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Passifloraceae
Sweet granadilla
Passiflora ligularis
Also known as Granada passion flower, Passion fruit, Sweet passion fruit
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Passion Vine · Fruit · Tropical · Climber · Edible · Trellis · Warm · Pruning · Sweet
This tropical passion vine produces sweet edible fruit and requires warm conditions year-round. Provide sturdy support and protect from cold temperatures. Regular pruning helps maintain manageable size and encourages fruit production.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist but not waterlogged · Every 4-6 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- 30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 8a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 20 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 72 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, GaláPagos, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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