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Passionflowers and edible Passionfruits. All species can be easily grown in any humus-rich, well drained soil with sufficient moisture in summer. Plants require a climbing aid as these are growing as wines. If planted freely these will develop their first flowers after 3 to 4 years and may set fruits. They require a warm cultivation throughout the year, except Passiflora antioquensis and Passiflora mollissima which will tolerate a minimum of some 7°C in winter. Passiflora incarnata is hardy in C Europe with a thick mulch layer as additional frost protection. Sow in any well drained, rich soil in a sunny spot at minimum 20°C, the highland species (Passiflora antioquensis and Passiflora mollissima) require a cooler germination temperature of some 15°C to a maximum of some 20°C. 20 seeds per package if not stated differently. |
Passiflora capsularis3 (5)m, an easily cultivated South American species with small, slightly vanilla scented white flowers followed by elongated, ripped, rose-red fruits. Passiflora capsularis is fully self-fertile and readily sets fruits. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. In winter keep drier in full sun at a minimum of some 15°C. V-IX. |
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Passiflora edulis (Red Maracuyá)2 (7)m, Red Maracuyá has very aromatic fruits with a red shell. The flesh is a little bit sour and excellently suited to prepare some delicious juices. Seeds from a plantation near the village of Garzón (Departamento de Huila, Colombia). In winter it requires a minimum of some 15°C in an always sunny spot. |
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seed package 2254 | € 2,99* |
Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa (Yellow Maracuyá)2 (7)m, Yellow Maracuyá makes delicious, goose-egg sized fruits and has most ornamental and showy flowers. Makes large fruits with a yellow shell. The orange yellow fruit flesh is used to prepare a very aromatic juice. Seeds from a plantation near the village of Garzón (Departamento de Huila, Colombia). Easier in cultivation than the smaller fruited Passiflora edulis f. edulis as it is more cold tolerant. Requires a minimum of some 15°C in winter in an always sunny spot. |
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seed package 2256 | € 3,99* | |||
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Passiflora elegans5 (10)m, a still rarely seen species from Brazil, Argentina and neighboring countries. Passiflora elegans bears threelobed, dark green leaves and showy flowers with white petals and white, lilac and winered coronal filaments. Flowers are selffertile and followed by small, up to 7 cm long egg-shaped fruits which turn yellowish-orange with maturity. The fruit pulp is edible and has a very aromatic, sweet and slightly aciduous taste reminding of a mixture between sweet Passiflora ligularis and aciduous Passiflora edulis. Still somewhat immature fruits have a slightly bitter aftertaste, fruits are fully mature and palatable as soon as fruits starts to shrinkle. Due to its rather small fruits, this species is rather an ornamental than a potential fruit plant. Easily grown in any rich, well drained substrate and a winter minimum of some 10°C in a sunny spot. IV-VII. |
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seed package8864 | € 4,99 |
Passiflora foetida (Foetid Passion Flower)200 (500)cm, Foetid Passion Flower is a climbing creeping vine with three- to five-lobed leaves, pure white to pale cream flowers and egg-shaped, yellow edible fruits with a sweet pulp with crispy black seeds. It is native to northern South America and the West Indies. For any rich, well drained soil in full sun throughout the year. Keep drier in winter at a minimum of some 10°C. V-VIII. |
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seed package 4693 | € 2,99 |
Passiflora incarnata (Winter Hardy Purple Passion Flower)300 (500)cm, Winter Hardy Purple Passion Flower is a herbaceous perennial with fast growing vines with dark green, three-lobed leaves and several showy flowers with white petals and sepals and a central crown of pinkish-purple filaments. The flowers are followed by egg-sized, delicious fruits with a sweet-aromatic white pulp (locally called "Maypops"), which mature to a yellowish color. It is native of south-eastern USA and is easily grown in any rich, very well drained soils in a sunny, protected spots with a climbing aid. Cultivate young plants in pots for two under frostfree conditions in winter with a minimum of some 12°C and a very sunny spot, transplant to the garden by the end of spring in their third year. As additional winter protection cover the root system with a thick mulch layer in winter. USDA Climate Zone 7. VI-IX. |
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seed package3383 | € 4,99* |
Passiflora ligularis (Sweet Maracuyá)5 (10)m, Sweet Maracuyá or Granadilla is an excellent table fruit with a sweet and aromatic white pulp and crispy (flavorless) seeds. Light orange shell with small white spots all-over. Above it bears showy flowers. Easy in any rich, well drained soil in full sun, but needs warmth and a minimum of 20°C throughout the year. Our seeds are from a superior selection with medium sized fruits which have plenty of fruit pulp inside. VIII-X. |
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seed package 2262 | € 2,99* | |||
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Passiflora morifolia200 (500)cm, fast growing species South America (Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil). White and purple blue flowers are followed by very ornamental plum-colored fruits with a red pulp (not palatable). Plants are self-fertile and set readily fruits. May be either cultivated as an annual if sowed under heated glass and transplanted to the garden in early summer or as a perennial pot plant in a sunny pot during winter at a minimum of some 10°C. Easily cultivated. VI-VIII. |
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seed package 2011 | € 2,99 |
Passiflora pinnatistipula (Gulupa Maracuyá)2 (7)m, Gulupa Maracuyá or Purple Maracuyá has showy pendulous rose flowers followed by small roundish to oval fruits with a deep purple shell at full maturity and a very aromatic, yellowish to oange pulp which is used either raw or prepared as a juice. Passiflora pinnatistipula is easily grown in any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot and at a minimum of some 20°C throughout the year. VI-VIII. |
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seed package 2255 | € 4,99 |
Passiflora suberosa2 (5)m, a smaller species from northern South America to Guatemala. It makes small, dark green, trilobed leaves and small whitish-green flowers followed by pea-sized black round fruits. Passiflora suberosa is fully self-fertile and readily sets fruits. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. In winter keep drier in full sun at a minimum of some 15°C. V-IX. |
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seed package 3378 | € 4,99 |
Passiflora tenuifila4 (7)m, perennial species native of South America (Ecuador and Peru) with broadly lobed leaves and white flowers with a whitish-purple crown followed by egg-sized, non-edible green fruits turning to bright yellow with maturity. For any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. Keep drier in winter in a sunny spot at a minimum of some 15°C. VI-VIII. |
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seed package 3377 | € 4,99 |