When are Passion Fruit Ready to Eat?

Do you have a bunch of passion fruit on the vine but not quite sure when it’s ready to eat?
Passion fruit will take 2-3 months to become ripe. Since the Passion Vine produces flowers/fruit all summer long starting in June/July, the early ones should be ready by late August, early September in [...]

Passion Vine - Easy to grow and Exotic Tropical Like Flowers

If you have never seen or grown a passion vine (also known as may pop and passiflora) then you are missing out on some real beautiful flowers that are unlike any other. These vigorous vines are extremely easy to grow though one would think they wouldn’t be by the looks of their delicate flowers. [...]

Hardy Hibiscus-The Ultimate Tropical Feel Temperate Plant

If you are looking for a true tropical looking plant, then look no further than the Hardy Hibiscus.   While some mistake these for Rose of Sharon (they are related), these are a breed all onto themselves.  Unlike the Rose of Sharon, these hibiscii are die back perennials while the Rose of Sharon is a decidious [...]

Zone 7 Shade Perennial-Fernleaf Bleeding Heart

I have always seen this in the catalogs but never live and in person, so I figured the bleeding heart name was more of a metaphor than anything else. That is until I visited a nursery some time ago where they had several examples of this plant and I was shocked [...]

Zone 7 Shade Bush - Tree Hydrangea

One of the very best shade bushes in Zone 7 is the Hydrangea Tree or Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’. While it can be pruned to have a tree shape, it can also be left alone to form dense bush or shrub. This particular Hydrangea is a very fast vigorous grower that is also extremely easy to [...]