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18 Mar 2012
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Snow

I fell into a hidden puddle almost up to my knees today. I think there will be a secondary creek if what I am seeing doesn’t drain out soon. After that, a storm blew in from the East. Started as wind and sleet and quickly became the biggest snowflakes I have ever laid eyes on. We all ran ou...
7°C / 45°F
16 Jun 2008
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Finished flowering, now growing
top part of my clematis montana 'Elizabeth' and Shed and rooftop garden
All the plant’s energy is going in to growing the stems that will bear next year’s flowers. This climber has attractive red stems and new growth, so it still adds colour even when the flowers are gone.
Cloudy 18°C / 64°F
27 May 2008
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The Wilsonae is coming in to flower
top bit of my white, clematis montana Wilsonae Blooming and Shed and rooftop garden
White flowers are starting to emerge amongst the pink and yellow of the honeysuckle and the other clematis on the shed rooftop. The Wilsonae’s blooms are narrow and curl back a bit. The foliage of this clematis is a lighter green than the other one too. This plant has spread over the next d...
Cloudy 14°C / 57°F
27 May 2008
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Flowering away like billy oh
top part of my clematis montana 'Elizabeth' Blooming and Shed and rooftop garden
The montana ‘Elizabeth’ is at it’s blooming peak just as the Honeysuckle is past it. The Wilsonae is starting to bloom, so all three plants are in flower at the same time this year. There is always some degree of overlap, but some years are better than others. This year, it is a...
Cloudy 14°C / 57°F
17 May 2008
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Clever counting clematis
top part of my clematis montana 'Elizabeth' Blooming and Shed and rooftop garden
The clematis ‘Elizabeth’ is coming in to flower, it’s sweet vanilla scent mingling with the honeysuckle in the evening. This year there seem to be an unusually high proportion of five and six petalled flowers, the normal number being four. My daughter says that it is mutating, a...
Sunny 15°C / 59°F