Re: passion flower
- To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: passion flower
- From: "* &* B* H* <c*@saltspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:22:36 -0700
The reason the Passiflora incarnata is showing up all over could be because
it grows well from root cuttings,. so if you attempt to move it you could
end up with little pieces of root and eventually plants in various
locations.
Brian on Saltspring. BC
http://vvv.com/~amdigest/cusheon.htm
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> From: dorsett <dorsett@blueriver.net>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: RE: passion flower
> Date: Sunday, June 21, 1998 9:03 PM
>
> If your passionflower has lavender or light purple flowers it might be
> Passiflora incarnata, native throughout the Southeastern United States,
> according to FAIRS, http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/fw/4947.html,
and
> Maricela, http://ykc.com/lisd/passion.htm.
> P. incarnata does have edible fruit:
> http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/edible6.html#Passionfruit.
>
> Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 <dorsett@blueriver.net>
> Midwest Gardener http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/430
> 'Garden Goodies: Fireflies'
> Suite 101 http://www.suite101.com
> Gardening splash page
http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/gardening.html
>
> > >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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