Passiflora Species, Granadilla, Passion Flower, Passion Fruit, Passion Vine

We planted ours in May ( 3 monthsago ) and it has grown very quickly. Lots of beautiful purple fowers, but no fruit yet.

Purple passionfruit is hardier than the yellow passionfruit and giant granadilla. It can tolerate frosts and light freezes. Not sure wh...Read Moreat the exact temperature it is killed back however. Grows very quickly and has beautiful flowers. Delicious fruit follows. Another great feature of this plant is it attracts three kinds of butterflies in Florida: zebra longwing (state butterfly), gulf frittilary, and julia (south florida). They lay their eggs and the plant leaves serve as a larval food source.

I think this is the one we call "liliko'i" here in Hawaii. Used commercially in juices, passion-orange the most popular mix. Straight i...Read Moret's a bit too tart for me. I rated it neutral as I have never grown it, haven't seen one in a while either. As kids we would pick the fruit and suck out the juice, lots of seeds but good on a hot day. (zone 11)
P.S. this, along with several other passifloras, are on pest plant list for Hawaii (UH Botony Dept)

I planted this species once. Almost every seed germinated. The 4 plants I selected grew up and became big vines under partial shade. They...Read More even resisted 2 attacks from catterpillars. But after 4 years, when they were going to bloom, they were attacked by a virus and died.

This is by far the most popular passion fruit in Brazil. Depending on the region, they are sold really cheap. My mother-in-law has them planted in her ranch, and they produce so many fruits that she and her employees can't get them all. I love this fruit in almost any way: jams, jellies, juices, ice creams, pies, cakes, puddings. My mother makes a syrup with the juice and seeds that is great on ice creams, fruit salads, and puddings (a guava pudding she makes with maracujá syrup is unbelievable). Sometimes, I just open the fruit and eat it all with a spoon. I like the crunchy seeds.

I am barely in zone 8b, almost 8a looking at the map. This is one of the few passifloras that did not die back this past winter. A few le...Read Moreaves sustained some damage, but other than that came out fine. The leaves on this one are huge, so if you are looking for a dainty one, this aint it!

We have several wild patches of the vines growing on the property where we live. It fruits about twice a year, with nice big yellow frui...Read Moret.

I juice them and freeze the juice if I'm not going to use right away. I also make syrup with some of the juice and keep in the refrigerator.

One of the most interesting fruit we grow. You can also eat the seeds, which are crunchy, when mixed in fruit salads.

I love this vine, and all the variety of flowers. I have red, blue and purple growing currently. With the bluc ones doing the best. They ...Read Moregrow with little help, and conveniently die back with a couple good frosts. So they never get to overgrown, like the honeysuckle around here.

P. edulis are rampant evergreen vines in a sub tropical climate like mine. They bear some fruit all the time and have 2 main crops yearly...Read More and need to be replaced after around 5 years due to woody virus. The Yellow fruited variety are sweeter than the Purple and are more succeptible to frost damage.