Maybe because of the record-breaking heat, maybe because south Tampa ACTUALLY got rain this summer, or maybe because it is growing in a buried 7 gallon Water Wise Container Garden, my Purple Passion Fruit vine, less than 1 year old from seed that surprised me a few weeks ago with its first bloom (see pic) has now begun blooming HEAVILY. Barring an early hard freeze, I may have my first ripe ones to enjoy by Thanksgiving.

A tiny portion of one of MANY harvests I got from my previous vine that finally succumbed to a hard freeze a few years back after blessing me with MANY hundreds of delicious fruits over a few years.