“What is that?” It’s a common question heard from visitors to the Santa Monica Community Gardens. It could be about a towering stalk of collard greens or an artichoke blooming into what it wants to ...

You may have walked along fences or trellises and notice a green climbing vine with exotic lavender and white blossoms that look more tropical than Texan. That vine is the Maypop Passion Vine ...

My yard has been blessed with butterflies all summer. There’s something special about these insects, as evidenced by their popularity in greeting cards, jewelry and tattoos. Is it because they are so ...

Q: I knew I had a native passion vine growing on my fence in the natural area of my yard. This summer I noticed that it produced a fruit. Is this passion fruit? Can I eat it? A: You are growing the ...

One of the most popular food plants for butterfly enthusiasts is the passion vine. Not only does it attract butterflies, it also has exotic flowers that attract hummingbirds and pollinators. Passion ...

Gardeners everywhere seem to be searching out vines for that special fence, trellis or arbor. The passionflower, one of my favorites, is not only one of the most beautiful and exotic blooms in the ...

MB: Go south to a hotter climate and there you may find a variety of passion vine (Passiflora edulis) that will bear rounded tasty fruits that turn purple as they ripen. Here in the Pacific Northwest, ...

A garden next to house with lots of vines and other plants - Oybek Ostanov/Shutterstock There's nothing more stunning than a glorious flowering vine growing over a trellis or covering an ugly fence.

For crucifixion symbolism, the passion flower has served admirably for over 500 years. Not just for American gardeners but Europeans worldwide. South American Jesuit missionaries in the early 1500s ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Butterflies of the tribe Heliconiini (Nymphalidae), the passion vine butter-flies, demonstrate many traits which indicate that populations are ...