Botanical Name: Passiflora x alatocaerulea
Common Name: Passion Vine
Type of Plant: dicot: vine
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape rampant, fast-growing vine, growing dense, woody and large with age; climbs by tendrils
Height 20' - 30'
Spread 20' 30'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil tolerates most any soil
Hardiness hardy (zones 5-9, 12-24); foliage dies back in cold areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmate, 3-5 lobed, alternate to 3" across; has distinctive glands at the base of each petiole
Flowers exotic-looking flowers with purplish petals, white sepals, yellow stamens and a corona of bristle-like purple structures
Fruit none
 
Propagation:
semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
fast growing vine, good for covering fences and walls – blooms throughout warm season - can be used as a bank cover
 
Landscape Care:
Watering average watering; tolerates heavy watering
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning head back to keep in bounds; thin woody build-up as needed
Pests/Diseases caterpillars
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Tropical America
Family: Passifloraceae

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