I love it! I had a red one a few years back, but a surprise frost killed it.

For those not familiar with the passion flower....

* The pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the Holy Lance.
* The tendrils represent the whips used in the Flagellation of Christ.
* The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (less St. Peter the denyer and Judas Iscariot the betrayer).
* The flower's radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the Crown of Thorns.
* The chalice-shaped ovary with its receptacle represents a hammer or the Holy Grail
* The 3 stigmata represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance).
* The blue and white colors of many species' flowers represent Heaven and Purity.

That is so pretty what a great flower to wake up too. Ryan thank you for the information that is great! Barb

I Love passion flowers...they are so exotic looking!!!!

~Mary Jane

AWESOME!
Susan

Very pretty. I need to move mine to the greenhouse.

I just cut back all the dead vines from mine this weekend and found some vines at the base are starting to leaf out -spring is getting near!

Rigo

That's gorgeous, Diane!
Ryan, thanks for the info!

Theresa

That one is really pretty and thanks for the info Ryan...I didn't know that :)

knotz

Hello,
I like that red passion flower. its really really nice!!!

Passiflora vitiflora is nice but we like the deeper P. Lady Margaret, which is a rich deep red.

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Karma very pretty too. I wish I would have brought mine in the house! Died back but like yours Rigo, it is showing new growth. I think I put it in a way to big of a pot :-( More learning to do with passies also.

Ryan love your info about them thou!!

Lucy