I love this stage of a Clematis flower when the sun late in the afternoon is glinting of the yellow-gold spiral whorl of thick threads that are left after the petals fall off! Zooming in close on the thick golden-yellow threads show that they appear to be made up of 100s of smaller threads bundled together.

Shade-dwelling Clematis.

Good Morning!

Pink day, so Giselle Clematis. #BloomScrolling #clematis #GoodMorning

Just look at that clematis!
Wonderful

#Owl be watching you.
I got this owl decoy years ago, when I used to have chickens. To deter aerial predators. Now, it's #garden #decor. Wedged in #boxwood hedge with purple #clematis blooms surrounding.

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#bloomscrolling via my fingerless lace gloved hands #Poppies #hydrangeas #clematis #fuschias

When we came home from vacation the end of last month, I was sad to see the clematis in the front flower bed that had a lot of flower buds when we left was dead. Later I found that only the old growth was dead but there were new growth coming up. Now the new growth has pushed out a flower with more coming up. Plants are so resilient. I love them.

This is Clematis "The First Lady".

CLEANSE THE TIMELINE.

Lol. I was wondering why the Clematis jackmanii that I planted last year didn't flower. Turns out I was supposed to cut it to the ground this past spring or last fall because it only flowers on new wood. You learn something new every day. I wonder if it's too late to prune it for me to get any blooms from it this year.

Photo is of Clematis "The Vagabond", a very prolific bloomer in my garden.

Big #purple #clematis #flower growing on a rusty metal fence.

This is a huge #purple #clematis #flower. It's on other side of fence - grew over the metal fencing.

Is it weird that I like clematis flowers better when they're in this stage?