passion flower leaves
By Sanbaz
staining blackpool,
United Kingdom 
i got this passion flower this year, only younge and its indoors till spring but its got these small holes in most of the leaves, and a sugary sticky stuff on some leaves, but no bugs to be seen, is this normal for a passion flower, can anyone help
11 Oct, 2009
Answers
Dont know about PF's Sanbaz but good to see you back.
11 Oct, 2009
iv looked and looked and cant see anything on the leaves moongrower and its inside the house to, what shall i look for,
thanx Drc, feeling a bit grotty but keep coming on here to chear me up :o))
11 Oct, 2009
We'd better not tell you jokes, though, Sandra - you might split your stitches! ;-)
11 Oct, 2009
oh noo dont please barbara, it hurts to laugh heehhe :o)
11 Oct, 2009
Maybe the insect has been and gone....Welcome back San....:>)
11 Oct, 2009
maybe motinot, i will keep looking at the new leaves, thanx for your welcome im glad to be home :o)
11 Oct, 2009
Seriously, as Mg said - aphids do leave a sticky residue...maybe the ladybirds saved your plant by gobbling them up?? Try washing the leaves, if you can - when you can, that is!
11 Oct, 2009
thanx barbara i will do that,, wasnt sure if they had a sticky dropplets to help attach themselves to trellis
11 Oct, 2009
I don't think so, Sandra??
11 Oct, 2009
Nope no sticky droplets to help them attach to trellis, they are twiners. Oh and welcome back from me too!
11 Oct, 2009
thanx moongrower :o)
baz just washed the leaves for me
11 Oct, 2009
Try looking up Nectaries and see if this fits what you are saying.
11 Oct, 2009
ok will do morgana :o) just looked and seems to be it, it is defetatly sugar like and sticky, thanx morgana, so the holes could have been something nibbling at that :o)
11 Oct, 2009
I found that with my clematis it was little tiny slugs on the leaves, some of my leaves on the purple passiflora one has gone abit yellowy and a few holes, I don't worry as there will be new growth come
11 Oct, 2009
thanx morgana, it may have got nibbled when i put it out in the sun the other day,
11 Oct, 2009
It should be ok now if your keeping it in doors
11 Oct, 2009
will do now its getting colder, :o)
11 Oct, 2009
Friend has hers out all year but she is on the Moray coast - bang on the coast so little chance of frost.
11 Oct, 2009
only inside this winter moongrower as its young, they addvised me to when i bourght it, will plant in spring after last frost :o)
11 Oct, 2009
Good luck - Sabine's grows so fast it is sometimes a challenge to get in through her front door... it is on a trellis by the door and sort of climbs in
11 Oct, 2009
bet it looks lovely when in bloom though, they seem very vigarous dont they, this will have white flowers when it eventually flowers
11 Oct, 2009
Absolutely fab Sanbaz - not a plant I would want in our alpine garden but pure magic!
11 Oct, 2009
iv just had a look at your garden moongrower its lovely from the pic i saw, are alpines harder to grow than normal plants
11 Oct, 2009
No not at all, easier in my opinion :-)
At least where we live...
11 Oct, 2009
will have to read up on alpines, thanx :o)
11 Oct, 2009
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Could you have an aphid problem Sanbaz?
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