Passion flowers, a prelude to passion fruit, have an astonishing look, unmatched by any other floral display. They have an extraterrestrial aspect and have been likened to alien spacecraft spinning in ...

“Don’t judge a book by its cover” is an old adage that everybody understands to mean that the outer appearance of something may not be wholly indicative of what’s inside. This is absolutely true for ...

“What is that?” It’s a common question heard from visitors to the Santa Monica Community Gardens. It could be about a towering stalk of collard greens or an artichoke blooming into what it wants to ...

Ten years ago, my daughter Kristin, then just 7 years old, and I were exploring Strybing Arboretum, the famous botanical garden in San Francisco. There, on a back wall were several enormous passion ...

For crucifixion symbolism, the passion flower has served admirably for over 500 years. Not just for American gardeners but Europeans worldwide. South American Jesuit missionaries in the early 1500s ...

The Kaohsiung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station has developed a device to accurately control when bees enter and exit hives to boost passion fruit production. The station on Friday ...

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) does not enjoy the same attention here as in other places. Passion fruit is easy and inexpensive to grow and can fruit in as little as one to two years.How to grow ...