It’s only after you’ve walked past it a thousand times that you take note of the passionflower vine—if you do at all. In its vegetative state, it’s easy to miss amidst the green noise of spring, with ...

There are about 500 known species of passionflower. This family of plants is also known as Passiflora. Some studies suggest that certain species may have medicinal benefits. For example, Passiflora ...

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 ...

One variety of passionflower, Passiflora incarnata, may help treat anxiety, insomnia, and pain. Passionflower is a variety of exotic vine flower with curly purple or blue tentacle-like petals. In this ...

Perhaps you feel nervous or anxious some or all of the time, but just don't want to take drugs to calm yourself down. If you wish to allay your nervousness without becoming dependent or suffering ...

For crucifixion symbolism, the passion flower has served admirably for over 500 years. Not just for American gardeners but Europeans worldwide. South American Jesuit missionaries in the early 1500s ...

Many years ago, a woman brought a passionflower to church that she had grown. I remember how exquisite the flower was, and how intrigued I was by her story of the flower’s symbolism. She claimed that ...

I have this plant growing in my flower bed in Huntsville. Where I grew up in Tuscaloosa County, it was called a maypop because it usually appeared late spring or early summer and produced a small ...