Passion Flower
The other day, Dale and I were at Rona, our favorite store (Reno's!) and all of their plants were on sale. We purchased some beautiful Passion Flower Clematis for the deck. We' re going to build a Pergola with a trellis where it can grow and give us shade and privacy. They are absolutely beautiful and I can't get over their complexity and detail. Possibbly one of the neatest flowers I have ever seen! 
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so amazing!
Hi, I'm a friend of Jenn and Kurts.
I LOVE passion flowers and I wondered if you knew the meaning/history of them?? It seems there are a few variations, but you'll get the gist of it from this lengthy (sorry) excerpt!! Enjoy your beautiful flower! I'm very jealous!!
The Name
"Passion" does not refer to love, but to the Passion of Christ on the cross. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries discovered this flower and adopted its unique physical structures as symbols of Crucifixion. For example: the 72 radial filaments (or corona) represent the Crown of Thorns. The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles. The top 3 stigma represent the 3 nails and the lower 5 anthers represent the 5 wounds. The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time. In Spain, it is known as Espina de Cristo (Christ's Thorn). In Germany it was once known as Muttergottes-Schuzchen (Mother-of-God's Star).
In Japan, they are known as clock-faced flowers, and recently have become a symbol for homosexual youths.
In North America they are also called the Maypop, the water lemon, and the wild apricot (after its fruit). Native Americans in the Tennessee area called it ocoee, and the Ocoee river and valley are named after it.
so cool!
wow - very nice flower...why can't I have a garden in China......
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