| Scientific Name: | Passiflora caerulea |
| Common Name: | blue passion flower, passion vine |
| Family Name: | Passifloraceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °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: | Attract butterflies, Fall interest, Green walls, Indoor plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Orbicular, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Orange, Yellow, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Vigorous climber with 5-10cm long stem tendrils at leaf nodes, leaves alternate, orbicular, most 8-12(-15)cm long, palmately veined with (3-)5(-9) oblong lobes, glossy, dark green; flowers solitary, 8-10cm wide, tepals 10, white to light green or light lavender (blue, violet, pink, purplish cvs.), corona of numerous filaments, 3-colours form as banded appearance, dark red to purple-violet at base, white band in centre, blue-pale lilac band towards the apex; stamens 5 with greenish-yellow anthers on central column, pistil on top of column with 3 style branches with stigmas, fragrant; berries may form in warm locations, oval, ~6cm long x 4cm wide, yellow-orange. | |