Very nice, Richard! It surprised me that you have fruit this early, even for your location. The naturalized passiflora vines here have only recently started appearing for the year.
My Frederick was newly planted last spring and made a few flowers shortly afterwards. It was the end of summer before it decided to really start putting out blooms and making fruit. The days were becoming shorter, and the angle of the sun lowered to the point that the vine received insufficient light at that time of year to fully ripen the fruit before I dug Frederick out to transfer to ‘her’ winter home.
Maybe by starting this year with its much larger root system and thicker vine. mine will be able to produce fruit for me to enjoy, too. I’ll won’t ever harvest a bucketful at a time, but hope to eventually enjoy gathering a large bowlful like yours.
