Passionflower

Well i started this Passionflower from a stalk 2 years ago in the spring (possibly 12 inches tall).  At the end of the summer we got 3 flowers for the year. Without any help from me it wintered over fine and continued to grow and this summer it has gone bonkers. There must have been 20-30 flowers already and its climbing ability has been tremendous (vertically and horizontally). I am hoping for some fruit at some point.

Stunning!

What does it take to get fruit?  Maturity, or pollination?

Anne Pratt wrote:Stunning!

What does it take to get fruit?  Maturity, or pollination?

I don't know, but I've never seen them have any trouble putting on fruit. They are very hardy plants.

Yeah, once the flowers get pollinated they will set fruit. Each flower that gets pollinated will produce a fruit so,....it looks like you’re going to have a ton of fruit soon. I like to pop the fruit open and scoop the inards out into a pitcher of water. After about a day or so, the seeds will slip from the gelatinous pulp then you can strain the seeds from the fruit/water mixture, add some sugar to the mixture and you’ll have a lemonade like refreshing summer drink.

Which Passiflora is that?It doesn’t look like my incarnata?

Ken W Wilson wrote:Which Passiflora is that?It doesn’t look like my incarnata?

I believe it is Passiflora caerulea.  To be honest I did not think it would do much of anything in this climate and we lost the tag and the place we bought it at has closed .
Its aroma is like honeysuckle and a grape cool aid packet combined.  
I never realized how many varieties there are! https://tinyurl.com/y3efaxfn

Bumblebees are what pollinate mine, all those "large bees" of various types.
There is a saying with these guys that for the first year they sleep, the second they creep, then the third they leap. You've got a leaper. Look forward to seeing what kind of fruit you get!!

I think you’re right rob. It looks like a blue passionflower, Passiflora caerulea.