Caterpillar in my Passion flower vine
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Comments (4)new to the site and to gardening, I have some yellow canna, so yellow and wine colored daylillies, so mint plants that I can send small cuttings of, but most of my plants are not ready to be split until next spring. I can pay for postage through paypal. The passionflower is one that I have waiting for to do with my garden design for my new cottage garden. My zip code is 70431....See MoreAnts on Passion Flower Vine
Comments (8)Those darker nodes are actual sugar like glands, nectaries, that attract the ants to protect the plant from the likes of caterpillars. From what I've read, ants are usually not a problem of any sort, unless you stick your nose in a bloom and it is covered with them, like I did last week, LOL. The aphids that hit buds usually burrow inside the buds and you don't see them however I haven't personally experience that problem with passiflora only hibiscus. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1938594?uid=3739600&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21103794922801...See MoreTransplanting Passion Flower Vines
Comments (1)They have very deep roots, so you will need to keep digging until you find the end of the tap root - maybe a foot or more. Then, just re-plant them at the same depth, keep them wet and they should take off for you....See MoreNew bugs on passion flower vines
Comments (5)Update: whatever they were, they're gone now. Yesterday, they were migrating from the pot to the upper part of the plant. I sprayed neem oil at night, and the bugs are gone now. I don't know if they just migrated beyond the plant or away from the neem oil but they're gone now....See Morebevjimh22
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