Our garden is way past its usual condition for this time of year.
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3po3 on May 20, 2012Nice. Out here, all the early warm weather has me pretty worried about a drought and wildfires, but this is a nice reminder that this unseasonable weather has some beautiful upsides, too.Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on May 21, 2012Enjoy the early arrival!Helpful Reply
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Rebecca D on May 21, 2012Our Passion flowers are early !Helpful Reply
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Jan M on May 21, 2012Those are just beautiful. I wonder if they would grow in our neck of the woods. Clematis do great, do you thing that the Passion flower would do as well??Helpful Reply
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Paul M on May 21, 2012I don't know Jan. You could look into it but I think it would grow there just fine. It may not fruit or it may have to be sprouted indoors it just depends on the climate. The bigger question is where to get seeds. I found some growing wild about 3 years ago and got my seeds that way. I am not sure how else to do it. These vines are native to the south eastern US and they are the only passiflorae that is native to North America.Helpful Reply
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Cooper S on May 22, 2012This vine grew in my backyard a long a creek bed for a long time, i've even cut them down. had no idea that they were so benificial / and used for human consumption. I was told by a friend that they were associated with snakes, she called them (snake berries). When can the seeds be harvest?Helpful Reply
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Paul M on May 22, 2012The vine will make a golf ball sized, or larger, fruit. Starting in the early fall these green spheres will begin to get a bit of a golden hue to them and most of the time they will fall off. That is when they need to be harvested and put up for a bit until the skin begins to wrinkle. After they husk begins to wrinkle a bit the fruit is at is sweetest and can be eaten. Actually you could eat them sooner than that but they are very tart if you get them too early. The fruit is much like a pomegranate and has a corpuscle of juice and pulp around a seed. When you eat them you could eat the seed too, they are harmless, but I usually separate the seed from the pulp, just like a pomegranate, and spit the seed in a cup so I can save them. That is how the seeds are harvested at our house anyway. I have been trying to find a way to juice them but I have not found a good method yet. These fruits are grown commercially in areas of Mexico and are sold in the open air markets there. I found that out a few years ago when I was searching for a juicing method. I don't know why they are not sold here and grown here too. Since they are native to the area they are not hard to grow at all. And even in a drought we will get some fruit. I did a quick search and found this link to some very helpful information and source for seeds as well. I hope this helps. Good luck to you all.Helpful Reply
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Terry S on Aug 31, 2012i grow them for the butterflies, the zebra uses it for laying their eggsHelpful Reply
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Alesa Holden on Mar 25, 2015Here in the south we call them "Maypops". They grow wild. Beautiful plant!Helpful Reply
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Colleen on Mar 11, 2016The flowers on this look like passion fruit flowers. Runs well along a trellis,fence or something to support it. Take it off the ground though. As it will cover everythingHelpful Reply
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CAROL on Oct 07, 2016They are clematis vine and if they are blooming this time of year, they are #3 or fall blooming. You're lucky to have them; make sure you have enough support for the vines to grow.Helpful Reply
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Paul M on Oct 08, 2016This was not a question it was a statement. This is not clematis it is Passiflora incarnata just as I said in the opening statement.Helpful Reply
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