About
Vigorous evergreen climber about 5m tall, with glossy, mid-green, 3-lobed leaves to 20cm long. Bowl-shaped white flowers to 10cm across, with white coronal filaments, purple towards the base, are produced in summer, followed by ovoid purple edible fruit, 5cm long, with sweet orange pulp and black seeds.
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, South-facing, West-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH1A
Plant details
Plant typeConservatory Greenhouse, Fruit Edible
HabitClimbing
FoliageEvergreen
Height4-8 metres
Spread2.5-4 metres
Time to full height5-10 years
Suggested usesSub-tropical
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