Scientific Name: Passiflora (incl. hybrid cvs.)
Common Name: passion flower, passion vine
Family Name: Passifloraceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering pot plant, Indoor foliage plant, Vine or climber
Mature Size: 3 - 5m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Climbing
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Fall interest, Indoor plant, Screening
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Orbicular, Entire, Palmately lobed
Flowers: White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Berry (true), Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Orange, Black, Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, 3(-5) lobed; flowers up to 10cm wide, with 10 coloured sepals, many corona filaments, 5 large stamens, and pistil with 3 stigma branches.