Now, I don't want you getting ideas that I'm in some way getting drawn beyond the practical world of vegetable growing into the whimsical land of petals. It's merely appreciation from afar. I promise.
That and after months of deliberation have invested in a lovely new camera. Bristol is awash with fuschias (is that how you spell it?) and I'm not a fan. But on a stroll past an unassuming terrace, this little gem called out to me. Any ideas?
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That is a passionflower! I discovered one outside my favourite pub the other week. Bonkers... AND lovely. Dunno if you can get actual passion fruit off it in this climate, though...
Yep, a passion vine. Be careful.
... so called because certain fanciful Victorians (them again!) thought they could spy the various stages of Christ's passion/crucifixion in the bloom (the petals are apparently the 10 loyal apostles, and those pretty blue frills are the crown of thorns). On a jollier and rather more scientific note, the leaves and roots of certain passiflora have been proved to contain anti-depressant properties. Never seen even the ghost of a fruit on an English passion flower though...
Hey Thomas, we used to have a couple of these in our old garden - they are stunning. Unfortunately they have died at our current place. You can also get them in pink and white - they do have some sort of fruit on them after they have flowered but it's not a passion fruit! X
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