Clematis!
Our oldest clematis has grown dramatically this year. I think it has nearly doubled its blossom production since last year. I put several photos of it and one of the younger ones on my flickr site here.
Posted: July 18th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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Comment from Duffy
Time July 24, 2009 at 10:46 am
Do you know this old rhyme?
Because it grows on lattice,
Some people say cle-MAT-iss.
But Webster will not cease to hiss
Until we call it CLEM-a-tiss.
(However, Webster seems to have softened up on it & now accepts the accent on the 2nd syllable as a second-best pronumciation.)
Comment from adam
Time July 24, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I remember you telling that rhyme to me years ago, but I had mostly forgotten it. I tend to pronounce it CLEM-a-tiss. Nonetheless, I was thinking of titling this post “Our Clematis Kicks A–!” as a sort of half-rhyme but it seemed to overstate the case a bit.
Comment from Duffy
Time July 22, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Beautiful. It’s interesting that the two plants have flowers with 4, 5, and 6 petals.