OK, Who is the Flower Expert?

[Minor Axis]

I found this flower on a vine while walking in the woods in Houston, Texas. Can anyone ID this? I think it might be a Blue Passion Flower. I took a 3 cuttings putting one in water and 2 in soil with a root starter formula.

If so, anyone familiar with this? I found it in a partly sunny area. I am going to google it, but I thought it might be fun to ask here, while prettying up the OTZ forums. It seems like a pretty aggressive vine. Anyone have experience with it in their yards? What makes it happy? Thanks!

 

[Panacea]

Sure looks like a blue passion flower to me, I think you called it right.

 

[Minderella]

Yes. It's a passion flower.

It's too cold here to grow them in ground--but we've grown them in pots before. They like sun, and a good watering. And yes, they will vine and grow and grow and grow.

 

[AUDRAA]

wow what a cool flower I dont think Ive ever seen one before but sounds like you better make sure you planted it in a place where it has lots of room to spread out or youre gonna have a mess on your hands lol

 

[Minor Axis]

Sure looks like a blue passion flower to me, I think you called it right.

I have verified it but there are hundreds of varieties. Which variety I'm not sure.

Yes. It's a passion flower.

It's too cold here to grow them in ground--but we've grown them in pots before. They like sun, and a good watering. And yes, they will vine and grow and grow and grow.

Where do you live? They are growing wild here (Houston) in the woods so I assume they survive the winters, don't know if they die back to the ground or not. I'm sure it depends on the severity of the Winter.

wow what a cool flower I dont think Ive ever seen one before but sounds like you better make sure you planted it in a place where it has lots of room to spread out or youre gonna have a mess on your hands lol

I did find an article that said they are so aggressive they can be considered invasive so people tend to plant them in pots (as Mindy mentioned), and prune them in the winter/early Spring to thicken them up.

 

[Minderella]

I'm in the UP of Michigan, and they are not zoned for here at all. But we've been successful growing them in pots. I would guess they would be fine, in ground, in Texas.

If you plant them, make sure you give them something to grow up, like a trellis or something--they like that.

And yeah, there are tons of different ones, the purple/blue ones like you've pictures here, there's green ones, and red ones, and we even have had a giant one before that had giant flowers.

 

[Minderella]

Not trying to steal your thread--but here are a few pics of the flowers we've had.

 

[AUDRAA]

they would be pretty along a fence line Im thinking

 

[Minor Axis]

Not trying to steal your thread--but here are a few pics of the flowers we've had.

They are beautiful. My only concern is that in the woods there are tons of vines, but not tons of blooms. Is the ratio better when grown domestically?

 

[Jezzebelle]

that last one Mindy is just simply BEAUTIFUL!

 

[Abcinthia]

Wow I have never seen flowers like that before. They are really interesting looking.

 

[Minderella]

They are beautiful. My only concern is that in the woods there are tons of vines, but not tons of blooms. Is the ratio better when grown domestically?

We always used to get tons and tons of blooms and flowers. I don't know how much difference there is between the wild kind and the kind we got from plant stores, but I guess you'll just have to experiment.

 

[Minor Axis]

We always used to get tons and tons of blooms and flowers. I don't know how much difference there is between the wild kind and the kind we got from plant stores, but I guess you'll just have to experiment.

Thanks! I'll report back at some future date when my backyard is overtaken by passion flowers.