For crucifixion symbolism, the passion flower has served admirably for over 500 years. Not just for American gardeners but Europeans worldwide. South American Jesuit missionaries in the early 1500s ...

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Some vines, such as Arabian jasmine, mandevilla and stephanotis, are valued for their perfume. Others, passion flower and coral honeysuckle among them, attract butterflies. Some are grown simply for ...

Passiflora incarnata, or passion flower, was so named by 16th century Spanish explorers who thought the flower’s petals and sepals resembled Jesus Christ’s crown of thorns. There are about 500 species ...

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Could anything be more alluring than a passion flower, with its exposed organs and gaudy corolas? Passion vine blossoms are the showgirls of the late summer Houston garden. They remind me of Can-Can ...

Ten years ago, my daughter Kristin, then just 7 years old, and I were exploring Strybing Arboretum, the famous botanical garden in San Francisco. There, on a back wall were several enormous passion ...

PASSION FLOWERS have a unique, complex and beautiful flower structure. This led to them being named for the Passion of Christ when Spanish missionaries to South America first encountered them in the ...

Q Two years ago I planted a passion flower (Passiflora caerulea). This year I had lots of flowers and fruits, which ripened to a plum shape and were bright orange. Are these fruits edible? A Yes, but ...

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