Sorry no real help here, just wanted to ask what kind of passionflower were you trying to root? My first cutting was of p. Incense, and all I did was stick in the ground and buried a lot of the stem. It took and now there are sprouts all over the front and side of the house that I keep pulling out.

I have never rooted passionflower, but I have tried many other vines with mixed results. Usually the nodes on vines are too far apart on stems that are mature enough to resist wilting/rot long enough for the plant to form roots.

Have you tried layering? This method works very well with native honeysuckle, most clematis and many other vines. It may work for passion vines as well.

Frances

I have less than 50% success with rooting passionflower so far. There is a native p. incarnata in the natural area behind me so I have access to a lot of cuttings. I take the cuttings in the spring and have never tried it in the fall. I use the youngest stems and pot them in a light mix of perlite and peat after dipping in rooting hormone. I also use the tallest containers to bury as much stem as possible. I've found that pinning a vine from a growing plant into the soil doesn't work for me either.

It seems to take a long time for them to root, but if they don't it shows up pretty fast. I didn't track the timing, but I wait about three months before planting them in the garden.

I use Floral Foam. cut into 1" squares and soaked.. A little rooting hormone ..poke a hole in the foam and put it in a sunny window and keep moist...They root fairly fast and you just plant the foam and all. âºâº

Kylie

I root passies all the time. Many do quite well in water with bottom heat. For varieties that don't do well in water I use a tray of soil, vermiculite or perlite or a mix. I like using fairly small cuttings, about 6 leaf nodes. I cut the bottom just below a leaf node, dip in rooting hormones and make sure the node is under the soil. I put the tray in a large baggie and seal it also using bottom heat. I strip all but the top leaves and if the top leaves are large I cut them in half.

Diane,

I started a detailed thread with lots of photos on the Passiflora forum a few weeks ago. Someone else added a description and photos of how he uses florist's foam.

The cuttings I use in the thread as examples are fairly quick rooters.

I take shorter cuttings than Karyn, 2-3 nodes. I've never tried florists foam, and I've only tried water a couple times--without success.

I use perlite for most things, occasionally a perlite:peat mixture. I would highly recommend perlite for almost all cuttings. I always use something (plastic dome, plastic bag) to up the humidity to near 100%.

Here is a link that might be useful: Passiflora Forum thread on rooting cuttings

Wow, lots of responses on this one. It's Coccinea, I'm rooting it for Cassie. Today I noticed the lower leaves on the cutting were plumped out, so I cut the rest of it off and relieved some of the burden. It's just sitting on the sill above the fireplace in a bright light situation. If I still have trouble I may have to work out a warmer place for it with a bag overtop. Right now I have to concentrate on Thanksgiving!

I forgot to mention that I also use a homemade cloning box(really an aeration chamber) to root cuttings. The cuttings using this method developed the nicest roots in a short time. I should probably set it back up soon and take some more cuttings. Here's a link to pics of cuttings rooted in the chamber

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/passiflora/msg1115130217351.html

Here's instructions for making a cloning box. It's easy and inexpensive but I did make some modifications.

Here is a link that might be useful: cloning box

Here is the original link I found that works best for me.. A bit more detailed than my answer..LOL..

Kylie

This works so well!!!!

Posted by msbatt 7 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 25, 07 at 13:13

I've had the most success in rooting passies using florists' foam ('wet' foam) as my rooting medium. Soak the foam for 10-15 minutes, then cut it into small cubes no more than an inch on a side and place them in a shallow tray with enough water to come half-way up the sides. Cut your passie cuttings into two-node cuttinggs, snipping about a quarter-inch below the bottom node. (Note---it's EXTREMELY important to be certain the 'bottom' node is actually the rootward end, and it's EASY to get confused with passies---always work from the tip down, just to be certain.) Carefully remove the bottom set of leaves, and I usually rreduce the size of the leaves on the top node, too. Dip the bottom end in just a touch of rooting powder, and insert them into the foam until the bottom node is just barely below the surface. Place the tray in bright but indirect light, and keep the foam moist at all tiimes. Once you see the roots coming through the foam, they're ready to pot up. As the roots grow, they'll break down the foam by themselves.