In the Main Street gardens, guests are usually commenting on the striking, almost prehistoric-looking flowers of the Passion Fruit vine (passiflora edulis). The flowers are two to three inches wide.

In the Main Street gardens, guests are usually commenting on the striking, almost prehistoric-looking flowers of the Passion Fruit vine (passiflora edulis). The flowers are two to three inches wide.

As the vine grows it produces flowers on the new growth, so pruning in spring of all large branches will promote new growth and flowering. Like many tropical crops, passion fruit are sensitive to ...

The flowers of passion vines are like none other, beautifully intricate, ... Passion fruit care is simple, but annual pruning is a must to keep the vine in bounds and attractive.

The names passion vine and passionflower can be traced to the early Spanish conquistadors who explored Florida in the mid 1500s. They thought that the very distinctive flower with the arrangement ...

Passiflora, or passion flower, is a genus of more than 500 species of flowering plants. Most are vines that have prolific tendrils for climbing, but some grow as hearty shrubs or even trees.

Passion fruit vines have been threaded on a chain-link fence between the Fountain Avenue Community Garden and the school next door. For about two years, the plant’s growth was lackluster.

For best flowering, plant in full sun and train the vine to an upright support like a trellis. Plants have tendrils that enable the 15- to 30-foot-long vines to attach to structures.

When to prune passion fruit vines Saturday, October 10, 2020 ... the extra vines and early flowers that appear before the two selected vines reach the trellis wire should be pruned off. ...