Passiflora
Passion flowers and passion fruit*
SPECIES |
VARIETY |
Comments |
| actinia |
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Fragrant flowers have white petals, long frilly purple filaments. Plants will resprout from temp's as low as 20F. |
| caerulea |
‘Spyder’ |
Especially hardy and vigorous form of P. caerulea. Flowers have white and purple crown with white centers. |
| citrina |
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Soft yellow, 1" flowers. Hardy to 20 - 25F. |
| edulis |
‘Black Knight’ |
2" white flowers, large excellent fruit. Self-fruitful. Hardy to 20 - 25F, fairly compact. |
| edulis |
'Frederick' |
Large, fragrant flowers are white with a purplish center and frilled filaments. Outstanding fruit and a vigorous plant, but tender. *Fruit must ripen and fall naturally. |
| edulis |
‘Nancy Garrison’ |
Small, frilled greenish white and purple flowers, *edible fruit. |
| hybrid |
‘Allspice’ |
Big, stunning flowers 4" across, lavender with purple filaments banded white and dark purple. Very fragrant.Dies to ground below 25F but resprouts vigorously. |
| hybrid |
'Blue Horizon'™ |
Deep blue and white flowerson a vigorous vine. Hardy to 20 - 25F. |
| hybrid |
‘Coral Glow’ |
Flowers pendant, up to 4" across. "Hot neon pink, cooling as the flowers age."[Suncrest] 20-25°F. |
| hybrid |
'Coral Seas'(jamesonii) |
Coral pink passion flower |
| hybrid |
'Donna Brigham' |
HOT, hot pink with a little tuft of neon purple in the center, and long filaments. |
| hybrid |
‘Elizabeth’ |
Spectacular purple flowers with twisty filaments, bright green shiny leaves. One of the nicest plants overall. Hardy to 20 - 25F. |
| hybrid |
'Eynesford's Gem' |
Very vigorous, but frost limits size. Small white flowers. Tendrils. |
| hybrid |
'Gloria Moreno'™. |
Vibrant deep pink flowers. Hardy to 25F, probably lower. |
| hybrid |
‘Indigo Dream' |
White petals, dark violet filaments. Flowers remain open for a few days (most passion flowers only last a day). 20 - 25F. |
| hybrid |
‘Lavender Lady’ |
One of the best. Continuous bloom; glowing 3 - 4" flowers are reddish violet to lavender, with nearly white centers. Hardy to 20F or lower. P. amethystina x P. caerulea. |
| hybrid |
'Quazar'™ |
Pure white flowers on a vigorous grower with dark green leaves. Hardy to 20 - 25F. |
| hybrid |
‘Susan Brigham’ |
Rampant grower with very large leaves. Huge deep rose-pink flowers. |
| hybrid |
‘Victoria’ |
Violet purple flowers, slightly darker than 'Lavender Lady' (they are very similar varieties). Foliage damaged below 25F, but quickly recovers |
| hybrid |
'Witchcraft'™ |
Darkest purple flowers, very hardy. |
| jamesonii |
‘Coral Seas’ |
Very vigorous with coral red flowers. Damaged below 27F but resprouts. |
| manicata |
'Escobar' |
Vivid red petals with blue filaments. 20 - 25F. |
| mixta |
‘Galupa' |
Vibrant pink, tubular flowers. |
| mollissima |
|
'Fearsomely vigorous' [Suncrest] but tender; seriously damaged at 25F. Bright pink flowers, yellow *edible fruit up to 6" long. |
| sanguinolenta |
‘Maria Rosa’ |
Coral 1 1/2" flowers on a moderate grower. |
| vitifolia |
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Also sold as P. coccinea. Bright red flowers. Will bear very good *fruit if hand pollinated [source: MBN]; then let them ripen until wrinkled. |
| x alatocaerulea (‘Pfordtii’) |
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-- a hybrid between P. alata and P. caerulea. Flower sepals alternating white and violet, with purple center. Damaged below 25°F. Now called P. x belottii |
| x caerulea-racemosa |
‘Eynesford’s Gem’ |
Dwarf to 6' with mauve pink flowers. Hardy to 20F. |
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