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Passiflora , identify please.

dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 198
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Hello! This is Passiflora about three years old. I don't know what variety it is. Can you please identify it. This is second year it flowered but no fruits (I have passiflora constance elliot next to it, it flowered this year first time and bearing fruits. Pictures posted last week.)
If it get fruits, is it edible or not? Thank you in advance. 

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,591
    edited August 2022
    Passiflora caerulea ...my pic below

    Passiflora edulis is the one with edible fruits.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,395
    Yes - P caerulea.  They do form fruits quite readily which are a pale orange colour.
    As explained previously, these are not edible.  You need to grow edulis if you want fruit to eat.
  • dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 198
    @Silver surfer, @philippasmith2. Thank you. Now I know that none of the passiflora fruits I got is edible. I got them beautiful flowers and edible fruits would have as bonus. Fruits at present are green but when they will ripe and get yellow or orange it will add colours to the garden. 
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,395
    @dpatel2130 That's the way to look at it - beautiful flowers and a bit of colour later on :)
  • dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 198
    Passiflora caerulea. Beautiful flowers and fruits as added bonus this year. Fruits not edible but certainly adding colours in garden. Super Happy. 😊
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,040
    Please do be careful if growing on a house wall there has been a recent thread with various concerns. I have tried to find it but maybe you have it growing elsewhere?
    RETIRED GARDENER, SOUTH NOTTS.
    Building a garden is very personal. It's not quite the same as installing a boiler.
    James Alexander Sinclair 
  • dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 198
    @GardenerSuze, my plant is on trellis and it is about 30-40 feet away from house wall. I will look for the thread and try to find out more. Thank you. 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,040
    Good News
    RETIRED GARDENER, SOUTH NOTTS.
    Building a garden is very personal. It's not quite the same as installing a boiler.
    James Alexander Sinclair 
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,395
    Perfect colour @dpatel2130 :):)
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