My wild maypop finally blossomed (yes, very late. Plant these guys in full sun!). Spectacular flower. I frantically passed all the pollen I could from that to my other one.
Here’s a picture. The wild one has much more speckling on the stamen and stigma, and more purple in the petals. If the leaves look strange, that’s because there’s also a morning glory growing with it.
Here’s the one I ordered from edible landscaping for comparison. It’s gotten very large in full sun.
So far I have 3 fruits on the big plant. It looks like they’re not going to grow much beyond golf ball size. I expect to have better yields in future years when the other plants become established and provide more opportunities for cross-pollination.