Vine
Plant Uses: Colored leaves, Indoor plants, Ornamental plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Regularly water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10, Hardiness zone 11, Hardiness zone 12, Hardiness zone 13
Ornamental parts: Ornamental leaves, Ornamental plant
Leaf color: Purple leaf
Blooming season: Spring flowers, Summer flowers
Flower colors: Orange flower, Yellow flower
Harvest Season:
Edible Parts:
Culinary uses: