Yellow Passion Flower
Passiflora lutea
Yellow passion flower is the quieter cousin of the showier purple passionvine, but what it lacks in visual drama it makes up in ecological weight. The small, pale yellow blooms appear from midsummer through fall, and the plant is a larval host for several native butterfly species, including the Gulf fritillary and zebra longwing where ranges overlap. Native bees work the flowers consistently. This is a vine that weaves rather than conquers. threading through low shrubs and groundcovers with tendrils rather than smothering everything in reach. Give it part shade to sun and something to climb, and it disappears into the fabric of a naturalized planting while quietly doing its job.
We grow a range of sizes and prices. Add the plant to your list, then pick your size when you visit.
Final price confirmed at pickup, depends on size and season.
- Thu, Jul 238 AM – 4 PM
- Fri, Jul 248 AM – 4 PM
- Sat, Jul 258 AM – 2 PM
A nursery-grown plant, ready for the ground.
Healthy, container-grown yellow passion flower propagated on-site at Hill House from regional genetics. Includes a one-page care card. We make every effort to supply plants as listed; occasionally we substitute a similar species of equal value.
- Sun
- Part sun
- Water
- Average
- Mature size
- 5'–8'
- Bloom
- Pale yellow summer to fall blooms, small dark berries through fall, delicate tendril structure in winter.
- USDA zones
- 6-9
Pairs well with these.
Same light, same soil, same wildlife. Janet's picks to plant alongside yellow passion flower.
Or skip the guesswork.
Curated packages bundle 9–12 species that work together. One reservation, one pickup day, a printed layout map.
Butterfly Package
Host and nectar plants chosen to feed monarchs, swallowtails, and fritillaries spring through fall.
Hummingbird Package
Tubular-flowered natives that pull ruby-throats through your yard April through October.
S.O.S. Package
Save Our Songbirds, berry- and seed-bearing natives that feed nesting and migrating birds.