Passionflowers and edible Passionfruits. All species can be easily grown in any humus-rich, well drained soil with sufficient moisture in summer. Plants require a climbing aid as these are growing as wines. If planted freely these will develop their first flowers after 3 to 4 years and may set fruits. They require a warm cultivation throughout the year, except Passiflora antioquensis and Passiflora mollissima which will tolerate a minimum of some 7°C in winter. Passiflora incarnata is hardy in Central Europe with a thick mulch layer as additional frost protection. Sow in any well drained, rich soil in a sunny spot at minimum 20°C, the highland species (Passiflora antioquensis and Passiflora mollissima) require a cooler germination temperature of some 15°C to a maximum of some 20°C. 20 seeds per package, if not stated differently. |
Passiflora edulis (Red Maracuyá)2 (7)m, Red Maracuyá has very aromatic fruits with a red shell. The flesh is a little bit sour and excellently suited to prepare some delicious juices. Seeds from a plantation near the village of Garzón (Departamento de Huila, Colombia). In winter it requires a minimum of some 15°C in an always sunny spot. |
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Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa (Yellow Maracuyá)2 (7)m, Yellow Maracuyá makes delicious, goose-egg sized fruits and has most ornamental and showy flowers. Makes large fruits with a yellow shell. The orange yellow fruit flesh is used to prepare a very aromatic juice. Seeds from a plantation near the village of Garzón (Departamento de Huila, Colombia). Easier in cultivation than the smaller fruited Passiflora edulis f. edulis as it is more cold tolerant. Requires a minimum of some 15°C in winter in an always sunny spot. |
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Passiflora ligularis (Sweet Maracuyá)5 (10)m, Sweet Maracuyá or Granadilla is an excellent table fruit with a sweet and aromatic white pulp and crispy (flavorless) seeds. Light orange shell with small white spots all-over. Above it bears showy flowers. Easy in any rich, well drained soil in full sun, but needs warmth and a minimum of 20°C throughout the year. Our seeds are from a superior selection with medium sized fruits which have plenty of fruit pulp inside. VIII-X. |
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Passiflora pinnatistipula (Gulupa Maracuyá)2 (7)m, Gulupa Maracuyá or Purple Maracuyá has showy pendulous rose flowers followed by small roundish to oval fruits with a deep purple shell at full maturity and a very aromatic, yellowish to oange pulp which is used either raw or prepared as a juice. Passiflora pinnatistipula is easily grown in any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot and at a minimum of some 20°C throughout the year. VI-VIII. |
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seed package 2255 | € 4,99 |
Passiflora tarminiana (Banana Passionfruit)3 (7)m, Banana Passionfruit or Curuba is a very decorative climber with pendulous, large, trumpet shaped, pale rose flowers and greenish yellow banana-like, soft fruits with an orange pulp. Excellent for juices in either water or milk with some sugar added. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot throughout the year and a winter minimum of some 10°C with reduced watering. A cold tolerant species. VII-X. |
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seed package2276 | € 3,99* |