About
Vigorous evergreen climber about 5m tall, with glossy, mid-green, 3-lobed leaves to 20cm long. Bowl-shaped white flowers 7cm across, green beneath, with purple coronal filaments, are produced in summer, followed by ovoid yellow to purple edible fruit, 5cm long in summer and autumn.
About the genus
Passiflora are mostly tender tendril-climbing shrubs, with simple or palmately-lobed, generally evergreen leaves and showy flowers of distinctive structure with often colourful coronal filaments, followed by conspicuous fruits, edible in some species
Growing conditions
SunlightFull sun, Partial shade
Soil typeLoam
Soil pHAlkaline, Neutral
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained
AspectEast-facing, North-facing, West-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH1A
Plant details
Plant typeConservatory Greenhouse, Fruit Edible
HabitClimbing
FoliageEvergreen, Semi evergreen
Height4-8 metres
Spread2.5-4 metres
Time to full height5-10 years
Suggested usesSub-tropical
Native toSouth America
Care notes
CultivationGrow in a conservatory or frost free greenhouse in a container of peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light, with shade from hot sun. See passion flower cultivation
PruningPruning group 11 or pruning group 12 if necessary, in early spring
PropagationPropagate by seed, semi-hardwood cuttings or by layering in spring or autumn
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, glasshouse whitefly, mealybugs and scale insects under glass
Disease resistanceMay be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely) and a virus