Very hardy to freezing but must grow back from the roots in spring. One of the most common passion flowers in the world originally from Brazil. The flower has white petals, with blue corona filaments up to 4" wide. Edible fruit is also produced with a bright orange skin and a rather tropical insipid taste.
This is a tropical plant, more at home in Zone 6 or higher, but can be grown in cooler climates with a few precautions. It can be grown from seed as an annual. Some types can be kept over winter as a house plant, while others may need a greenhouse.
Once established this hardy vine will grow an amazing amount in a single season, even here where I live in eastern Iowa it is amazing how it grows! Passiflora displays lovely flowers and dark green foliage with multi-lopes and tightly holding tendrils. I have heard so many stories about these species, as to whether it is an annual or a perennial and I will conclude it is an annual in Iowa. The lady that solid to me the first passion flower of my gardening career swears that it is a perennial but that plant she sold me did NOT re-grow from the root the following year. However I did save several by taking slips into the house over the winter months. Several small plants did emerge the following year that may have come off a seed drop. Or maybe the root trailed off and grow new plants, saved by some of the radiating heat from the foundation. I have yet to determine what occurred. Also, there is another variety I have seen growing in the Amana colony�s and have been told these grow each year with no planning or planting by people.
There are several different species of passion flowers, including colors of purple & red, but also white, yellow and blue. |
