This passionflower is an old friend from the window sill. Since it deals much better with cool temperatures than with modern over-heated living rooms it was kept with more success by our grandmothers. Nethertheless it is a very interesting plant for us, for it belongs to the relatively hardy species among the passionflowers. If you plant an adult specimen into the garden in spring, and if it developes a large root system during summer, then you have a realistic chance that the plant will survive outside if given some winterprotection. It dislikes wet conditions during winter, that's why our plants are grown under a porch roof. During winter we place a fruit tray filled with dry leaves over the roots of each plant and so far they survived our winters here. What we deliver are young plants from spring propagation. They should spend their first winter indoors and planted out the following spring.

Passionflowers got their name because of their flowers. With some fantasy you can see the symbols for the Passion of Christ in them: the corona symbolizes the crown of thorns, the styles are the three nails and the stigmata are the five wounds of Christ.