Trail Tree Plants

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One of our favorite flowers

Purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) is the more well-known species in Georgia. Large, showy, exotic purple flowers can be found on roadsides throughout the state, no doubt startling people that see it for the first time. It has large, glossy leaves with 3 lobes and the large fruit pods are quite noticeable. Known by folks throughout the South as “maypops,” these fruits have been lobbed and smashed by kids as long as there have been kids!

Passiflora is the host plant for both the Gulf and Variegated fritillary butterflies as well as a source of nectar for native bees and other insects. Look for the orange caterpillars with soft black spikes munching away on the leaves. It is also a host plant for Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, in the southern part of the state.

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