About
A vigorous, evergreen climber, to around 5m tall, with heart-shaped, prominently-veined leaves, 10-20cm long. aromatic summer flowers, up to 10cm in diameter, have greenish-white sepals and lilac-white petals surrounding the bluish-purple and white banded coronal filaments. Flowers are followed by edible orange-yellow, rounded fruit.
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 typeChalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pHAcid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained
AspectSouth-facing, West-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH2
Plant details
Plant typeClimber Wall Shrub, Fruit Edible, Conservatory Greenhouse
HabitClimbing
FoliageEvergreen
Height4-8 metres
Spread1.5-2.5 metres
Time to full height5-10 years
Suggested usesCottage and informal garden, City and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
Native toCentral & South America
FragranceFlower
Care notes
CultivationUnder glass grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light with shade from hot sun. Water freely when in growth and sparingly in winter. Well suited for a cool conservatory. May be grown outdoors in most fertile, moist but well-drained soils in mild areas
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, scale insects and glasshouse whitefly
Disease resistanceMay be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely) and a virus