Re: passion flower

>Not being from around these parts, northern Alabama, I didn't know what
>was growing in the outskirts of my yard. I finally found a picture of a
>passion flower and figured it out.
> These must be like wild perennials? I didn't plant it and it seems to
>be popping up in various parts of the yard.
> Seeing it for the first time, I must say it is really exotic looking.
>The flower looks like a little martian dancing on top of the flower.
> Are the fruits edible? I read they make fruit. I am not sure what type
>it is, but it says some of them are not edible.
> Windy


Its wild in some parts of the world, but not yours.  It must have been
planted by a previous inhabitant or carried by a critter.  The fruits are
indeed edible -- at least for some types of passion flowers.  There is an
email discussion listserv for passifloras (the genus name for passion
flower is passiflora).  Write to  LISTSERV@NIC.SURFNET.NL and, in  the text
of your  message (not
the subject line), write: SUBSCRIBE PASSIFLORA-L

It is a wonderful plant and there is lots of information availble.

Nan

Nan Sterman, Master Composter in residency
San Diego County, California
Sunset zone 24, USDA zone 10b or 11


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