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This photograph of a blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea) was taken in our little garden about 2 months ago.

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A beautiful flower. I too have these growing in my garden, but the plant is rampant, growing out of control (despite the regular cut-backs I make), and unfortunately this year half of it turned brown (through lack of sun perhaps :-p).