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Thursday, August 24. 2006

Autumn Clematis

The wild Autumn Clematis is in full bloom all around Maggie's Farm. The highly aggressive and fast-growing wild version lacks the fragrance of the cultivated variety, often called Sweet Autumn Clematis. This one, covering a fence, has a wild morning glory growing amongst it.

 

 

Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 07:03 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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We have a lot of fall clematis in the neighborhood, but it's not blooming yet. It is indeed very fragrant: you can catch the scent far down wind.

We also have a few crepe myrtle bushes around town here in SW PA. In fact, my next-door neighbor has one. She wondered how it would do around here, and she wrapped it the first few winters. I would have said something when you blogged about it, but I wanted to ask if that was indeed what I thought I was seeing.

I wrote an article about the backyard gardens across the street from me.

weblog.theviewfromthecore.com/2005_05/ind_004998.html
#1 ELC (Link) on 2006-08-24 14:47 (Reply)
that was a nice piece you wrote - touching.
she does not need to wrap the crepe myrtle!!! it's ok to zone 6.
#2 bird dog on 2006-08-24 17:24 (Reply)
Thanks.

She doesn't wrap it any more. Heck, it's now taller than she is. :-)
#3 ELC (Link) on 2006-08-25 09:19 (Reply)

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