We spent 13 years building an abundant fruit forest, annual veggie beds, perennial medicinal herbs, and a healthy mixed hardwood-coniferous forest and now we’ve sold our property to the next stewards so that we can begin a new homesteading project in Vermont closer to our best friends and their kids.

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We’ll let you know once we re-start a farm in Vermont!

Passionflower

Passiflora caerula

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Vine
Ecological Role
Attracts pollinatorsEdible and delicious fruitEdible flowers
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Fabulous flowers on this semi-evergreen vine. The complex blue flowers bloom mid summer to fall. This vine is reasonably hardy and can grow a lot in one season. During cold winters it may die back part way and sprout from the base. In a warm and sunny location, plants will bloom profusely and produce a lot of fruit, which is a sweet treat. Vines can grow up to 20 feet but respond well to pruning. They will climb trellises or fences or other plants.

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maypop passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
Vine
Attracts pollinators
Edible and delicious fruit
Edible flowers
passionflower
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The maypop is a perennial passionflower in our climate. The plant dies back each year to the ground and re-sprouts in late spring. Less vigorous than P. caerulea, this species has a different yet still amazing flower.  Maypop can produce fruits in our climate, although it is less likely to do so than P. caerulea. Maypop will climb up to 10 feet or so. This is the species found in the commercial herb trade which is used to make a tincture or tea that helps relax tight muscles and calm the nerves in a way that is similar to skullcap. Read more