Passiflora coccinea (Red Passion Flower)

Native to South America, Passiflora coccinea (Red Passion Flower) is a striking, evergreen, tendril-climbing vine prized for its dazzling scarlet-red blooms, 3–4 inches across (7–10 cm), crowned with eye-catching bands of white, purple, and yellow. These showy flowers are followed by egg-shaped passion fruits, about 2 inches wide (5 cm), which ripen from green and mottled to golden yellow. Like their cousin Passiflora edulis, the fruits are edible and flavorful. The lush backdrop of single, oblong, medium-green leaves enhances the plant’s tropical appeal and makes every bloom stand out.

This passion flower belongs to the Passifloraceae family, famed not just for its edible fruit but also for its intricate passion flower. Among these botanical floral beauties are Passiflora alata, P. incarnata, P. racemosa, P. lutea, and the ravishing P. caerulea.

• Red Passion Flower can bloom throughout the year, but its peak season is in summer and fall.
• Thrives in full sun or part shade, in fertile, moist, well-drained soils. Water freely when in growth and keep just moist in winter. Provide support for climbing stems and shelter from cold, drying winds. Best flowering occurs in full sun, but this flowering vine tolerates light shade.
• Easy to grow, this Passion vine can quickly grow up to 10-20 ft. long (3-6 m). Don’t try to train your Passion Flower to be too neat and compact. The branches allowed to hang loose and droop a bit will be the ones most inclined to flower.
• Excellent choice for trellises, walls, fences, or arbors. Perfect in wall-side borders, city gardens, cottage gardens, Mediterranean gardens, and containers. This trouble-free climber clings with tendrils so won’t damage brickwork or fences!
• Butterflies and hummingbirds are extraordinarily fond of Passion Flowers.
• This vine blooms on new growth and should be pruned in late winter or early spring. No regular pruning is needed. However, trimming may be required to keep it to the space available, removing as much from the longer shoots as necessary.
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