Friday, August 24, 2012

Red Passion Flower



Red Passion Flower
Passiflora caerulea ‘Grace Ann’
(pass-iff-FLOR-uh) (see-ROO-lee-uh)
Synonyms: Passion Vine


Isn’t this an amazing flower? The color alone was so striking and when inspected closely it had all of the otherworldly shapes and bits that a regular passion flower has. This specimen was growing in the water garden/fountain area of the New York Botanical Garden. I have to admit at marveling at their ability to grow this plant indoors. Mine always do poorly in the greenhouse and usually lose vigor completely after a couple of winters. This seems to happen even with an adjustment of the growing conditions and while I haven’t given up hope completely it is close and this year’s specimen will probably be sacrificed to the frost gods.

2 comments:

Janet, The Queen of Seaford said...

Love the red color! Passion flowers are so cool, almost unreal.

SandyCarlson said...

Striking and magical, and no doubt about it.