Passion Flower Passiflora Caerulea Blue

Fruits ovoid 4cm orange.

Passion flower passiflora caerulea blue. It is an extraordinary climber with a rather distinctive flower that. The attractive 3 in. Foliage evergreen flowering may to october. Blooms 8 cm are followed by egg size deep orange fruits from late summer through fall.

However there is one exception. White sometimes pink flushed with a ring of blue white and purple filaments. Passiflora caerulea the blue passionflower bluecrown passionflower or common passion flower is a species of flowering plant native to south america. It has been introduced elsewhere.

One of the most glamorous climbers award winning passiflora caerulea blue passion flower is a vigorous large semi evergreen climber with twining tendrils. Blue passion flower or passiflora caerula is a climbing vine of the passion flower family. It prefers a south facing slightly sheltered dry spot with free draining soil. It is easy to grow and even if taken back to the ground by a hard frost will usually come back again.

The ovoid orange fruit growing to 6 cm 2 in is edible but bland. This semi evergreen climbing plant may seem out of place in the pacific northwest but the p. Height 16 to 32 feet 5 to 10 m exposure full sun soil ordinary but well drained. The exotic beauty of its flowers is captivating.

The fruit are inedible when green but they may be eaten when they have ripened and turned orange though they. Leaves dark green with 5 7 finger like lobes. Name passiflora caerulea family passifloraceae or passion flower family type vine. Passiflora caerulea the blue passion flower is very popular widespread in uk and the rest of europe as well as in the americas.

Its leaves are palmate and fragrant flowers blue white with a prominent fringe of coronal filaments in bands of blue white and brown. The fruits are edible but not very tasty with a vague flavor reminiscent of blackberry. The passiflora caerulea also known as the blue passion flower or blue passion vine. Caerulea is relatively hardy and can thrive in zones 7 9.

Flowers to 8cm in width white with blue and purple coronal filaments. Nevertheless it is best to protect it from frost for it s first year.