Re: Flowering vines (Passion Vines)

At 04:37 PM 3/1/2002, Don Bowen wrote:
>Was there a recent mention of something called "Passion Flower?"  Can 
>anyone tell me the culture of this plant?

Don -

There are various species of Passion Flower, some adaptable to temperate or 
mediterranean conditions, other strictly tropical or sub-tropical.  The 
include some of the most amazingly complex floral structures as well as 
some of the most unusual leaf forms.  Many produce delicious edible fruit.

A good place to get an overview of this vast genera is perhaps 
http://www.passionflow.co.uk/ which is obviously in England, the 
information usually slanted towards greenhouse growing.  A more local 
resource for you is the California Rare Fruit Growers, who has a page of 
information about this vine at 
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/passionfruit.html.  There is lots and lots of 
stuff out there for Passiflora species, but keep in mind that many of these 
are written by true collectors who are growing them under very different 
conditions than our mediterranean climate.

Hope this helps a bit.
Regards,
Seán O.

No. Calif. Branch of the Mediterranean Garden Society
Seán A. O'Hara - Branch co-chair
(510) 987-0577; fax (707) 667-1173; sean@support.net
710 Jean Street, Oakland, California 94610-1459, U.S.A.
http://www.MediterraneanGardenSociety.org/branches_CANo.html
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