Blue Passion Flower (Passiflora coerulea) Passion flower or passion vine
Hundreds of hybrids have been named and hybridizing is currently being done extensively for flowers, foliage and fruit. A number of species of Passiflora are cultivated outside their natural range because of their beautiful flowers. During Victorian times the flower (which in all but a few species lasts only one day) was very popular and many hybrids were created using Winged-stem Passion Flower (P. alata) and Blue Passion Flower (P. caerulea) and other tropical species. Many cool-growing Passiflora from the Andes Mountains can be grown successfully for their beautiful flowers and fruit in cooler Mediterranean climates, such as the Monterey Bay and San Francisco in California and along the Western Coast of the into Canada. One Blue Passion Flower or hybrid even grew to large size at Malmö Central Station in Sweden.
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Keywords: blue, climber, exotic, flower, gardening, nectar, passion, tropical, vine
