Description
Purple Passion Flower is worth growing for its amazing flowers alone. It's also worth growing just for the fruit. It's so lush it creates shade. Butterflies love it. It will cover a trellis in a season, & once established needs little attention. All Passiflora blooms are extraordinary but this is one of the showiest. Easily 3" across, it looks like a kid invented it. Individual blossoms only last for a day, but the plant's in bloom from April through November & may continue year-round if conditions are right. Large, pendulous fruits start out green, then turn purple. They ripen about 80 days after flowering & are fully ripe when they've dropped off the vine & turned wrinkley. You can eat the juicy pulp sooner but it's sweeter & more fragrant if you wait. The fruits store quite a long time if you don't eat them up. Passiflora edulis is hardy to 32, needs full sun & a long season. Zones 9-11 are ideal. Water frequently & provide good drainage. This is one enthusiastic vine, can grow 20' in a year, & needs a strong trellis & occasional pruning. It grows easily from seed, which can take a few weeks to months to germinate. A 48 soak in orange juice or beer is helpful, as is bottom heat. Three months after you have flowers, you'll have fruit! 10 seeds All seeds ship for one price! Click here to see more: www.etsy.com/shop/SmartSeeds Passiflora Edulis, 10, Purple Passionflower Vine, Delicious Fruit, Fancy Flowers, Vigorous Vine, Spectacular Blooms
