Passiflora menispermifolia | 5_Seeds Five-spotted hawkmoth

Passiflora menispermifolia | 5_Seeds Five-spotted hawkmothThis is Passiflora menispermifolia. The leaves of this plant are covered with long hairs and the fruits are a bluish purple. 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 10

USDA Hardiness Zones 2 to 9

The blossoms attract a large variety of bees

meaning that the cross pollination was done and then the seeds were collected from those first generation plants that were cross pollinated

Passiflora resticulata is native to Columbia and Ecuador

This spectacular bloom has triple and quadruple blossoms all over the place

This cultivar has gorgeous pink

Growing to just over a foot high

It blooms from late Spring until early Fall and is a very popular guy with the bees

Theona Checkerspot

This is Arisaema dracontium

or it can be grown longer in USDA Hardiness Zones 8 to 10

this plant likes to live in full sun to partial shade