Passion flower, Passiflora species, has the most unusual flower in my garden. Four to 7 inches in diameter, this showy, bright purple, prolific bloomer fascinates most visitors who have never seen so ...
Passionflower — it’s one of the most beautiful wild flowers you’ll ever see in Western North Carolina. Wispy lavender tendrils spike out on top of purple/white petals. Complex layers of ovaries, ...
One of the most popular food plants for butterfly enthusiasts is the passion vine. Not only does it attract butterflies, it also has exotic flowers that attract hummingbirds and pollinators. Passion ...
Hummingbirds are some of the world's tiniest birds, yet they can bring endless delight as they flit about in your yard or garden. As Chilean poet Pablo Neruda once wrote, these extraordinary creatures ...
There are two native passion flowers in Missouri. Both are plants that vine, and both have three-lobed leaves. The one most people know is the larger and more colorful purple passion flower. The one ...
I first met the passionflower in the alley behind my home where this vine sprang from a crack in the asphalt. I would later discover that they bloom prodigiously in almost any soil despite heat and ...
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 ...