My passion flowers are finally blooming

Posted by Tricia in Sunday, October 12th 2008   
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It’s been a strange gardening year.

There was plenty of rain so for the most part the plants were getting enough water and we saved money on the water bill, but I think that since it was overcast quite a bit some of my real sun loving plants might not have gotten enough light.

My passion flowers (I have 5 or 6 plants ) barely bloomed all summer. I’m actually noticing more blooms now that it’s cooling down than I did in the height of summer.

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Passion flowers certainly are pretty when they bloom though aren’t they?

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jennifer (0 comments.) said in October 12th, 2008 at 3:00 am    

I’ve never even seen a Passion Flower before. It’s stunning!

Lifecruiser (12 comments.) said in October 12th, 2008 at 7:46 am    

I’ve only seen Passion flowers abroad earlier, or in greenhouses. I love them, they’re so beautiful with the “standing up” look of them.

I think you’ll find my GTS post really interesting this time….

Jean-Luc Picard (387 comments.) said in October 12th, 2008 at 1:35 pm    

A super passion flower, Tricia.

Carol (4 comments.) said in October 12th, 2008 at 10:23 pm    

Yours is a different variety from mine. I wonder how many varieties there are? I wouldn’t mind having a few more. Don’t they smell heavenly!

Lyndon (20 comments.) said in October 12th, 2008 at 10:48 pm    

Absolutely stunning shot!! After I get my new computer, I’m definitely getting a good macro lens so I can take better flower shots.

Do the flowers only look pretty or do they have a sweet fragrance as well Tricia?

kouji (16 comments.) said in October 14th, 2008 at 7:05 am    

wow. :O what a delicate looking flower.

Gary (0 comments.) said in October 14th, 2008 at 4:41 pm    

That is a lovely photo! What kind of camera do you use?

Tricia (495 comments.) said in October 15th, 2008 at 4:42 pm    

Carol I have several varieties of Passion flowers but I can’t remember all their names right now. Some smell quite nice while others don’t really have a scent. We had one for a couple of years (it died while being overwintered in our house) that’s flowers smelled like bubblegum! That was a nice one!

Tricia (495 comments.) said in October 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm    

Lyndon most of the flowers have a light beautiful scent, but a few of the varieties that I’ve grown didn’t seem to have any scent at all.

thanks for the compliments on the picture. I love using the macro feature on my camera.

Tricia (495 comments.) said in October 15th, 2008 at 4:49 pm    

Gary my camera is a Canon EOS 30D SLR. At this point I only have the standard lense that came with the package and it’s an 18 to 55 mm lens.

Hillary (6 comments.) said in October 21st, 2008 at 2:33 pm    

The flower looks like it’s been turned inside out!

the three dog blogger (8 comments.) said in November 15th, 2008 at 7:33 am    

We have a few that seem to flower all summer with no watering!
Also for the first time we actually had some fruit off them.
They were very small but the little soft seeds inside were delicious. Have you had any fruit?

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