Passiflora, Passion Flower, Passion Vine 'Lavender Lady'

Created by hybridizing P. amethystina x P. caerulea. The tendrils are the best part.

Just bought this plant a week ago and is growing very vigourously (on an arbor) in Fernandina Beach, FL--not sure of flower color as yet-...Read More-appear to be a light green on outside petals so far!

This plant has bloomed continually all summer and is a really easy one to take care of. It does have to be crossed pollinated with anothe...Read Morer variety to produce seeds...

the scent of the flower is great. it also puts out the fruit for the birds. but it is very invasive it is now growing in my wisteria and ...Read Moreon my patio. but the flowers are worth it. it is very easy to pull up.

This is also known as May Pop because it has green, hollow seed pods that pop when squeezed. The pods dry to a papery wrinkled tan sack a...Read Moret the end of the season. At that time approximately a dozen seeds are covered with sweet, tasty jelly. Varments tear open the seed sack eat the jelly and some of the seeds and etc., etc.

This plant flowered from March to December in Florida (zone 9a/b). The height varies depend on where it is planted. I planted one in a ...Read Morehanging basket, kept it trimmed to keep it under control. The one planted in the ground grew over 20 ft in one season.

Last year, growing in zone7 (VA) it die-back and came up in the spring when well mulched.

This beautiful passion vine variety flowers abundantly in the late summer and is good for attracting wildlife to the garden, including hu...Read Moremmingbirds, butterflies and other insects. The Gulf Fritillary Butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) commonly (and exclusively) utilizes various Passiflora as a larval host plant in southern California. Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa species) can be frequently observed nectaring at the flowers.

The Passion Vine is a vigorous, fast growing vine that can easily cover a fence, wall or poles in a couple of months. Mine grows so fast...Read More in the summer that I have to occasionally cut it back drastically to keep it from covering the side of my house and the electric poles in front. It will throw off runners, and new plants will pop up several feet from the original. The beautifully scented flowers are open for only one day then fall from the vine. They are a food source for butterflies, but even if the leaves are full of holes it doesn't seem to bother the plant. It's a nice plant to cover eye-sores, trellises, and arbors.