Posted this on the perennial forum, but just remembered this one!

I got a blue passion flower last year and kept it in a deep hanging basket. It did well all summer until winter came... and it didn't come back. I think this is partially due to the fact that it was in a basket, and partially because I didn't water it all winter and it was under the roof of my porch :(

I'd like to not kill another one. Therefore I don't want to try the basket again! However, I don't really have a place to train it on a trellis. Can I have it grow on a bush, like a clematis can? I'm thinking of a hawthorn bush. . .

Thanks for your help, as always!

Oh, and if it has invasive-potential I'd definitely consider putting it in a pot and burying the pot next to the bush.

The one kind soul who replied made me think it might be too much - that it will grow like crazy - and - spread invasively like crazy.

What say you all?

Thank you thank you!