Common Name: Type: Family: Native Range: Zone: Height: Spread: Bloom Time: Bloom Description: Sun: Water: Maintenance: Flower: Attracts: Fruit: Tolerate: |
wild passion flower Vine Passifloraceae Eastern United States 5 to 9 6.00 to 8.00 feet 3.00 to 6.00 feet July to September White with purple crown Full sun to part shade Medium Medium Showy, Fragrant Butterflies Showy, Edible Drought |
Grow in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of drought. Roots appreciate a loose mulch. Although this species is the hardiest of the passion flowers, it is not reliably winter hardy throughout USDA Zone 5 . It is best to plant this vine in a protected area. Can be easily grown from seed. Passion flower is a rapid-growing, tendril-climbing vine which is woody in warm winter climates and herbaceous (dies to the ground) in cold winter climates. A native of the Southeastern U.S. where it typically occurs in sandy soils, low moist woods and open areas. Features three-lobed, dark green leaves and showy, 2.5″ diameter, fringed flowers having white petals and sepals and a central crown of pinkish-purple filaments. Flowers bloom in summer and are fragrant. Fleshy, egg-shaped, edible fruits called maypops appear in July and mature to a yellowish color in fall. Ripened maypops can be eaten fresh off the vine or made into jelly. Maypop is also a common name for this vine. |
Information on this page is generally from Missouri Botanical Gardens, Dave’s Garden, All things Plants, Texas Superstar, Garden.org or Aggie Horticulture |
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