Passiflora 'Nancy Garrison' Passion Fruit

Passiflora 'Nancy Garrison' Passion Fruit is an exotic perennial fruit-bearing vine, also known as the passion vine. This captivating plant transforms your garden into a tropical paradise with its stunning white blooms, featuring a vibrant green center and long white filaments with a dark purple base. These nectar-rich flowers not only add a touch of elegance but also attract pollinators, like bees and butterflies. Following the blooms, the vine produces round, purple-skinned fruits that ripen from late summer to fall. The fruits' interior is filled with small seeds encased in a juicy sac, offering a bright orange, aromatic pulp. Enjoy these fruits fresh from the vine or use them to add a tropical twist to your beverages, jellies, and desserts.

As a variety of Passiflora edulis, or purple passion fruit, 'Nancy Garrison' is a vigorous grower, reaching heights of 10 to 20 feet when fully mature. Given the right conditions, this vine will continuously produce flowers and fruits. In colder climates, it may die back during winter but will sprout anew in spring. It's an excellent choice for adding vertical interest to your garden, whether trained on a trellis, arbor, or fence.

While 'Nancy Garrison' thrives in warmer climates, it's surprisingly cold hardy for a passion vine, tolerating temperatures as low as 22°F. For optimal growth, plant your purple passion fruit in a sunny spot with fertile, moist, well-draining soil. This self-fertile vine doesn't require pollen from other varieties to bear fruit.

This passion fruit vine will ship at the appropriate planting time based on your growing zone. This passion fruit vine does not ship in December or January. Plant height is 18-24" when shipped.