Local preview · not published
← Plant library

Passiflora incarnata (Maypop / Native Passionflower)

Wanted🌿 Herbs🌱 Babies later
🌿Main photo · Liz's Passiflora incarnata (Maypop / Native Passionflower)
🌿Photo 2
🌿Photo 3
🌿Video
▶

Quick grow facts

☀️

Sun

No source found

🪴

Soil

No source found

📏

Pot size

No source found

💧

Water

No source found

🌿

Fertilizer

No source found

🐝

Pollination

No source found

✂️

Propagation

No source found

🐛

Pests & diseases

No source found

⚠️

Look out for (Houston)

No source found

What it is

Passionflower is a rapidly growing, trailing or climbing perennial or herbaceous perennial. It is a member of the passion vine family (Passifloraceae).

NC State Extension

Why grow/eat it

No source found

How to use it

Ripened maypops can be eaten fresh off the vine or made into jelly.

NC State Extension

Harvest in Houston

No source found

Container tips

Likes full sun to partial shade. Wants well-drained soil, kept moist; handles dry spells.

NC State Extension

Cautions

No serious insect or disease problems. The roots can spread aggressively, and in poorly drained wet soils root rot can occur, especially in the winter. Severe nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, and episodes of irregular heartbeat.

NC State Extension

Sources

  1. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/passiflora-incarnata/