How Do You Start A Passion Plant?
The passion plant, also known as the purple passion plant or Passiflora incarnata, is a wild-growing vining plant. It produces large, beautifully colored flowers that range from pale pink to purple. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, the passion plant is used medicinally for its calming properties. The passion plant is easy to grow and does well in gardens or even as a container plant. Passion plants are easier to start from cuttings than from seeds. Prepare the planting container by filling it with a half-and-half mixture of sphagnum moss and perlite. Moisten the planting medium until it is wet but not soggy. Use the scissors to cut a tip or end shoot of an existing passion plant below the node of the first or second leaf. Remove the bottom leaf, tendrils and any flower shoots from the cutting. Poke a hole, using the pencil, into the planting medium 1/2 inch deep. Dip the cut end of the tip or shoot into the rooting hormone powder. Shake off any excess powder. Ins
