Breeder Myles Irvine with the ‘Snow Queen’ Natalia Walaszek
Passiflora ‘Snow Queen’
A Riverside Hybrid
January 2018 Plant Breeders Rights Granted (48,160) by CPVO for the Riverside® Hybrid Passiflora ‘Snow Queen’.
Plantarium Trade Fair 2017 Riverside Hybrids Passiflora ‘Damsel’s Delight & Passiflora ‘Snow Queen’ both selected for the prizewinning FleuraTerraza range by Dutch climber specialists Van der Starre.
HTA National Plant Show 2017 Shrubs and Climbers Gold Award and best in category –
Presented by Newey PPL
Widely available throughout Europe, UK, Canada & USA
Protection Status: Plant Breeders Rights Granted (48,160)
US Plant Patent Rights pending.
RIVERSIDE® is a Registered Trademark.
Key Features
- syn. Hardy Passion Flower
- Position: Thrives best in sun
- Soil: Most garden soils but appreciates good drainage
- Flowers: Late Spring onwards
- Flower colour: White
- Habit: Hardy evergreen climber
- Height: 3m or more
- Leaves: Green
Vigorous and spectacular climber which uses tendrils to cling to its host plant or support. This is a spectacular newly released garden worthy hybrid which thrives well in a wide range of conditions. The complex flowers are produced from late Spring onwards and the biblical connections always make them a talking point. Strong flower up to 12cm in diameter, corona filaments up to 8cm, lovely strong scent, reflexes; stays open for several days.
Characteristics
Genus & Species: Passiflora
Protection Status: Plant Breeders Rights Granted (48,160), US Plant Patent pending. RIVERSIDE® is a Registered Trademark
USDA Zone: 8b Min -8°C 18°F
Bloom: Large pure white flowers with striking strong filaments.
Bloom Time: Late Spring to late Autumn
Foliage: Attractive large shiny dark green leaves, strong veins, sometimes three lobed, usually 5-lobed
Habit: A large, vigorous vine
Propagation: By cuttings
Culture: Best grown in a free-draining soil in a sunny position
Uses: Pots, Containers, Garden Border, walls and trellises, modern landscape
Additional Comments: Polyploid. Occasional large decorative green fruit ripening to yellow orange, fruit inedible. It flowers even as a small cutting, holds on to its leaves well over winter and produces many flowers a day for months on end. In the right conditions it will flower year round. Passiflora ‘Snow Queen’ was named in honour of my dear friend Natalia Walaszek.
Closest Variety and Key Differences
Passiflora ‘Snow Queen’ is a stunning, hardy, pure white hybrid which is a great improvement on the ever popular P. ‘Constance Eliott’, which has smaller flowers and is more prone to virus problems.