About
Vigorous, free-flowering, evergreen climber, about 6m or more tall, with 3- or 5-lobed rich green leaves to 15cm long. From summer to autumn, bowl-shaped, red-purple flowers with dark purple-red coronal filaments tipped with white that may be followed by edible green 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 typeLoam, Sand
Soil pHAcid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained
AspectSouth-facing, East-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH2
Plant details
Plant typeConservatory Greenhouse, Fruit Edible, Climber Wall Shrub
HabitClimbing
FoliageEvergreen
Height4-8 metres
Spread2.5-4 metres
Time to full height5-10 years
Suggested usesSub-tropical
Care notes
CultivationUnder glass grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost such as John Innes No. 3 in full light with shade from hot sun, water freely when in growth and sparingly in winter. Suited to conservatory cultivation. See passion flower cultivation
PruningPruning group 11 or pruning group 12 in early spring
PropagationPropagate by seed sown at 13 to 18°C in spring or root semi-hardwood cuttings in summer. Layering can be carried out 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