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Passiflora 'Incense'

Also Known As

Incense Passionflower

Plant type

perennial, vine

size

H: 3'-30'
W: 2'

planting zones

7a-11

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Passiflora 'Incense' plant details

Passiflora 'Incense' is a broadleaf deciduous perennial vine with green foliage. In spring and summer purple flowers emerge followed by yellow fruit. Attracts bees and birds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Passiflora 'Incense'

Plant type: perennial vine
Plant family: passifloraceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 2 FT wide, 3 FT - 30 FT - tall
Flowers: purple blooms in spring and summer
Uses: container plant, fragrant, tropical-looking

GROWING CONDITIONS for Passiflora 'Incense'

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

Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Hardly is there a flower that evokes a sense of the tropical more than the passion flowers. Passiflora 'Incense' is a cross between P. incarnata and P. cincinnata creating a very hardy, vigorous cultivar with stunning lavender flowers highlighted with pink and white. It can produce small, edible, oval fruits but these are not the tasty tropical passionfruit you'd buy at the specialty grocery store or find in the local markets of the tropics. To increase hardiness, bury the base of the stem 4-6 inches deep when planting.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

A sweetly perfumed cultivar that's a feast for the eyes! This winter hardy variety is used as a garden plant as far north as the coast of Southern New England. With large, five-fingered, 5" royal purple flowers, its lacy-edged corolla overlays the petals. The more sun this plant gets, the more it blooms.

By: Logee's Plants for Home & Garden

Deep purple 3-4", richly fragrant blooms on a vigorous climber with medium green foliage. One of the hardiest passion vines. The fruits may be edible, but it takes hand-pollination to get much fruit at all, they say. It often decides to relocate all on it's own.

By: Almost Eden

A byproduct of fruit research yielded this gorgeous cultivar for gardens. Freezing temperatures will take it to the ground like its hardy incarnata parent, but when it returns next summer, the amazing, rich purple fragrant blooms will knock your socks off! Potentially hardy to zone 6. Hybrid Passion Flower Vine.