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| Passionflower, aka Maypop & Passiflora incarnata, an important plant for Survival Gardens |
Maypop - passionflower. Passiflora incarnata grows crazy wild over the yaupon perimeter shrubs here.
Not only is passionflower beautiful, it is also a Florida native plant possessing both wildlife value and human ethnobotanical importance.
Passionflower tea soothes & relaxes, making the plant a good choice for de-stressing hectic times.
From a wildlife perspective, Gulf fritillaries lay eggs across this larval plant. Sometimes just one vine will be hosting thousands of butterfly eggs.
Fast growing deciduous summer privacy vine for solar lattice screens. With its fast growing propensities, Maypop also makes a great, low maintenance living wall vine.
In addition to the medicinal tea & butterfly larval properties, passionflower is an important part of site integrated pest management. Birds are attracted to the vine because of the butterfly larvae. In turn these birds forage other unwanted insects of our property.
As a homesteader & prepper I'd always make sure this vine is growing across my plot. Good prepper homestead design is fully integrated with nature’s help.
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