Passiflora Panama Gold | Passion Vine | 20_Seeds Clarks sphinxThis is Passiflora Panama Gold The fruits on this plant are enormous, golden, and soft skinned. The pulp is aromatic and much sweeter than the darker passion fruits. A mature plant will produce over 100 fruits per season. This is a host plant for the Zebra Long Wing, Zebra Heliconian, Julia Heliconian, Isabellas Heliconian, Banded Orange Heliconian, Mexican Fritillary, Scarce Bamboo Page, Erato Heliconian, Variegated Fritillary, and Gulf Fritillary
This is Passiflora resticulata
but if you collect the seeds and grow them you will not get the same results
It likes to live in full sun where it blooms repeatedly
If you then save your seeds from this fruit
The leaves of this plant are covered with long hairs and the fruits are a bluish purple
This plant is a biennial which will survive the winter and make it to its second year in USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 9
The meaning of macroura is long tail
The fruit on this one is beyond compare
These cool hairy mouthed blossoms start in late Spring and last until early Fall
The nuts can be eaten raw or roasted and are used extensively in baking and salad dressing
This is Passiflora tripartita
The fragrant flowers attracts birds
