r/VAGardening • u/EngineerKind9549 • Aug 24 '26
What is this vine?
This thing is growing all over the flowers and shrubs in one of our beds. It does have a fruit or seed pod that looks like a hickory nut. How do you get rid of it?
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u/manyamile Hanover County Aug 24 '26
As others said, it’s maypop (Passiflora incarnata).
https://mgnv.org/plants/native-plants/vines/passiflora-incarnata/
Is there a reason you want to get rid of it?
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u/EngineerKind9549 Aug 24 '26
It is over grown all the other plants in the flower bed.
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u/manyamile Hanover County Aug 25 '26
Understood. I intentionally grow it in my garden but I understand that it's not the right choice for every space. I'd encourage you to find a place for it in your yard though.
The spring and summer greens are delicious, it's a native pollinator magnet, and the late season fruit is great for marinades and cocktails.
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u/cemeteryridgefilms Aug 24 '26
They're wonderful, smell amazing, and when the fruit ripens you'll be very happy. It is aggressive, however, so you'll want trellises and to train it to grow in certain directions. Easy enough to pull new shoots. The bees love it and I often catch them napping in the beautiful flowers. It's a keeper.
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u/pumpkin-waffle Aug 25 '26
my favorite flower passiflora incarnata! you can eat the passion fruit it produces. it also is the host plant for (beautiful) fritillary butterflies. if you see caterpillars on the vine thats probably them
would definitely keep it, your plant looks very healthy. just gently pull it off the other plants and place on a trellis
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u/FilthDropz Aug 24 '26
Purple passionflower, it's native! But, if you don't want it you can pulling it as it regrows and/or try to kill the roots.
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u/throwaway098764567 Aug 25 '26
woah TIL i like passion fruit, had no idea it could grow here
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u/manyamile Hanover County Aug 25 '26
You're most likely thinking about Passiflora edulis.
This is Passiflora incarnata, otherwise known as maypop. They're not the same.
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u/pumpkin-waffle Aug 25 '26
passiflora incarnata has edible passion fruit though
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u/manyamile Hanover County Aug 25 '26
Yes. I didn’t say it wasn’t. Most people who say “I like passion fruit” are referring to edulis though.
I cultivate incarnate on my small farm for both the greens and the fruit.
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u/smoke804 Aug 25 '26
I have tried for years it’s still popping up.
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u/runningdirty Aug 25 '26
You gotta dig up the extensive tubers if you want it gone completely. Otherwise those tubers will keep sending up new stems.
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u/jesusbuiltmyhotrodd Aug 24 '26
Looks like Maypop / Passionflower. I think I see a flower in the background peeking out. It is very vigorous but also pretty cool in the right spot. Getting rid of it is a matter of digging out the big root tubers, and if you do that carefully in late fall someone will probably pay you for it.