PASSIONFLOWER 'Banana' --Passiflora adulterina --

A very rare and fast growing passiflora. the plants are evergreen and grow up to 20m in height in cultivation, and up to 5m in nature. Beautiful salmon red-pink long tubular flowers. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Hardy to lower temperatures up to a minimum of -5 C. This is a fast growing evergreen vine that gets about 50 feet long. It has beautiful pink and red flowers which attract a wide variety of birds, bees, and butterflies. This is a host plant for the Zebra Long Wing, Zebra Heliconian, Julia Heliconian, Isabellas Heliconian, Banded Orange Heliconian, Mexican Fritillary, Scarce Bamboo Page, Erato Heliconian, Variegated Fritillary, and Gulf Fritillary butterflies. It is also a larval host plant for the Plebeian sphinx Moth. USDA Hardiness Zones 9b to 11.