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Passiflora Inscence is an amazing flowering perennial hardy to zones 6-9. This is a very interresting vine. It can be invasive but is very beautiful and many varietys of passiflora produce an edible fruit such as passiflora edulis and passiflora cerulea. If you have never heard of passiflora-----google image it!
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well, the flower is amazing true, but the operative word here is "invasive"....LOL..
see my post Passion Vine-o-cide. |
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Agree with Martha........they grow wild down here & are VERY invasive!!!!! Almost as bad as morning glories.
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ohhhhh....but I LOVE my blue morning glories!!! At least they bloom PROFUSELY!but you are right, they've gone nuts around here, but they are easily removed...that passionvine of mine has vines as thick as my thumb!
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I'm Zone 5, I'm out.
~~ Count your blessings ~~ |
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Ever read The Passion Flower Legend?
http://www.passiflora-uk.co.uk/passion-flower-story.shtml and YES they are invasive here in Bama also....  Imagine! "Earth Laughs in Flowers" Ralph Waldo Emerson Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged ! ******* GO ** BAMA******* ***ROLLLLLLLL*TIDEEEEE*** |
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yep, I planted them specifically to host Gulf Fritillary butterflies... the plants were lovely, then the butterflies came and laid eggs. The caterpillars grew and devoured the vines... then formed chrysalis and I got to see new butterflies hatch. THAT is the best reason to plant passionflower!
The key to a nice-looking lawn is a good mower. I recommend one who is muscular and shirtless. |
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The passion vine is not all that invasive compared to the morning glory. I have both in my backyard and both are growing on trellis' that I have designed. The passion vine grows on a trellis built out of composite plastic lattice, spaced about 6 inches from the house and is very well contained. The morning glory grows on a wire trellis spaced about the same on a cedar fence and needs weekly tending to keep it out of the neighbor's side of the fence. Both vines will put out "feeler growth" that have "gripping hooks", but the passion vine's "hooks" grow far slower, making it FAR easier to control. The passion vine will also not adhere to brick very well.
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I just researched the orange caterpiller with the black spikes who have stripped my (hated) passionflower vine to da bone!! I was hoping they were kin to the orange butterflies that are almost swarming in numbers in my backyard! And of course they are....I'm waiting to cut the vine down. When will they be done with it? Kind of late to be turning to butterflies? |
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Martha... nope, not too late. You most likely still have temperate conditions in TX. Gulf Frits will hatch late into the year.
I hope you get to see the chysalis'... look under eaves, or heck even up under a patio table... anyplace that is somewhat sheltered nearby where they can hang from. If you get REALLY lucky you'll get to see them hatch too! It's an amazing sight... The key to a nice-looking lawn is a good mower. I recommend one who is muscular and shirtless. |
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Thanks BC...I thought I was going to have to email you! Thanks for answering my questions!
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I had the Maypop variety growing in my blueberries but they disappeared and never came back. I would love to have some more. They were never a problem for me. Do nurseries sell them? Arian
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