I found this remarkable flower today and was wondering if anyone could identify it. It's a lovely looking thing. The blue is probably a bit more purple in real life, pre processing.
Lovely. I must have come across them before but i was a bit surprised to find it growing by the side of the road at the bottom of someones garden.
Apparently under the right growing conditions, they can go quite crazy. A friend from work had given me a plant, and she said her whole fence was covered with them without effort and in a dominating fashion. When planted on my patio, I only got a couple flowers. My patio was not the right growing condition though. It might have something to do with me being lazy and them requiring water...
Lovely. I must have come across them before but i was a bit surprised to find it growing by the side of the road at the bottom of someones garden.
Apparently under the right growing conditions, they can go quite crazy. A friend from work had given me a plant, and she said her whole fence was covered with them without effort and in a dominating fashion. When planted on my patio, I only got a couple flowers. My patio was not the right growing condition though. It might have something to do with me being lazy and them requiring water...
There's that. From what I've seen here in FL, they can either be cultivated or wild. When let go (wild) they do have a tendency to "take over". I don't know how far north they grow...but they are all around here and in some very rural areas (nature preserves n such) which tells me that they are native to Florida. It's a plant that I really like but I tend to have a black thumb...you know...requiring water thing...pffffftttt!!!
Lovely. I must have come across them before but i was a bit surprised to find it growing by the side of the road at the bottom of someones garden.
Apparently under the right growing conditions, they can go quite crazy. A friend from work had given me a plant, and she said her whole fence was covered with them without effort and in a dominating fashion. When planted on my patio, I only got a couple flowers. My patio was not the right growing condition though. It might have something to do with me being lazy and them requiring water...
There's that. From what I've seen here in FL, they can either be cultivated or wild. When let go (wild) they do have a tendency to "take over". I don't know how far north they grow...but they are all around here and in some very rural areas (nature preserves n such) which tells me that they are native to Florida. It's a plant that I really like but I tend to have a black thumb...you know...requiring water thing...pffffftttt!!!
Well, they certainly would get a lot of water here in Wales. Perhaps too much i guess. It was nice to see, what is to me, quite an exotic plant happily out in the open here.
Lovely. I must have come across them before but i was a bit surprised to find it growing by the side of the road at the bottom of someones garden.
Apparently under the right growing conditions, they can go quite crazy. A friend from work had given me a plant, and she said her whole fence was covered with them without effort and in a dominating fashion. When planted on my patio, I only got a couple flowers. My patio was not the right growing condition though. It might have something to do with me being lazy and them requiring water...
There's that. From what I've seen here in FL, they can either be cultivated or wild. When let go (wild) they do have a tendency to "take over". I don't know how far north they grow...
They do fine in the Bay Area -- they'll cover a chainlink fence in no time. They do produce fruit, presumably edible since I've seen "Passion Fruit" listed in many drink blends ...
Passion fruit is about the size and shape of a lime, but with a hard shell. You cut it open with a sharp knife. What's inside is a slimy goo that looks like snot with seeds in it, but is one of the finest substances on the face of the earth. Tangy, sweet, with a bit of citrus flavor. Amazing.
The passion fruit in my backyard is one of the things I miss most about Southern California.
