Filipendula
Because it grows upon a lattice,
Some folks call it cle-MA-tis.
But Noah Webster will moan and piss,
If you don’t call it clem-a-TIS.
Weekend pix: Filipendula, clematis
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Weekend pix: Compost garden, container cluster
I’m often amazed by what springs forth from the compost pile. But this year I have an amazing potato, mustard and tomato crop coming.
Container cluster is coming along despite the cool weather.
Weekend pix: Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum (Doublefile viburnum)
Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum (Doublefile viburnum). Can’t say I planned this. But I like the horizontal branching against the vertical Miscanthus floridulus.
Closer …
Weekend pix: Ligularia, Monarda and Lysimachia
Lots of mid-summer perennials are flowering now …
Ligularia
Monarda and Lysimachia
More weekend pix on the next page.
Weekend pix: Nigella
From Sunday’s walkaround. I find Nigella to be a most improbable flower.
Closer …