Lisa, it looks like caerulea, which is considered to be very hardy. It's an excellent host plant for Gulf frits.

Sandy

Thanks, Sandy! I'll try to get a closer pic tonight. I was just doing some landscape shots that night. It is blooming, so I should be able to get a pic of the flower and leaves. It could very well be caerulea. I have that too, I know.

I'm hoping we don't have a massive hailstorm or tornado this weekend that wipes out everything.

Wow, Lisa! I have planted P. caerulea twice now and both times it died over winter. I do have P. incarnata and, of course, it is popping up everywhere and I've had Variegated Frits all over the tiniest shoots. My 'Lavender Lady' won't be up til next month, but has the most gorgeous blooms.

Here's hoping we get tons of GFs this summer!

Susan

Here's an upclose of that vine....is it caerulea or incarnata?

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My other passionvines (wider leaves) are just now popping up.

That's P. caerulea, Lisa. One of the great things about P. caerulea is that it keeps its leaves over the winter. One warm winter I had three or four gulf frit cats to overwinter as cats on it. I don't know if they nibbled much on the old leaves during the winter, but once it started making new growth, they really started eating, and I had gulf frits earlier that year than ever.
The only bad thing about it for me, at least, is that they don't last more than two or three years - P. incarnata/maypops live on and on, spreading and spreading.

That flower is certainly beautiful! It's made me want one for my garden!

Sherry

Thanks for the ID!! I've been making an effort to grow more host food. If you look closely you can see a little bit of fennel growing too. This winter I lost a lot of the fennel I had. I'm going to have to put in some more.

Lisa

Isn't that the strangest thing, Lisa. I cannot grow P, caerulea, but the P. incarnata spreads like mad. My Fennel stayed evergreen all winter long and I have the most gorgeous Fennel plants right now.

My False Nettle is up, and you should bring a shovel and dig some up for your garden.

I even had a Tropical Milkweed come back from the roots this year, our winter was so warm.

Susan