Grow it on a fence or trellis, or simply allow it to scramble over your shrubs and trees. The fruit produced by this plant is an oval berry, a little larger than a chicken egg. Passion fruit is edible, but seedy. It can be used to make jelly, but its best usage may come from being a food source for several species of butterfly and their larvae. The top growth is killed back by frost, but 'pops' back to life in the Spring.
Passion flowers are easy to grow.
They need partial to full sun, and will adapt themselves to most well-drained soils. During the growing season, the soil should be kept evenly moist, to ensure good flowering and growth. Maypops should be planted in early spring. They will benefit by the addition of compost to the planting hole. Passiflora incarnata may be propagated by softwood cuttings of fully mature wood in early summer.