How to Grow and Care for Passion flowers

The blue passionflower is known for its distinctive bright blue petals with striped patterns. Originally native to South America, it grows as a vine with a long, meandering reach. It produces orange fruits with red pulp. The word "passion" is incorporated in both the common and scientific names because of the flower's cultural association with the Christian "Passion of Jesus" story.

Common passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) is a vine species that produce fruit and is native to Brazil and Paraguay. It is useful for its edible fruit, which is sweet and eaten raw or juiced. Its flowers are showy too.

Corkystem passionflower (Passiflora suberosa) is an herbaceous vine that uses tendrils to cling to and climb other plants. It is native to the Americas where it is an important host plant for the caterpillars of several butterfly species. Corkystem passionflower produces green berries that mature to an indigo color and, later in the season, darken to black.

Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) is a perennial vine that grows quickly and is native to the southern United States. It can be used commercially as a flavoring agent, and the fruit has traditionally been used in making sweet items, such as juices, pies, and desserts. Maypop is highly flammable, so it should not be planted near the house in areas prone to wildfires.

Passiflora alata, the winged-stem passion flower, is a species of flowering plant. It is an evergreen vine, growing to 6 m or more, which bears an edible type of passion fruit. It is native to the Amazon, from Peru to eastern Brazil.