Passiflora incarnata (Purple)

Planting and care

Grow in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of drought. Roots appreciate a loose mulch. Plant your vine in a rich commercial indoor potting soil and keep it uniformly moist, not wet. You can plant them indoor at window side with bright sunlight.

Caring for Passiflora incarnata

• Carry out pruning just after flowering by shortening flowered tips and side shoots to a couple of buds.
• Water them more sparingly during the winter.
• The tops will be killed off during winter, but if you mulch deeply, your passion flower plant will return with new shoots in the spring.
• Two applications of a well-balanced fertilizer per year, once in early spring and one in midsummer.

Harvesting

NA

Typical uses of Passiflora incarnata

Special features: May be used on trellises, arbors, walls or fences. The unique flower and edible fruit make this vine an extremely interesting plant for the garden.

Culinary use: NA

Ornamental use: The plant is used for an ornamental purpose. It is best for trellises, arbors, walls or fences. The unique flower and edible fruit (occasionally) make this vine an extremely interesting plant for the garden.

Medicinal use: The plant being used as a herbal medicine to treat nervous anxiety and insomnia.

Note:Please consult your health expert before using it.

References

• http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-24200150
• https://floridata.com/Plants/Passifloraceae/Passiflora incarnata/77
• https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=295