Maypop Passionvine (Passiflora incarnata)
Full Sun to Part Shade
Low Water Needs
Size: 5-12 ft wide
Bloom Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Maypop passionflower is a wonderful fruit-producing vine with exotic-looking blooms. This plant spreads using rhizomes just beneath the ground surface. In areas with loose sand or mulch, it can spread, sprouting up some distance away from the mother plant. Its ability to climb using tendrils can make it a threat to slow moving bushes. It is a host plant for numerous butterflies, including Gulf Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, Red banded hairstreak , and Julia Heliconian butterflies. The young tendrils of passionvine are eaten by wild turkey.
http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3464
Low Water Needs
Size: 5-12 ft wide
Bloom Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Maypop passionflower is a wonderful fruit-producing vine with exotic-looking blooms. This plant spreads using rhizomes just beneath the ground surface. In areas with loose sand or mulch, it can spread, sprouting up some distance away from the mother plant. Its ability to climb using tendrils can make it a threat to slow moving bushes. It is a host plant for numerous butterflies, including Gulf Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, Red banded hairstreak , and Julia Heliconian butterflies. The young tendrils of passionvine are eaten by wild turkey.
http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3464
