Scientific Name: Passiflora caerulea
Common Name: blue passion flower, passion vine
Family Name: Passifloraceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering pot plant, Indoor foliage plant, Vine or climber
Mature Size: 5 - 7m x 2 - 3m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Climbing
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Fall interest, Green walls, Indoor plant, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Orbicular, Pinnately lobed
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, Blue, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Berry (true), Edible, Orange, Yellow, Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, with (3-)5(-9) lobes, up to 10cm long; flowers also up to 10cm wide, with 10 white to light green sepals, many blue or violet corona filaments; berries oval, becoming dark orange, up to 6cm long in warm locations.