How big is Giant Granadilla fruit and does it come from a Passion Vine?
Passiflora quadrangularis - Giant Granadilla Fruit
🍆 How big is Giant Granadilla fruit and does it come from a Passion Vine?
Passiflora quadrangularis - Giant Granadilla Fruit is one of the species of a Passion Vine. Known for its impressive fruits and exotic flowers, it offers numerous benefits to gardeners.
☸️ Edible Fruit is impressive in size: 6-12 inches in length; it can weigh between 2 to 4 pounds! Though some may grow even larger under optimal conditions.👀
Granadilla fruits that are not only delicious but also rich in vitamins and nutrients.
☸️ Showy Flowers: Produces large, fragrant flowers with intricate designs
☸️ Attracts Pollinators: The flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, promoting a healthy garden ecosystem.
☸️ Vigorous Grower: This vine grows rapidly and can cover trellises, fences, and pergolas, providing lush greenery and shade within just one season.
☸️ The fruits can be eaten fresh, juiced, or used in desserts and culinary dishes
☸️ Medicinal Properties: Traditionally used in some cultures for its potential health benefits, including digestive aid and anti-inflammatory properties.
☸️ Heat Tolerant: Thrives in warm climates and is relatively drought-tolerant once established.
📚 Learn more about Passion fruit and vine from previous posts:
💻 "I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers." - Claude Monet
📸 Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine, is a stunning winter bloomer native to Florida. Its vibrant orange flowers resemble a fiery cascade, blanketing the tops of trees where the vine climbs. The tubular blossoms form dense clusters, creating a striking, flame-like appearance that stands out against the winter landscape, making it a spectacular sight during the cooler months.
❓ What is your favorite tropical vine? Share in comments👇
What to do when you have too much of Jackfruit: make Jackfruit Apple Marmalade!
🍈 What to do when you have too much of Jackfruit: make Jackfruit Apple Marmalade!
🍴 Jackfruit is delicious exotic treat, we are waiting so many months for it to ripen, but when when we finally have it - it's more than we can eat! Jackfruit is the biggest fruit grown on a tree, and even with one fruit crop you will have enough for both eating fresh and cooking!
🍎 Jackfruit Apple Marmalade
✔️ Ripe jackfruit - 2 cups sliced arils ✔️ Apple pulp - 1 cup ✔️ Sugar - 3 cups
🍐 Cut the Jackfruit arils and remove the seeds. Finely slice the arils. Mix with apple pulp and cook until mixture thickens and marmalade sets. Pour into sterilized jars and seal.
Clerodendrum philippinum - Cashmere Bouquet, Scent Malli
💮 How to grow fragrant Cashmere Bouquet
💐Clerodendrum philippinum - Cashmere Bouquet, Scent Malli - is one of the most popular Indian fragrant flowers.
💐 Fast growing bush with lush tropical foliage and very fragrant white flowers, carnation-like, coming in big clusters.
💐 Shade tolerant, great for shade gardens and as an indoor plant to enjoy tropical fragrance year around.
💐 This plant is fast growing in right conditions and can spread runners. Plant it in isolated corner or in keep in a pot unless you want to have a large size hedge in no time just from one plant within couple seasons...
