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Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 33 to 150 feet
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
Purple
Multi-Color: Blue, lavender, purple
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
6"-12"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Giant Granadilla
  • Badea
  • Giant Tumbo

Photo Gallery
Location: My back yard
Date: 2012-04-13
Giant granadilla flower, it is 3 times the size of regular passio
Photo by dyzzypyxxy
Location: my garden, Sarasota FL
Date: 2014-03-31
Location: my garden, Sarasota FL
Date: 2014-03-31
Better shot with my hand as size ref. This one's nearly 5in. acro
Location: Clarksville, TN
Date: 2018-09-22
Location: my garden, Sarasota FL
Date: 2014-03-31
You can see the leaves of this type are different than most passi
Photo by dyzzypyxxy
Photo by sedumzz
Photo by sedumzz

photo credit: Betty from Eads, Tennessee

Date: 2009-05-02

photo credit: Fibonacci
Comments:
  • Posted by dyzzypyxxy (Sarasota, Fl) on Aug 24, 2014 6:46 PM concerning plant:
    This passionvine has the largest and most fragrant flowers of any Passiflora I've seen. Its leaves are also different from most other passifloras -- a large oval shape, not lobed. A good feature of this particular cultivar is that it doesn't seem to be a host plant for the Gulf Frittillary butterfly, so the leaves remain intact and are very handsome even when the vine is not in flower.

    I grew it out of curiosity, as it is said to produce yellow passion fruits the size of footballs! I'm now into my 4th year growing this, and many flowers have come and gone, but no fruit has set. It seems we simply don't have the right pollinator for it here. It blooms randomly, about every second month, and this year, in a particularly mild winter, we had flowers in February, which was surprising. I was also finding shredded flowers on the ground under the vine, so some squirrel or bird seems to have developed a taste for them.
  • Posted by GardnerGal (Gulf Coast in Texas - Zone 9a) on May 1, 2012 10:31 AM concerning plant:
    I live in the Gulf Coast of Texas. These Granadillas (light purple) grow wild here. I have some on the fence border of my property and have transplanted some to my back yard flower bed.
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