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 -  Wednesday, June 10, 2009
do's and don'ts
Reviewed By: pat Chandler (bowie , texas)
What a gorgeous wonderous plant this is...I planted six of these vines around a wrought iron gazebo; they grew quickly and covered the gazebo in one spring, producing hundreds of exquisite flowers that closed at nite and opened at first light..My friends and neighbors were amazed as was I..But alas, on a really hot day, the iron gazebo got extremely hot, and the plants withered and supposedly died! I was broken hearted! However, the following spring, the plants returned, and the story repeated itself. I should have removed the plants and placed them in a safer place, but my life was too hurried at the time..so, may I suggest to everyone, choose a wise place to plant your passion flowers and you will indeed have a spiritual journey that will not end as mine did..you know, the passion flower is linked to the theological icon of the passion of Christ on the cross. Check out some of the reviews, and good luck. Hope my experience has enlightened a few, and you will all have a beautiful experience with the passion flower. What an exquisitely beautiful flower it is! Take care, Pat Chandler

 -  Saturday, February 14, 2009
when i was young
Reviewed By: teresa (Coos Bay, Oregon)
I lived on the Oregon coast at Coos Bay, Oregon when I was growing up. We moved into a house that now would be 170 years old. It had the God's Eye, or Passion flower vine growing up over the roof of the house every summer. I never noticed the fruiting though. I am thrilled to see that it still exists and I am anxious to try it in my garden.

 -  Saturday, November 01, 2008
The Passion of Christ
Reviewed By: Christine C Murray (Kent, WA)
I really love my Passion Flowers, they are still blooming here in November! They always get a lot of attention from visitors to my garden and I enjoy sharing just how they got their name; "Passion" does not refer to love, but to the Christian theological icon of the passion of Christ on the cross. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries discovered this flower and adopted its unique physical structures as symbols of Crucifixion. For example: the radial filaments which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower represent the Crown of Thorns. The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles. The top 3 stigmata represent the 3 nails and the lower 5 anthers represent the 5 wounds. The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time. In Spain, it is known as Espina de Cristo (Christ's Thorn). In Germany it was once known as Muttergottes-Schuzchen (Mother-of-God's Star). In Israel they are referred to as clock-flower. In Japan, they are known as clock plant . In North America they are also called the Maypop, the water lemon, and the wild apricot (after its fruit). Native Americans in the Tennessee area called it ocoee, and the Ocoee River and valley are named after it.


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