Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 22, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
I don't know how tasty these are, but I finally had to break down and prune the Passion Flower vines on the east fence. I had to prune back both sides of the fence. Now granted ... I have 8-10 vines planted along that area which would explain why mine are outta control. But we've had so few butterflies here to take care of the growth. No GFs at all! :-(

I thought that mine were Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) but after seeing the blooms for the first time recently (since I grew them from seeds 2 years ago) ... I now think the vines are Hardy Passionflower (Passiflora caerulea) like yours Deb. I was so hoping they were Maypops because I liked those flowers better. (The Maypops had more purple color to the blooms.)

I had to trim them back and they still had ripening fruit on them, so I have them in water trying to grow them a little longer to get mature seeds. The ones laying on the table broke off the vine when I was pruning. I was so happy to see some flowers and fruit finally. Two years seemed like a very long wait. There is still plenty of flowers and fruit on the fence. I just tidied it up a bit. :-) Now if the GF and Zebra Longwings would come south and visit me ... along with the hummers ... (lol)

This message was edited Oct 29, 2007 8:54 PM