Show your butterfly and hummingbird gardens/plants

[MissS]

You are more than welcome Nan.

[green_go]

No, these are last year's pics

[kurt]

Originally Posted by MissS

Here is the link to the 2018 Hummingbird Migration Maps. This one is for the Ruby-Throated.

http://hummingbirds.net/map.html

Get those feeders out....

We use a Purple Bleeding Heart,Bauganvilla,Blue sky vine,a white something,The Gardenia is 8 ft.The thatch keeps shed cool,now inside,70 80 at most.Outside 90 maybe.Best Hurricane strap down,burglar thorns at 4 inch.Afraid to look underneath.

[SpookyShoe]

There has been discussion in this thread regarding passion vines. This is one I saw this morning when I was at a local nursery. It was labeled simply "purple passion vine."

Donna

[SpookyShoe]

This one was labeled "Pura Vida." I didn't buy any of the vines today because I purchased an "Inspiration" one a few days ago and I don't have room for more vines.

Donna

[kurt]

Originally Posted by SpookyShoe

There has been discussion in this thread regarding passion Vines. This is one I saw this morning when I was at a local nursery. It was labeled simply purple passion vine.

Donna

She has a couple prints out there somewhere I think I saw.She did mostly orchids which we have hidden,also those Venus fly traps etc.There is a two fold discussion among some regarding the resemblance of those petals.I stay away from that one.Passion fruit which we have gets confused also,but both are that brilliant red,vermillion.I dunno.

[MissS]

A few more.

Buddelia davidii, Mina lobata or Spanish Flag and Hibiscus.


DSC_3024 (500x333).jpgDSC_3134 (500x333).jpg
My Tiger Swallowtail (1024x683).jpg

[SpookyShoe]

I can't get over the spectacular colors. Photoshop not needed.

Donna

[Gardenboy]

I have fresh passion fruit vine seeds if anyone needs/wants some. My vines are loaded. Have over 100 fruit so far..waiting for them to ripen and drop from the vines. Best grown in tropical climate with high humidity and full sun. Will stand a frost of 32 degrees..leaves will fall off but will quickly recover in the Spring.

[Nan_PA_6b]

What does a passion fruit taste like?

Nan

[Gardenboy]

The passiflora edulis flavicarpa variety taste like a little like strawberries and guava mixed together. The fruit pulp is more sweeter the longer you let it ripen. I let mine ripen until the yellow skin or rind starts to wrinkle. I love to mix the pulp with my vanilla bean ice cream or make a smoothie. Can also mix with yogurt.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by Gardenboy

The passiflora edulis flavicarpa variety taste like a little like strawberries and guava mixed together. The fruit pulp is more sweeter the longer you let it ripen. I let mine ripen until the yellow skin or rind starts to wrinkle. I love to mix the pulp with my vanilla bean ice cream or make a smoothie. Can also mix with yogurt.

Yummy! Thank you for my seeds, I sowed 12 of them about 2.5 weeks ago, they are just starting to emerge today. All at once! I can't wait , very excited.
My corky stem passion vines are getting decimated by Zebra Longwings, our state butterfly, and our native passiflora.

[Nan_PA_6b]

Originally Posted by Gardenboy

The passiflora edulis flavicarpa variety taste like a little like strawberries and guava mixed together. The fruit pulp is more sweeter the longer you let it ripen. I let mine ripen until the yellow skin or rind starts to wrinkle. I love to mix the pulp with my vanilla bean ice cream or make a smoothie. Can also mix with yogurt.

Oh, that does sound good!

Nan

[SpookyShoe]

I bought one a couple of weeks ago and thought I could grow it in a very large pot on my patio. Wrong! The thing is growing at an alarming rate and is already taller than the "trellis" I put around the plant in the pot.....(I confess I used a tomato cage as a trellis). Anyway, I moved the pot (not an easy task) against the fence, but I need to find ASAP some tall trellises to put between the pot and the fence to support the vine. The thing grows like some monster.

Anyway, I hope to get blooms and fruit this summer.

Donna, Texas Gulf Coast, zone 9

[Gardenboy]

You may have to wait and see. Some passiflora hybrids are crossed and the flowers become sterile and will not produce fruit. Time will tell, but you should get a great display of flowers. Perhaps it will cross pollinate and you might get fruit.