About
Passiflora biflora is a vigorous, tendril-climbing, evergreen shrub from tropical America producing the characteristic deeply lobed leaves and intricate flowers with colourful coronal filaments of the genus. A rewarding plant for a warm, sheltered, frost-free garden or heated greenhouse.
About the genus
Passiflora, the passion flowers, are mostly tender, tendril-climbing shrubs with simple or palmately-lobed, generally evergreen leaves and showy flowers of distinctive structure with colourful coronal filaments, followed by ornamental fruits, some edible. Grown in warm, sheltered gardens and heated glasshouses.
Plant details
Suggested usesBorders, hedging, specimen planting.
Care notes
CultivationPlant in well-drained soil in sun or part shade.
PruningPrune after flowering or late winter.
PropagationPropagate by division, cuttings, or seed.
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free.
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-resistant.