nursery that does brisk business in supplying agapanthus in a variety of colours (the number of species recognised by various authorities varies from six to 10; cultivars and hybrids are numbered in the hundreds). Another one of the many attractive plants that survive purely on their looks rather than usefulness is the banana passionfruit, or passion flower. Its fruit, as such, is meagre, but its flowers look like something from outer space.
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Viewed up close, there’s no reason why they couldn’t be passed off as a multi-levelled space station. Again, this plant is invasive (maybe the alien-like flowers are a giveaway here) and clambers and climbs across any competition. The bees and honeyeaters seek it out but, once again, the space it occupies in the garden could be devoted to a less invasive, more productive plant. However, it appears the passion flower does have some uses, often turning up as an ingredient in herbal remedies for its calming, sleep inducing and muscle spasm relieving effects. The odd shaped flowers are seen by some as having elements of Christian symbolism, such as the pointed leaves representing the Holy Lance; tendrils being the whips used on Christ; 10 petals, 10 faithful apostles; and the flower’s radial filaments the crown of thorns. In keeping with this Christian theme Spaniards know the passion flower as espina de Cristo (Christ’s thorn), the Germans Christus-Krone (Christ’s crown), Christus-Strauss (Christ’s bouquet) and Dorn-Krone (crown of thorns). In Israel and Greece the flower is seen as a clock, but in India returns to religion because of its Krishna blue and circular layout. But when you these vines weaving their way to the upper branches of flowering trees or its tendrils creeping up through the lawn, you just know this is an evasive invader. And when it flowers, there’s the alien proof.