Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I would
like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo

Bill Oliver wrote:
Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I would
like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo

Knowing where "around here" is would be helpful.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

In article 2IlAe.14556$O56.29@trnddc07,
Travis wrote:
Bill Oliver wrote:
Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I would
like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo

Knowing where "around here" is would be helpful.



Heh. Oops. Sorry about that. I live in the NW Georgia
mountains not too far south of Chattanooga, TN.


billo

Bill Oliver wrote:
In article 2IlAe.14556$O56.29@trnddc07,
Travis wrote:
Bill Oliver wrote:
Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I would
like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo

Knowing where "around here" is would be helpful.



Heh. Oops. Sorry about that. I live in the NW Georgia
mountains not too far south of Chattanooga, TN.


billo

I'm way far away from you so I don't know any nursery's near you. Try
looking for Passionflower (Passiflora incarta) at your local nursery.

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

Sorry Bill, Don't know where to buy them locally. I have several on my
property in the NE corner of GA. If your ever this way give me a jingle and
we'll see if we can get you some cuttings or perhaps a transplant or two
started.

Keith

"Bill Oliver" wrote in message
...

Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I would
like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo

I have this planted on my mail box in NE North Carolina and it loves it
there. I found mine at a high end nursery that buys unusual varieties of
plants. I have a question though. Is the fruit on these edible? After
flowering the bud starts to become a seed pod or fruit. Any one have any
clues??

Thanks!!
Pam


"Keith Warren" wrote in message
...
Sorry Bill, Don't know where to buy them locally. I have several on my
property in the NE corner of GA. If your ever this way give me a jingle
and
we'll see if we can get you some cuttings or perhaps a transplant or two
started.

Keith

"Bill Oliver" wrote in message
...

Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I would
like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo

Thompson & Morgan sells the seed of the Castor Bean plant (Ricinus
communis). It is considered a half-hardy annual. Once you grow it you can
harvest your own seeds. The plant and its seeds are considered poisonous.
Do not grow it where children may be attracted to the large seeds.

"Ron P" wrote in message
news:mQ7Ce.179890$xm3.83951@attbi_s21...
I have this planted on my mail box in NE North Carolina and it loves it
there. I found mine at a high end nursery that buys unusual varieties of
plants. I have a question though. Is the fruit on these edible? After
flowering the bud starts to become a seed pod or fruit. Any one have any
clues??

Thanks!!
Pam


"Keith Warren" wrote in message
...
Sorry Bill, Don't know where to buy them locally. I have several on my
property in the NE corner of GA. If your ever this way give me a jingle
and
we'll see if we can get you some cuttings or perhaps a transplant or two
started.

Keith

"Bill Oliver" wrote in message
...

Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I would
like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo

Ooops...my aim was bad. My reply should have gone to the rissin message.
Sorry about that.


"Ron P" wrote in message
news:mQ7Ce.179890$xm3.83951@attbi_s21...
I have this planted on my mail box in NE North Carolina and it loves it
there. I found mine at a high end nursery that buys unusual varieties of
plants. I have a question though. Is the fruit on these edible? After
flowering the bud starts to become a seed pod or fruit. Any one have any
clues??

Thanks!!
Pam


"Keith Warren" wrote in message
...
Sorry Bill, Don't know where to buy them locally. I have several on my
property in the NE corner of GA. If your ever this way give me a jingle
and
we'll see if we can get you some cuttings or perhaps a transplant or two
started.

Keith

"Bill Oliver" wrote in message
...

Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I would
like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo

I'm pretty sure the fruits are edible, although they may be a little pulpy
or bland. Almost every fruit that smells sweet is edible - sort of nature's
way of making sure it gets eaten so that the seeds will end up somewhere
else- but not all are delicious. I often wonder about those first brave
humans who in fits of hunger tried non-sweet things like lettuce leaves,
cabbage leaves, etc. How many lay dead on the jungle floor after they
accidentally bit into something brim full of oxalic acid or other poisonous
substance? And what famine induced some to try grass seeds (progenitors of
wheat, corn, barley, millet, etc)?
"Ron P" wrote in message
news:mQ7Ce.179890$xm3.83951@attbi_s21...
I have this planted on my mail box in NE North Carolina and it loves it
there. I found mine at a high end nursery that buys unusual varieties of
plants. I have a question though. Is the fruit on these edible? After
flowering the bud starts to become a seed pod or fruit. Any one have any
clues??

Thanks!!
Pam


"Keith Warren" wrote in message
...
Sorry Bill, Don't know where to buy them locally. I have several on my
property in the NE corner of GA. If your ever this way give me a jingle
and
we'll see if we can get you some cuttings or perhaps a transplant or two
started.

Keith

"Bill Oliver" wrote in message
...

Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I would
like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo

"nonews" wrote in
:

Thompson & Morgan sells the seed of the Castor Bean plant
(Ricinus communis). It is considered a half-hardy annual.
Once you grow it you can harvest your own seeds. The plant
and its seeds are considered poisonous. Do not grow it
where children may be attracted to the large seeds.

what does that have to do with maypops? did your threads get
crossed?
lee

"Ron P" wrote in message
news:mQ7Ce.179890$xm3.83951@attbi_s21...
I have this planted on my mail box in NE North Carolina and
it loves it there. I found mine at a high end nursery that
buys unusual varieties of plants. I have a question though.
Is the fruit on these edible? After flowering the bud
starts to become a seed pod or fruit. Any one have any
clues??

Thanks!!
Pam


"Keith Warren" wrote in message
...
Sorry Bill, Don't know where to buy them locally. I have
several on my property in the NE corner of GA. If your
ever this way give me a jingle and
we'll see if we can get you some cuttings or perhaps a
transplant or two started.

Keith

"Bill Oliver" wrote in message
...

Maypops (passiflora incarnata) grows wild around here,
though the only places I have seen it have been in
National or State Parks, so I can't harvest some. I
would like to try it out on a trellis I have here, but
can't seem to find a local nursery that carries them.

Does anybody know of a good place to buy them?

Thanks,
billo










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freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength
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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:20:18 GMT, "Ron P" wrote:

I have this planted on my mail box in NE North Carolina and it loves it
there. I found mine at a high end nursery that buys unusual varieties of
plants. I have a question though. Is the fruit on these edible? After
flowering the bud starts to become a seed pod or fruit. Any one have any
clues??

They are edible, but you wouldn't want to eat them. There isn't really much of a flavor to them.

I'm suprised that you had to go to a high-end nursery in NC to find them-- here in my part of SC
they are a common wild plant treated like an invasive weed. (Maypops and "Butterfly Weed" are two
plants that, when you tell anyone around here that people actually pay for the the things they look
at you weird). I would suspect that if you look in any fields around your area you'll find them
growing wild.

enigma expounded:

"nonews" wrote in
:

Thompson & Morgan sells the seed of the Castor Bean plant
(Ricinus communis). It is considered a half-hardy annual.
Once you grow it you can harvest your own seeds. The plant
and its seeds are considered poisonous. Do not grow it
where children may be attracted to the large seeds.

what does that have to do with maypops? did your threads get
crossed?
lee

Next post down he explained he'd posted to the wrong thread. Ooops!
G

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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
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Maypops?
I got four of them on my car.

Maypops are not only edible, but tasty. There is quite a bit of info,
and some online nurseries, he

http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/edible.html

Lee Reich's book "Uncommon Fruits Worthy of Attention" devotes a
chapter to the maypop.