Gardening Snippet #2002-003
Passion Flower (a.k.a. Maypop)
passiflora incarnata
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Photos are courtesy of a cooperative mother nature, my Minolta DiMage 5 (digital camera),
yours truly, and of course the Aantares family of online
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Since introducing this species to our humble homestead (within zone 8b), this will be the first year that our household hopes
to experiment with the bequeathed benefits to be derived from harvesting our own passiflora fruit. Struggling though a
(continuing) severe drought, and far less than optimum soil conditions, it's apparent to us that this is one tough plant!
Listed below are some links to more specific info about "passiflora incarnata", some of its suggested uses
as a part of one's diet and health, and some of its related species as well:
ars-grin.gov
... use the scientific name search option, and search for passiflora
herbalmanac.com
... a guide to common symptoms, and natural suggested remedies thereof
botanical.com
... more about common symptoms, and natural suggested remedies
eat-it.com
... what the Edible Landscaping Catalog has to say about it
thegardenhelper.com
... some background history about it, and some growing advice as well
tradewindsfruit.com
... additional information about its many related species
passionflower.org
... and here's an organization which is dedicated to passifloraceae
-- Karl
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