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Hardiness: USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: Seed is poisonous if ingested Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Bloom Color: Chartreuse (Yellow-Green)
Bloom Time: Blooms all year
Foliage: Evergreen Herbaceous
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Soil pH requirements: 5.1 to 5.5 (strongly acidic) 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) 7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From herbaceous stem cuttings
Seed Collecting: Remove fleshy coating on seeds before storing Allow unblemished fruit to ripen; clean and dry seeds Wear gloves to protect hands when handling seeds Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
On Jan 24, 2008, madmagyar from Saint Petersburg, FL wrote:
This Passionflower is naturalized in both my front and back yard. I'm not sure where it came from, but it's a welcome, butterfly-attracting native that grows on top of my viburnum shrub and backyard fence. Contrary to one other post, I've read that the fruits are edible. I've eaten them several times and suffered no ill effect. This isn't a spectacular plant, but it's a good wildlife-attracting native for Florida gardeners.
On Apr 26, 2006, McTeri from Fort Lauderdale, FL wrote:
As I feed birds, this is one of the plants which I have had bestowed on me by birds. It can be quite nice and attracts more birds and many butterflies. It can also be damaging to a hedge. It will come up through a hedge to the top and then proceed to spread thickly across the top of the hedge depriving the hedge of sunlight. It is very easy to control however as peering into the lower hedge limbs it is easy to discern the corky vine and pull it up out of the ground and then off of the hedge. I only pull them up when they're getting too big though, as young corky-stems are nice to have around. Never fear, by the time you pull one up, it has dropped many, many purple berries to assure you another corky-stem in the same place before too long.
On Oct 21, 2005, artcons from Fort Lauderdale, FL (Zone 10b) wrote:
I first thought I received this plant from a member of our local S Fl Galloping Gardeners, but I did not. It was a gift from the birds on the overhead utility lines on my East border. Since I received the original plant I have found four more in my yard.
The plant grows nicely without being overwhelming as is the case with many passion flower vines. The flowers are small and green, which is unusual. The plant can have several leaf shapes.
The fruit takes a while to mature but when it does, it contains many seeds. I have planted my seeds directly from the fruit. Use care when handeling the ripe fruit, as it will stain a deep purple color.
The plant is a favorite lavae plant for many butterflies.
It is very easy propagating corky bark passiflora by sowing seeds. Seeds may be fresh or dryed and a few months old it will be succesful and interesting to follow the different shapes of leaves in their appearing. The plant is beatifull and rich in branching, 5m long.I grow the passiflora under glass .
On Jan 3, 2003, ButterflyGardnr from Orlando, FL (Zone 9b) wrote:
This is a nice Passiflora. It does not take over the garden or sucker like P. incarnata tends to. The purple fruits are eaten by birds and the plant is also a larval food for the gulf fritillary, julia, and Zebra longwing caterpillars. Plants can be grown from seeds collected from the fruits, but it will take several months to germinate according to my reference ("A Gardener's Guide to Florida Native Plants" by Rufino Osorio, copyright 2001). Cuttings are the preferred method of propogation. The plant has very unique stems with ridges that develop as the stems age. The flowers are very small and fairly inconspicuous. Unlike the maypops produced by P. incarnata, the fruits of this plant are NOT edible for humans and are considered to be poisonous. In addition, the fruits will stain fingers and clothing if damaged, so care should be taken to protect anything you don't want to have dyed by crushed fruits when working around this plant.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Big Pine Key, Florida Boca Raton, Florida Brandon, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida (3 reports) Hollywood, Florida (2 reports) Lutz, Florida Melbourne, Florida Miami, Florida New Port Richey, Florida (2 reports) Orlando, Florida Palm Harbor, Florida Saint Petersburg, Florida (2 reports) Sebring, Florida Vero Beach, Florida La Place, Louisiana Columbia, South Carolina