Passion fruit vines

ariel73

6 years ago

I am searching for edible passion fruit vine and would love to know your favorite variety.

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Castle of Costa Mesa

5 years ago

Hello!

This is my first comment on Houzz!

I am in zone 10b, Costa Mesa, Southern California, 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean.

About 4 years ago, we bought a small $30 passiflora edulis from Armstrong Nursery (now Rogers Garden and Home Depot also sells this popular variety). By now, our hole North side 60 foot chain link fence is almost completely covered by this lush, healthy, verdant invasive vine.

We love it!! The bees and butterflies love the flowers. The purple fruits are fragrant, the orange flesh make fragrant gourmet drinks and snacks. We even fill the purple shells with homemade ice cream for a special presentation. The guests always love picking and eating these fruits.

My chickens nest and lay eggs in our passion fruit vine nest. Here is Zuzu in our passiflora vine nest!

We love this “invasive weed”!

Jzin
#CastleofCostaMesa

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dirtygardener
6 years ago
Ariel, are you 9a or 9b? Do you have a greenhouse, because most of the edible varieties are tropical and won't grow north of 9b, and even then, they can freeze back easily. When I was further south, I had the yellow passion fruit, but I didn't like it. My friend had the purple one, and I liked that one. I always wanted the granadilla with red flowers and huge fruit, but never got one. I tasted one, and it was delicious.

All that being said, regular old native maypops are edible, but very tart. Most people use the fruit to make a nice summer drink.
ariel73
Original Author
6 years ago
I am in Riverview. I am supposed to be 9b, but you know how crazy Florida weather can be, lol. I would definitley like a sweet one, but wasn't sure of which type. I am not sure I have seen the Granadilla for sale. I will have to shop around!
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dirtygardener
6 years ago
Granadilla won't survive where you are, I don't think. Riverview is close to the Gulf, so that's a moderating weather influence. They're hard to find this far north. Mostly, they're sold in Z10 and above. They're pretty easy to propagate from cuttings, so maybe someone will be willing to send you some when they start growing well.
Glenn Jones(9b)
6 years ago
Ariel if you live near Melbourne the brevard rear fruit council/tropical fruit club will be having the open to the public sale April 28 at the Melbourne auditorium and they usually have passion fruit and only the kinds you eat.they will also many other edible landscaping
ariel73
Original Author
6 years ago
dirtygardener, thank you, I didn't realize they were more tropical.

Glenn, I wish I were closer. That sale sounds prefect!
whgille
6 years ago
Ariel, if you want to try to grow them, you can do seeds. A lot of varieties out there and they can take some cold but not a freeze.

My favorites are the banana passion fruit, it will not do well here because the humid weather.

Granadilla is good for fresh eating and there are different kinds.

The purple one is also good for fresh eating after the skin wrinkles.

All the passion fruit vines have beautiful flowers and are easy to grow and some can get invasive.

Here is some info for you.

https://www.thespruce.com/passion-flowers-1403114

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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
5 years ago
Hi & welcome:) I love your cute lil chickie! I also garden with chickens :) Beautiful passie!

~Sjn
eep100 Sarasota, FL
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Hi! I've had lots of passionvine, but only edible one was the purple one, which I loved. In Riverview, you are not too far from Tropical Fruit Society of Sarasota which has an annual sale here in September. Lots of vendors come to this event at the Philippi Mansion.

(I had to edit because they changed their name. Used to be Sarasota Fruit and Nut Society, but the nuts formed their own group :)
eep100 Sarasota, FL
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Oh, hell. I just looked it up. They moved their event to February. Good website, though.

http://tropicalfruitsociety.org/