However I have found the perfect plant for me. I hack to back with a pair of shears, I never water it, never feed it and talk harshly at it for dropping so much fruit that I have to go around & pick up. My treasure for today is my two Columbia Gold Passionfruit vines. They start the season by growing long trailing glossy green vines followed by the most gorgeous, intricate flowers.
Then the flowers turn in to large green fruit. The yellow passionfruit can be twice the size of the more common purples ones and are jam packed with fruit inside. I watched this little guy below (a snail) for about 10 minutes while he tried to manoeuvre a piece of stalk to make a bridge up to the green fruit.
He's a smart little snail, the fruit do taste amazing. The only problem with these passionfruit is that every year the crop seems to get bigger and every one I know soon gets sick of me asking 'do you want some passionfruit???' I picked up 26 today alone, so I guess I will be getting my dose of vitamin C this week. I do love my passionfruit vines though, it is nice to be able to grow something!
I am joining up with Melody for Tuesday Treasures. Go to her blog The House on the Side of the Hill to join in or read of other treasures.
Happy growing
Tracee xx
Oh I am drooling!! Inspite of our lovely soils, etc (grin - in places!) this kiwi hasn't grown passionfruit for years... but I do love them so. Thank you for sharing this treasure!
ReplyDeleteWe had a passionfruit vine as children and my mum used to make the most unbelievable cordial with them. It was really refreshing and YUM!!! And uses a lot of passionfruit to make a batch!
ReplyDeleteOh Trace what a great plant to have,you might have to make some jam,lovely treasure.xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos...I love yellow passionfruit they are always so sweet. You'll have to make a big batch of passionruit butter. My Mum used to scoop out the middles and freeze them in various containers to use for over ice cream or icing or in cakes.
ReplyDeleteI´m like you, but my best garden in "my hexie garden"... I´ve your "pasiflora" (this is the name in spanish) in my backyard. Your flowers are amazing.
ReplyDeleteOh yum! Passion fruit cheesecake or Pavlova. I have never seen yellow passion fruit. Fantastic treasure.
ReplyDeleteoh yummo... I love passion fruit too... my mum used to do home made cordial with her extra...... and the flowers just fascinate me.. there is so much to them....
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There is one of these plants on my walk and I often think they are the most bizzare looking flowers I have ever seen but really beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried a yellow passionfruit, the flowers are very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI've not heard of these, the flowers are gorgeous and the lovely yellow fruit looks beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteHi Tracee, I'll see you 1 and raise you 2! I also have a black thumb and tend to kill off any plant (or even herb) that I try to grow. I just forget to water them regularly, or put them in the wrong spot, or something. Poor things, I have just about given up trying. Your passionfruit are wonderful though. If you have some to give away I would love to grab some from you next week at WAQA if you are going. Cheers, Tracy.
ReplyDeleteI think I have lost my Passion fruit this year. We had a week of hard frost much worse that normal(for France) and it's looking very sorry for itself. I've only had really small fruit from mine but it may be because it's only a young plant. I will leave it this year and see what happens, but I think the frost may have killed it.
ReplyDeleteWow the flowers are gorgeous , I can't say that I have ever tasted passion fruit ,what can you compare it to? Do you make jam or anything like that with the fruit? A lovely treasure .
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful vine flower you have! You MUST have at least a little green in your thumb! :)
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