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Passionfruit #750386
Asked May 17, 2021, 12:20 PM EDT
Linn County Oregon
Expert Response
Leslie, thank you for your question to "Ask Extension". Here's what the experts say: Passiflora edulis v. Frederick is the premier fruit producing passiflora. If you don't live in USDA Zones 10-11, grow it in a sunny window or greenhouse. It thrives and produces, often the first year, in a pot. The flowers are fragrant and large. The fruit has a purple skin and delicious pulp when ripe. The cultivar 'Frederick' is one of the most cold hardy of the Passiflora plants. When planted in the ground, brief periods of frost might kill the plant to the crown and then new shoots would possibly grow from this area post-freeze event.
Albany, Oregon is in USDA Hardiness Zones 8b. So you may be taking a risk in attempting to grow your passionfruit, but a risk that may pay off in a warm year.
I've also included this link to an article that I found informative.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/HS1406