The hardiest and most popular passion flower. Extraordinary creamy-white flowers banded with a purple-blue corona appear from midsummer, over glossy, deeply lobed leaves — and after a warm summer, big orange fruits follow.
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There is nothing else in a British garden that looks quite like a passion flower. Passiflora caerulea is the most popular and the most reliable of them: creamy-white petals arranged around a striking corona of purple-blue filaments, sitting against glossy green leaves that are deeply lobed and around 10cm across. It has an exotic, sub-tropical look while being far tougher than it appears.
Flowering runs from mid to late summer. After a warm season it is not unusual to find large orange-yellow fruits forming, and these can be left on the plant purely for decoration — they are edible, though honestly the flavour is nothing to write home about.
It makes rapid growth every year and climbs with tendrils rather than by sticking to surfaces, so it will not damage brickwork or fence panels. It does need something to grip: wires, trellis or mesh will do. Give it a sunny or partly sunny spot, ideally south or west facing, in soil that stays moist but drains freely. In a hard winter the top growth may be cut back, but an established plant usually shoots away again from the base.
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