When Hobart gardener Sally Catherall bought passionfruit vines for her garden, she didn't think she'd be pulling out roots over a decade later. Her vine used blue passionflower (Passiflora caerulea) ...

Native to warmer regions in North, Central and South America, passion flowers are impossible to ignore. Wherever they are grown, their unusual blooms take on an otherworldly quality, and during summer ...

Q Two years ago I planted a passion flower (Passiflora caerulea). This year I had lots of flowers and fruits, which ripened to a plum shape and were bright orange. Are these fruits edible? A Yes, but ...

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