Does anyone grow passion flower vine ?

I have the native Maypop growing. The fruit are pretty good but not the best I've had.
Not really sure on what varieties are the best. I have only tried a couple.
 
I've never had a named cultivar. They are growing wild along the Clinch River, which is only about a mile away. I think they taste pretty good but, again, can't really compare them to the named cultivars. I love the big showy flowers also!

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@GoodFriendMike Are they pretty invasive once they are established or are they pretty easy to control? I think the vine looks very nice and the flowers are awesome. But I am hesitant to "harvest" any from nearby and plant it in the yard, since I wasn't sure about that.
 
@GoodFriendMike Are they pretty invasive once they are established or are they pretty easy to control? I think the vine looks very nice and the flowers are awesome. But I am hesitant to "harvest" any from nearby and plant it in the yard, since I wasn't sure about that.
The wild one here is pretty invasive. I have it and a muscadine growing on top the chicken coop.
Shades the chickens has beautiful flowers. But I find it sprouting up all over my yard from under ground roots.
 
We have Edulis (Fredicks, red rover, other varieties of Edulis) in the entire fenceline surrounding our back yard. Sweet/Tart flavor. Many uses beyond straight eating. My favorite is Passion Fruit Mojito ( Passion fruit, 1/2 lime, mint, Carbonated water with sweetener and alcohol to taste). Prolific grower in ground (zone 10a). Struggles a bit in pots. Lots of hard seeds, that you either need to slurp with your drink etc. or separate (soft paddle quisenart) for passion fruit curd etc. They are just starting to ripen now.
 

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I had one in a pot (because it was supposed to be too vigorous), but it died over this bad winter (let outside unprotected). I tasted one, but it wasn’t as good as the tropical passion fruit. I was growing it more for the flowers.
 
@GoodFriendMike Are they pretty invasive once they are established or are they pretty easy to control? I think the vine looks very nice and the flowers are awesome. But I am hesitant to "harvest" any from nearby and plant it in the yard, since I wasn't sure about that.
The edulis passion fruit, grows very quickly and loves to climb on things. Once established, most of my energy is spent harvesting and preventing vines from growing on top of plants/trees and smothering as well as extending into neighbors yards. 2-3 times each summer I need to trim vines, easy work.
 
We have Edulis (Fredicks, red rover, other varieties of Edulis) in the entire fenceline surrounding our back yard. Sweet/Tart flavor. Many uses beyond straight eating. My favorite is Passion Fruit Mojito ( Passion fruit, 1/2 lime, mint, Carbonated water with sweetener and alcohol to taste). Prolific grower in ground (zone 10a). Struggles a bit in pots. Lots of hard seeds, that you either need to slurp with your drink etc. or separate (soft paddle quisenart) for passion fruit curd etc. They are just starting to ripen now.
Wow! That Mojito sounds good! I've just eaten them plain and thought they were quite good. I could see where they would make a great Mojito or maybe just plain juice also. I'm thinking that passionfruit might make a good wine, although it might need some added sugar to get the right fermentation and desired alcohol level.
 
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