Irena,

It appears that you have plenty of green stems on your vine. Here in California, our P. caerulea came back into growth this year just a few weeks ago, once the days started going over 70, and the nights were not likely to go beyond 45 or 50.

However, one thing for you to think about is the placement. This vine could take all the sun you could possibly dish out where you are located. Here, we get about a dozen days over 100 degrees every summer, and our P. caerulea vine is in full all day sun. It loves it! If it gets too much shade, it will still grow, but you may not get it to bloom, or if you do, not as much as is possible for it.

In any case, don't give up on it. Just bide your time and try to be patient. I know it can be hard sometimes... trust me! I have many other plants that I am hoping will recover from the roots still.

Hope this helped a little.

Happy Gardening!!

Eric

Dear Eric:
This helped a great deal, thank you!

I'm going to follow my first instinct by replanting it in a generous-sized pot and putting it out on our back deck, where it will get all the sunshine it could possibly want or need.

I don't mind waiting for signs of life; I just want it to be happy and healthy.

Thanks very much!

It looks alive to me. I'm also in zone 7 (a) and my cold hardy passies don't normally even emerge until the soil has warmed up around late May, early June. I lost all but 1 hardy passie during the winter of 08-09 but this winter wasn't nearly as cold and we had a heavy insulating snow cover.