Passiflora incarnata
The hardiest of all passionflowers, Passiflora incarnata has ornate purple and lavender flowers and tasty fruit.

Hardly is there a flower that evokes a sense of the tropical more than the passion flowers. Passiflora incarnata is the hardiest of the passionflowers and is native to the eastern US where it grows as a herbaceous vine. Maypop has incredibly intricate purple and lavender flowers that are followed by greenish yellow, delicious and tangy passionfruits. Often freezes to the ground and comes back in the spring. Self-fertile though plants are apparently andromonoecious producing hermaphroditic and male flowers on the same vine. Under conditions, seasons or years when plants produce a higher proportion of male flowers, there can be less to no fruit set. So if your goal is to get fruit, plant more than one vine and, for good measure, choose different cultivars/clones since pollination in many plants can be more complete when plants with different genetics cross.
Common Name: Maypop - [Citrus Pre-Order]
Family: Passifloraceae (The Passion Flower Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-11
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 6-10'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Semi-evergreen
Type: Vine
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries: Yellow
Benefits: Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Open or cultivated fields, rocky slopes, meadows, prairies, open woods, roadsides, fence rows, streamsides and riverbanks, and thickets in fertile, well-drained soils and sometimes clay in the southeastern US, especially Florida and Texas.
Award: AGM
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