This vigorous vine has 4-angled grooved woody stems with tendrils and climbing into trees or over structures forming a tangled dense covering. It has glossy dark green lobed leaves and the blue-white saucer-shaped flowers appear in early summer.

Hardiness zones 8 to 11 

Passiflora caerulea is naturally found in South America from southern Brazil to northern Argentina growing in tropical forests on fertile moist, well drained soils and is drought and light frost tolerant. 

The Blue Passion Flower is a climber that is grown for its attractive flowers and dense growth habit. It is grown over fences or structures as a screen plant and is used in tropical gardens for colour. It grows rampantly establishing in 1 to 2 years and may require regular pruning to control. In cooler climates it becomes deciduous and re-sprouts from the roots tolerating mild frosts. ID 1986

Passiflora (pă-si-FLŌ-ra) caerulea (kie-RU-lee-ah)

The name Passionfruit is derived from passion and floss, a flower. Spanish Priests seen an allusion to the filamentous appendages or rays bearing resemblance to the emblems or the passion in there Saviour or as a symbol of crucifixion.

Passifloraceae (pas-ih-flor-AY-see-ee)
Passion flower and Granadillo