I don’t know about you, but I’ve just about had my fill of snow. It’s been snowing all week and it’s apparently going to be snowing quite a bit next week too. Hmmm maybe after that it will totally stop and the weather will get better? Warmer? Ha … now that’s a pipe dream.
So … since I can’t do anything about the weather or the fact that it’s only January and there’s no way I’ll be doing any gardening for months I decided to post one of my favorite pictures of my Clematis Jackmanii.
When I first started my garden in 2002 I planted the clematis Jackmanii, my first clematis, near my tall wooden fence. I also put a trellis on the fence to help guide the clematis when it started to grow. Later on that year, in the fall, I planted my now huge William Baffin rose in front of the clematis. It gives the clematis roots shade and the clematis grows on the fence and well … into the rose as too.
Here’s a shot of the clematis in bloom. It’s growing on the fence and it’s long vines entwined a small birdhouse that we had on the fence at the time …
Now … doesn’t that make you think of summer and all it’s promise?
Oh and BTW the birdhouse is about 6 feet from where I planted the clematis so that goes to show just how big this Clematis really is!