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:
Love the red color! Passion flowers are so cool, almost unreal.
Striking and magical, and no doubt about it.
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