When Hobart gardener Sally Catherall bought passionfruit vines for her garden, she didn't think she'd be pulling out roots over a decade later. Her vine used blue passionflower (Passiflora caerulea) ... Passionflowers (Passiflora spp.), also called passion flowers, are typically easy-to-grow vines that climb on fences, trellises, or arbors.

Understanding the Context

The unusual-looking passionflower has long teardrop-shaped leaves and a wide petal base with five or 10 petals in a flat or reflexed circle that vary in colors from purple, pink, green, and more. I have a passionflower growing in my yard that descends from a half-dead specimen brought home more than 30 years ago from long-gone Thrifty Drug. My neighbor — also long gone — planted it in her yard ... SFGate: A flower bursting with passion / No one can resist assigning meaning to a Passiflora vine A flower bursting with passion / No one can resist assigning meaning to a Passiflora vine Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) is a climbing vine with white and purple flowers.

Key Insights

The chemicals in passion flower have calming effects. Passion flower is native to the southeastern United... Passiflora, known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, and the type genus of the family Passifloraceae. This fact sheet provides basic information about passionflower—common names, usefulness and safety, and resources for more information.