QUADRANGULARIS Tropical Passion Flower Vine Live Plant Passiflora Giant Grandilla Unusual Purple Red Flower Starter Size 4 Inch Pot

Quadrangularis or Giant Grandilla is perhaps the most aggressive and vigorous growing of all the passifloras. The vine grows lush and dense, and will quickly climb, up, over, and cover whatever is nearby. It is a tropical type of Passiflora, will grow and bloom in light to moderate shade, and is a great choice for a large area in a tropical landscape where quick cover is wanted.

The unique flowers appear profusely throughout the warm season are so large and heavy that they tend to hang in slightly upside down position. The unique to species flowers have especially interesting, long purple filaments. If other passion vines are nearby to provide pollen, a very large (up to 12 inches in circumference) yellow-green, edible fruit follows the flower.
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The Passiflora species has an interesting historical background as 17th Century priests assigned great religious significance to the unique structure of the flower.