Passion Flower
July 2007
I have gotten multiple questions concerning the same plant, so thought I would put
them all together for one question. Attached is also a picture of the plant. I found
the attached flower growing on ground vine on my property. I’ve never seen anything
quite like it and hoped you could identify it. It was about 2-2 ¼ inches in diameter.
There is a seed ball on it . The bugs had eaten the leaves pretty badly . I would
like to transplant a Maypop/Passion flower plant/vine from a field to my yard. When
would be a good time to do so and do you think I would be successful in keeping the
plant/vine alive? Would it be better to try to get seeds from the fruit and start
the plant from seed? If so when do I harvest the seeds? The plant I found has beautiful
flowers and fruit on it.
The flowers must really be popping now statewide, because I have gotten tons of questions
about them this week. The flower in question is a passion vine, maypop, or passion
flower Passiflora incarnata. The plant is perennial and will come back each season.
In some parts of the state, they find it to be a bit weedy, coming up from the root
system as well as from seed. They grow readily from seed; you can plant the entire
fruit or remove the individual seeds and plant them. Allow the fruits to mature on
the vine. They should turn a yellowish color when ripe. You could also transplant
a plant this fall. Just flag the plants location now so you know where it is when
it gets time to move it.
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