The Blue Passion Flower (Passiflora caerulea) vines crawling up the four corners of the steel pergola are experiencing a growth spurt. There is an abundance of exotic flowers gracing the garden with an irresistable display of beauty.
The Blue Passion Flower vines are busy putting up a show.
And more are coming. In no time they too will unfurl their yet hidden beauties.
Aside from the flowers the vines too are creeping and crawling like crazy. And their spiraled tendrils are reaching out for the closest object to latch on to for support.
While they are busy flowering the vines are also busy filling in the spaces at the top of the pergola.
Soon the creeping vines will completely cover the top of the pergola. Eventually they will provide a completely shaded area underneath. This shady area will then be an ideal place to hang out at any time of the day, as long as it's not raining of course. This is what I'm aiming for, a cool place for an outdoor breakfast, lunch or dinner, a picnic area or just a place to relax and unwind.
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Oh and the scent is lovely too - what a great place to have breakfast. Hopefully that breakfast includes passionfruit juice!
I'm loving your grand project. It's beautiful and peaceful looking.
Hi SR, how are you? I can see the passion vine is passionately growing. After the rainy season you will have a problem controlling them, haha, and you will think of prunning. However, you might also be attracting the beautiful swallowtails that eat them, they are really lovely.
wow.....i'm in awe!
Very pretty...it will be gorgeous when it's all filled out!
Thanks Africanaussie,
I still don't know how the flower smells like. There wasn't any bloom when I last visited.
I think we need to grow passionfruit too so we can enjoy the fruit as well. I read that the type of passion plant we have produces fruit too but is inferior in taste than the actual passion fruit.
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Hello One,
Thank you so much. The grand project is producing grand headaches too unfortunately...LOL
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Hello Andrea,
So far I have not heard of swallowtail invasion yet. I do think that someday we'll have to vigorously prune the vines and I cautioned them not to let it go out of hand. For now they're still manageable.
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Hello Ely,
Thanks. Dont be awed yet, wait till its covered with flowers.... LOL
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Hello Hanni,
I'm excited to see how it looks like when the vines are thick with leaves and producing many flowers.
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