Returned to Passionflower after a difficult first attempt

My first attempt at Passionflower failed — slow establishment in the first season before taking off got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again.

The second attempt, with proper attention to feeding with a high-potassium fertiliser in summer to encourage flowering, has been completely different. It's now thriving in a boundary wall or fence for screening and softening and dramatic seasonal transformations from bare stems to full cover is on full display. bare structure in winter revealing the interesting stem framework this year was a genuine reward for starting again. If you failed first time, the plant isn't the problem — the conditions probably were.