Is there a good palce to buy maypops?

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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

Travis · Accepted Answer

Knowing where "around here" is would be helpful.

Bill Oliver · Answer

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

Travis · Answer

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.

Keith Warren · Answer

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

Ron P · Answer

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

nonews · Answer

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.I have this planted on my mail box in NE North Carolina and it loves itthere.  I found mine at a high end nursery that buys unusual varieties ofplants. I have a question though.  Is the fruit on these edible? Afterflowering the bud starts to become a seed pod or fruit.  Any one have anyclues??Thanks!!Pam

nonews · Answer

Ooops...my aim was bad.  My reply should have gone to the rissin message. Sorry about that.I have this planted on my mail box in NE North Carolina and it loves itthere.  I found mine at a high end nursery that buys unusual varieties ofplants. I have a question though.  Is the fruit on these edible? Afterflowering the bud starts to become a seed pod or fruit.  Any one have anyclues??Thanks!!Pam

presley · Answer

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)?

enigma · Answer

"nonews"  wrote innews:O1bCe.9116$          what does that have to do with maypops? did your threads get crossed?lee

Darren Garrison · Answer

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.

Ann · Answer

enigma  expounded:Next post down he explained he'd posted to the wrong thread.  Ooops!

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