Summer Hobby. Prettiest flower I’ve ever seen and grown. #passionflower #passionfruit #flowers #BluePassionFlower #MayPop

Passiflora Incarnata - Purple Passionflower aka Maypop

The Purple Passionflower resembles a plant from Hogwarts, and the Latin name, Passiflora Incarnata, sounds like a spell. In addition to being covered with otherworldly blooms that draw butterflies, bees and hummingbirds, the perennial vine produces delicious fruits the size of small owl’s eggs.

I started my passionflowers from seed in 2016. They were floriferous and fruitful through November 2020, but didn’t re-emerge as expected in the Spring of 2021. All that remained was the photo in this post.

Seasons passed with no sign of the vine, so I was thrilled to discover the familiar tri-lobed leaves climbing my fence again in July of 2022. My passionflower had sprung to life after 20 months of dormancy.

Renneverate!

Nature is magic!

#Gardening #NatureIsMagic #Passiflora #Passionflowers #Maypop #PerennialFlowers #PollinatorGarden #ButterflyGarden #OrganicGardening #Potager #KitchenGarden #EdibleGardening #EdibleFlowers #GardenToTable #UrbanFarming #GardenersOfMastodon #GrowYourOwn #gyo #Zone7b #GlamorosiCooks

She's beauty.

She's grace.

She's from outer space.

#passionflower #maypop #plants #gardening (Passiflora incarnata)