sat these on the counter since posting and they are coloring up:
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First flower opening.
Planted them in the ground on June 18th and they were 4" tall then. Now they’re 7’.
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‘Genesis’ was a selection I made from P. incarnata trials I have been running at PHN for some years now. The original stock was a mix of superior local selections. They interbred for years and multiplied and many of them are quite good and definitely better than average. However, ‘Genesis’ stood out for the remarkably large size fruits with all around excellent qualities including taste. We propagated it for the 1st time in 2026 and the vines are now sold out - the quantities were extremely limited due to some complications. I’m working with a small tissue culture lab now and also am planning on expanding propagation in 2027 and hope to have several hundred available for summer 2027. I say it’s like the ‘Susquehanna’ of passionfruit for good reason.
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It would certainly make excellent breeding stock.
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The size of these are actually insane
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Thank you! My maypops here have been flowering but not fruiting in their first year…I don’t know if I need a second one, but if I do, I’ll look for this next year.
Love that flower. Congrats
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The first picture is our passionfruit trial area.
Someone asked me if we are testing for self-pollination with ‘Genesis’ and we are, under insect netting. (2nd photo).
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Also the hardiest survivor vines from Roman’s seeds are now flowering and setting fruit for the 1st time one year later! That’s going to be interesting.
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I think that can be a flawed experiment, unless you are hand pollinating the flowers?
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The other 2-10 seedling has its first flower open while the other has already opened 3. The first one I don’t think is self pollinating.
The flowers are much darker and more blue.
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Are these both hardy to Zone 5b? And my sister has land in Zone 6a but how do they do with wet and clay soil?
I’d love to buy some from you and at least plant them at my sister’s place.
I’m hand pollinating the flowers with it’s own flowers.
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P. Incarnata are cold hardy to zone 5b, probably colder. It’s always unclear to me what people mean by wet soil. They are not adapted to marshy or swampy conditions or very poor drainage. They like areas with good drainage but adequate moisture, such as grassy fields, meadows, farm fields, derelict areas, fence lines, etc. They can handle clay or sandy soil.
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