Passion Fruit Vine - Purple Passiflora Edulis LIVE PLANT - 8-12" tall
Plant is 8-12"+ tall with a well-established root system.This is a superior fruiting cultivar, with a single vine capable of producing hundreds of fruit per season.  Flowers are showy purple & white.  This vine has the added utilitarian use of making a wonderful fence cover or screen.Plants are shipped from nursery grounds in San Diego, CA and will ship with soil.  Unfortunately, plants CANNOT BE SHIPPED TO HAWAII due to invasive status in that state.Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina (Corrientes and Misiones provinces, among others). Its common names include passion fruit (UK and US), passionfruit (Australia and New Zealand), and purple granadilla (South Africa).It is cultivated commercially in warmer, frost-free areas for its fruit and is widely grown in Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, the Caribbean, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Portugal (Madeira), Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, South Africa, United States (California, Florida, and Hawaii), Venezuela and Philippines.The passion fruit is round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The fruit is both eaten and juiced; passion fruit juice is often added to other fruit juices to enhance the aroma.