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Mar 13, 2023 · Learn about the different types, varieties, and cultivation of passionflower, a vine with edible fruits and exotic flowers. Find out how to plant, water, fertilize, prune, and overwinter passionflower in your garden or indoors.
- Marie Iannotti
- 2 min
Jun 28, 2024 · Passion flower, genus of more than 500 species of mostly tendril-bearing vines in the family Passifloraceae and their characteristic flowers. Some are cultivated as ornamentals, and a number are grown for their edible fruits. Learn more about passion flower plants.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Passiflora, known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, the type genus of the family Passifloraceae.
Apr 28, 2023 · Passionflower is a semi-herbaceous, fruiting vine native to Latin America, but many varieties have been naturalized throughout other regions of the world. In North America, for example, some varieties can be seen growing wild alongside woodland areas, in thickets, and from disturbed, fertile ground.
- Blue, orange, red, white; green
- Latin America
- Moderate
- Perennial semi-herbaceous vine
Feb 10, 2023 · Learn how to grow passion flower, a vining perennial with edible fruits and flowers that attract butterflies and bees. Find out about its care, varieties, and uses in this detailed guide.
- Passifloraceae
- Passiflora incarnata
- Full sun
Apr 21, 2022 · Passionflowers come in a surprising range of colors, sizes, and shapes. There are nearly 600 known species in the Passiflora genus and over 700 recorded cultivars, most of which are hybrids. Most are vines, but some even have a tree-like growth habit.
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The Legend of the Passion Flower (Passiflora) The Passion Flower has always fascinated Bermudians and visitors alike. It’s color, intricate shape and many parts explain why. I think it also has a very distinct fruity smell of grapes and gardenia.
