Monday, August 6, 2007

Our Sweet Autumn Clematis is blooming


We cut this vine to the ground every spring and it comes back around May and grows so fast. It provides shade for our swing arbor in the afternoon and on the east side we have confederate jasmine which is a slow grower but smells so good when it blooms. Our clematis blooms don't have much odor this year. I thought that last year they smelled so sweet.

It's a hardy vine. We don't have to water it very often. The bees love it, and the pink coral vine in the background.

I got a start of this vine from Dr. Bill Cowart down the street. He has one that climbs a trellis in his yard. My favorite flowers are the "pass alongs" that people have given me.