BANANA PASSIONFRUIT - GLORIOUS FRUIT AND AN ATTRACTIVE ORNAMENTAL
GENUS PASSIFLORA MOLLISSIMA
Passiflora mollissima, commonly known as the Banana Passionfruit is one of the passion fruit native to Central and Southern America but now grown widely throughout the world as both a fruiting plant and as an ornamental. The name derives from the long yellow fruits like a squat banana that taste delicious. A good vine can produce up to 300 fruit in a good year.
However this vine is not restricted to just a fruit-bearing plant. It is evergreen and can take temperatures and cold down to about -5*C - it grows happily in southern England, although it does not fruit there. It can grow extremely rapidly given favourable conditions…up to 10 metres a year. It has attractive foliage and produces beautiful pink blooms as illustrated. It can be used in a variety of ways..as a climbing vine,or, with root restriction, as a low groundcover , as a hanging basket subject or as an indoor. (Root restriction also increases fruiting and reduces vegetative growth.)
It requires a well-drained soil with plenty of moisture in the growing season, otherwise it is not fussy.
This auction is for one 20 fresh seed. Item shipped by ordinary mail upon receipt of clear funds. Postage cost of 50 cents***Save 50% postage & handling on additional lots that are combined for shipment.
We will be adding more to our range of auctions in the near future so please be sure to keep an eye open. We also have listings for white flowers, cut flowers, drought tolerant or drought resistant flowers, flowers and trees that will grow in full sun, dappled light and shade, that are fragrant or aromatic, that grow indoors, outdoors, in baskets in tubs, or just in the ground.
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