Passion Flower is intriguing plant

Passion Flower or Maypop; Passiflora incarnata L.

This plant has always intrigued me.

The first time I saw this perennial vine flowering was at my parents' place in Punta Gorda. The flower looked so primordial to me; I could envision this plant during the prehistoric times as the dinosaurs roamed. There are over 400 species in the genus Passiflora and most of them are tender evergreen tropical vines, but Passiflora incarnata is an exception to this rule.

It is deciduous, which means it will lose its leaves in the winter months and withstand freezes better than most Passiflora spp. The flowers of this passion vine bloom at the axils of each leaf and start from the oldest leaf and works upward to the newest leaf.

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