In January 2009, we got two passionfruit vines from the market. These were planted against the lower side of the new concrete tank and have done well until the past year. The yellow one near the compost bins provided the earlier crops and then the purple one at the base of the overflow took over for a couple of years. We made a trellis for it, but in 2012, it breathed its last. The yellow one still survives beneath the olive tree but has not produced fruit in the past two years, so we have now planted a 'new and improved premium passionfruit' from Bunnings on our trellis below the orange tree.
Passionfruit Panama Pandora, Passiflora flavicarpa hybrid, is a premium new release offering sweeter, larger fruit than other Panama varieties. Fertilise in spring and summer, remove dead foliage and cut back any side shoots that touch the ground. See www.taravalley.com for a fact sheet.
