Passiflora caerulea 'Clear Sky'

Also Known As

Blue Passion Flower
Clear Sky Blue Passionflower
Clear Sky Passion Flower
Clear Sky Passion Vine
Hardy Passionflower
Passion Vine
Passionvine

Plant type

perennial, vine

size

H: 15'-30'
W: 6'-15'

planting zones

7a-11

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Passiflora caerulea 'Clear Sky' plant details

Passiflora caerulea 'Clear Sky' is a fast-growing broadleaf deciduous or semi-evergreen perennial vine with green foliage. In fall, spring and summer blue and white flowers emerge. Attracts butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture - occasional water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Passiflora caerulea 'Clear Sky'

Plant type: perennial vine
Plant family: passifloraceae
Foliage: deciduous or semi-evergreen green
Mature size: 6 FT - 15 FT - wide, 15 FT - 30 FT - tall
Flowers: blue and white blooms in fall, spring and summer
Uses: fragrant

GROWING CONDITIONS for Passiflora caerulea 'Clear Sky'

USDA Zones: 7a - 11
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - occasional

Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

The fragrance of passion-flower from extra large and heavy flowers, white with a striking cobalt blue around the corolla... all from an extra-vigorous and hardy vine; by Roland Fischer in Germany. S/M PPAF PVR

By: Forestfarm

Passiflora caerulea 'Clear Sky' is a a cross of the hardy blue passionflower with some of its hybrids. It has greater vigour and larger flowers with greater substance than the species. Grow hardy passionflowers in containers or planted in the ground. 'Clear Sky' should be hardy to zone 7 when you bury the stem 4-6 inches deep when planting.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Now this famous Passiflora species has just gotten better. 'Clear Sky' shows greater vigor than our standard caerulea and the flowers are an inch larger and much heavier in appearance. They carry a pristine clear light-blue color around the corolla. And, of course, it has the delightful fragrance of Passion Flowers. A tetraploid hybrid created by Roland Fischer of Hemer, Germany,

By: Logee's Plants for Home & Garden

This is an excellent new hybrid that's a complex multiple cross of caerulea and some of its hybrids which has resulted in a larger, stronger plant with bigger, beefier flowers. We were suspicious of the claims until we saw it first hand. The improvement is substantial and will make a greater impact in a garden or house plant setting. The flowers are up to 5 inches across and it can bloom all summer. Fischer, Germany, 2001.

By: Brushwood Nursery

A certain innocent muscularity is displayed in these gently questing tendrils carrying flowers whose familiarity is overshadowed by their startling size. Intricate blue and white flowers, steeped in Christian symbolism, are twice the normal size. Average soil, good drainage, a vine of distinction.