Passion Flower
By Credford
United Kingdom 
I have had a passion flower for four years climbing happily along my fence. However this year after the it flower and produced fruit it began to drop its leaves. I went out today to tidy the garden and it has hardly any leaves left. This is not normal, it is normally green all year round. Is It dead? Should I prune it? or should I give it a chance and wait until spring? I love this plant and would hate to loose it. Novice Gardener
1 Nov, 2008
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In the spring we thought we had lost our passion flower which was outdoors in a pot. It had lost all its leaves and looked really sad. However, a few weeks later we were surprised to find it was starting into leaf and we've had one of the best years for flowers and fruit.
2 Nov, 2008
We're just coming out of an unusually hard cold snap for this time of year and I suspect you are to. You should think of your passion flower as 'semi evergreen' only losing its foliage as a means of self preservation during cooler times. It will almost certainly return, perhaps a little later than usual. It's too early to despair!
3 Nov, 2008
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Hi,
Ours are still flowering and covered in fruit.
Yours may have been caught by the frost. Leave it till the spring.
2 Nov, 2008