FruitLegendary

How to grow passion fruit in a pot

Passiflora edulis

Passion flower is a vine known for its clock-face bloom. The edible kind gives purple fruit that wrinkle as they ripen.

At a glance

  • Full sun
  • Moderate water
  • Moderate
  • Pot30 litres
The passion fruit as drawn in Verda

From seed to harvest

In Verda these six stages pass in real time. It keeps growing while you are away.

  1. Passion fruit: Seed
    Seed1/6
  2. Passion fruit: Sprout
    Sprout2/6
  3. Passion fruit: Leafing out
    Leafing out3/6
  4. Passion fruit: Flowering
    Flowering4/6
  5. Passion fruit: Setting fruit
    Setting fruit5/6
  6. Passion fruit: Harvest
    Harvest6/6

Care

For growing it in a pot, on a balcony or a windowsill.

Light

Full sun, sheltered from wind.

Support

Wire or trellis; it climbs with its own tendrils.

Water

Regularly in summer, less in winter.

Harvest

Gather the fruit when it drops or the skin wrinkles; that is when it is sweetest.

In the game

In Verda the passion fruit is legendary, with top taste and a strong scent.

Its traits

  • TastyTasty
  • FragrantFragrant
  • HealingHealing
  • ShowyShowy
Verda

Verda

A cozy village farm: plant seeds, harvest, and fill the villagers' orders.

Passion fruit and more than 40 other plants are waiting for you.

What else you can grow

Plant guide