These beautiful flowers can be found throughout Nerja, including down by the Puente Viejo and in the grounds of Mena Garden cafe in calle El Barrio – nice place by the way.
Passiflora Caerulea, the Blue or Common Passion Flower, is a vine native to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil which can grow up to around 10 metres in length or to a height of 20 metres with suitable support.
![Blue Passion Flower, Nerja](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.nerjarob.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BluePassionFlower.webp?media=1721408718)
Bees love them
![Bees on Passion Flower](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.nerjarob.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Bee-Z62_0654.jpg?media=1721408718)
![Bees, Passion Flower](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.nerjarob.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Bee-Z62_0676.jpg?media=1721408718)
![Passion Flower and bees](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.nerjarob.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Bees-Z62_0684.jpg?media=1721408718)
The fruit starts off green and then goes via yellow to orange and is edible, although apparently not very tasty. Certainly an intricate bloom with a lot of different colours and shapes.
![Passion Flower fruit, yellow](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.nerjarob.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PassionFlower_DSC7970.jpg?media=1721408718)
The Passion Flower is the national flower of Paraguay
![Passion Flower fruit, orange](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.nerjarob.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PassionFlower_DSC7968.jpg?media=1721408718)
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species: P. caerulea