Blue Passion Flower
Passiflora caerulea
Common Name: Blue Passion Flower
Genus: Passiflora
Species: caerulea
The Latin translation of the genus name refers to the different parts of the flower and how numerically they relate to particular elements of the Crucifixion of Christ.
Category: Climbers & Wall Shrubs
Height: 10.00 m (1000 cm)
Spread: 5.00 m (500 cm)
Hardiness: Half-Hardy
Growth Rate: Fast growing
Flowering Period: July to September
Long Flowering Period
Foliage Type: Semi Evergreen
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Blue, Purple, White
Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade
Soil Type: Normal/Loam
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
Features: Has interesting/colourful ornamental fruit, Long flowering period
This vigorous climbing plant has dark green, slender leaves. It produces modified leaves called tendrils to twine around the provided support. Passiflora caerulea can be deciduous or evergreen, depending on which part of the U.K. it is grown in. It will hold on to it’s leaves in milder parts of the country and if offered some protection from cold, drying winds. Interesting white flowers are produced in summer, they have blue-purple coronas. The precise structure of the flower gives them an almost mechanical appearance. Orange-yellow fruits follow the flowers in autumn, but they rarely ripen outdoors in the U.K.
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