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PURPLE PASSION INCARNATA VINE
5 SEEDS!!

Turn your Shabby Chic Garden into a marvel for your senses! Enjoy every minute as this intensely scented flower with its petals of deep purple and lavender shades reaches for the Heavens on its fast growing vine set against deep green foliage. Between July and October your Passion Vine will also produce the famous "Passion Fruit!" A sweet oval fruit (smaller than a lemon) which will turn dark purple and fall from the vine when ripe. Used a across the world both commercially and in private homes as a source of drink and sweet-fruit.

A Little History: Fleur de Passiflore (Flower of Passion)

Peru, 1856. Spanish explorer's came across this fascinating vine and believed its intricate flower held all the signs and markings of Jesus last days, called the "Christ Passion" , believing this find to be a 'good omen' this flower led them to continue their exploration.

What the Spanish saw:
The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (excluding St. Peter the denier and Judas Iscariot the betrayer).
The flower's radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the crown of thorns.
The 3 stigmas represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance).
The blue, purple and white colors of many species' flowers represent Heaven and Purity.

ZONES: 5-10 (all zones, especially 5, should keep 2" of mulch at the base of this plant all season). Moderate water. Well draining soil.
FULL SUN

SOW: 6-8 WEEKS BEFORE LAST FROST. Soak seeds 24 hours in orange juice. Plant 1/4 in good soil and cover pot with plastic or tent cover - set pot in a bright-warm 70 degree area. If potted, overwinter inside.

Seeds packaged in breathable glassine bag. Color photo & instructions included. FREE SHIPPING

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