Red Granadilla Passion Fruit Vine

About the Red Granadilla Passion Fruit Vine

This passion-fruit vine bears round fruit that ripen to a deep red to reddish-purple skin. Inside, the hollow shell is filled with crunchy black seeds wrapped in golden, juicy pulp with an intensely aromatic, sweet-tart tropical flavour. Scoop it fresh, or use it in aguas frescas, cocktails, mousses, cheesecakes and sauces. The vigorous vine climbs quickly by tendrils, covering a fence, pergola or trellis with glossy leaves and exotic purple-and-white flowers, and usually starts fruiting within its first year or two. Grown on our farms in Yucatán and Chiapas and shipped via DHL.

How to Care for It

Plant in full sun against a sturdy trellis, fence or pergola, in fertile, well-drained soil. Water regularly, more during flowering and fruit set, but avoid waterlogging. Feed every one to two months in the growing season with a potassium-rich fertiliser. Protect from frost. Prune after the main harvest to remove tangled, old growth, since fruit form on new shoots.

The backbone of a tropical orchard. Mangoes, Booth 8 avocado, red mamey, chicozapote, carambola, dwarf coconuts, jackfruit and dragon fruit: reliable, productive trees that thrive in Mexico's warm lowlands and coasts, grown on our farms and shipped by DHL.

Growing Profile

Botanical name

Passiflora edulis (red-skinned form)

Family

Passifloraceae

Native to

South America

Mature height

3–6 m

Plant spacing

3 m

Years to first fruit

1–2 years

Light

Full sun

Water

Moderate

Cold tolerance

down to 0 °C

Best climates

Humid tropics, Dry tropics, Subtropical, Mild highlands

Grows in a pot

Yes

Ships from

Our farms in Yucatán & Chiapas