The Montana clematis is in bloom yet again. It visits yearly like an old friend and is always perky, and beautiful and welcoming before my birthday which is on the first of June.
The arch it has been asked to make of itself is low, as I had always planned , so to enter my garden from the back gate , one has to stoop very low in order to follow the winding path up to the back door..
The garden and therefore the cottage is afforded privacy, and the back garden, now professionally sculptured by my sister, has the feel of a walled garden despite being located next to the lane.
I photographed the clematis this morning, just before I went to work.
The small tree next to it is a laburnum, albeit a slow growing one, perhaps in another decade I shall start to see its golden handing flowers clear of the ground.
I’ve no real news today.
It's so lovely seeing Spring creep in gently in your world. Over here of course winter is marching inexorably into our lives with its chill winds and lashing rain.
ReplyDeleteYou photographed a clematis this morning? I hope you had the lady's permission!
ReplyDeleteOh it looks lovely. You'll have lots of visitors crawling up your garden path :-)
ReplyDeleteNot for the first time
DeleteOh dear, visions of a pub crawl ending comes to mind.
DeleteThat looks lovely and I imagine the scent is glorious.
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DeleteYour clematis is lovely. Is it a scented one?
ReplyDeleteNo unfortunately nor
DeleteClearly visitors must bow down before you as they approach, and as they should...
ReplyDeleteDuck or you will have flowers in your hair.
ReplyDeleteI love your garden John .... it has been planted perfectly to suit your cottage. You have had your Montana for a while haven't you ? Often they are pale pink but yours seems deeper? Not every day can be a news day !!! Most of my days are ' no news ' days at the moment but, that is changing ... I'm actually going out to meet friends this afternoon and going INSIDE the pub tomorrow WooHoo !!! XXXX
ReplyDeleteOhhhh so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI got a clematis early in the year and planted it. It was doing well for a few weeks and then we had that cold spell and I think it died. I'll try again next year, though.
Love your garden!
XOXO
Do people peep under just to have a nosey?-I'm not very good with clematis-I even had a evergreen one under a gazebo and put a small piece of slab near its stem as I was told-honeysuckle on the other hand is rampant and wild rose x
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ReplyDeleteA perfect secret garden. xx
ReplyDeleteYou've successfully solicited birthday gifts. What shall I buy you? An Aussie tea towel with one of our killer animals perhaps?
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ReplyDeleteOh Anonymous, do go and get yourself a life!
DeleteThe calibre of your insults is rather lame. You are dull, because you are jealous.
DeleteDo you have a wonderful blog Anonymous, where we could go and marvel at the delights of your wonderful life?
DeleteYour Montana is out - that's real enough for me.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Mine here in Ontario barely has leaves starting.
ReplyDeleteLovely picture and description of your "walled" garden. What a sweet haven for you and your friends!
ReplyDeleteHope it's a good day at work and a pleasant drive home.
Hugs!
A beautiful secret garden indeed. Truly lovely. Ro xx
ReplyDeleteNice clematis! We have a couple too, but none as big as that.
ReplyDeleteThe Montana is BEAUTIFUL! We have tried to grow this but our climate is no match to yours, John........the Gulf Stream does not move by close enough as it does Wales.
ReplyDeleteThey do like their faces in the sun
DeleteThis is news enough. Beautiful entrance to the garden. Would I have to get down on my hands and knees to enter?
ReplyDeleteSteady x
DeleteI have a clematis on the side of my home which isn't blooming yet. Unfortunately, when it does I don't see it as there are no windows on that side! Yours looks lovely! Makes a sweet back entrance to your garden!
ReplyDeleteThey love their roots in the shade and their faces in the sun
Deletewe have a world-class clematis garden here in town. One tip: Plant them in full sun, with strawberry plants all around their "feet"...
DeleteYour Montana is robust and gorgeous. The arch it creates making a low private entrance to your garden is quite special. I like the unexpected features in your garden. You and your sister have created a nice garden space. An oasis of beauty, tranquility and peace.
ReplyDeleteSometimes clematis can be hard to grow, but once it successfully takes hold, it's a powerhouse! Yours is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love you garden and the clematis is beautiful. The entrance looks like it is leading to a secret garden!
ReplyDeleteThat was my idea
DeleteThat beautiful photograph is news enough for one day. A rather lovely tranquility, privacy and stillness all in one clematis. Not bad!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is lovely news for me. I so enjoy looking at your garden. I have a small piece if land that I am trying to make into a secret garden, such a special idea.
ReplyDeleteYour news like todays is wonderful to read on a very hot day filled with 3 wildfires around Tucson. Flowers, sunlight and green is lovely news. My blog is filled with sun, blue skies, cactus, mountains and Scotties ! What I see from my back yard.
Lovely to hear from you Gayle
DeleteThat beauty is news enough.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely garden you have John. That clematis will be perfuming the gateway too. What a delightful entranceway. After a very tough winter the spring and its colour will be all the more appreciated.
ReplyDeleteSome days it is better to have no news. Gives us a chance to just enjoy the peace of it all. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful flowers you have john!
ReplyDeleteReading your blog makes my day.you always have sonething intresting or beautiful to share.im quite the homebound introvert so reading others blogs gives be quite a happy lift in otherwise lonley days.i hope you dont mind i read your blogs.thank you for indpirarion
Could we see more pictures of your garden and the view , wider, of the back gate and clematis, from the lane side. It is so beautiful. ps do the dogs not escape thru that open gate?
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DeleteLovely, thank you!
DeleteOur Montana has finished, but the Nelly Moser is still flowering. Perhaps you can plant a NM nearby to continue the flowering.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely time of year to be able to sit and enjoy your garden John nice to come home to after a busy time at work.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Must give you pleasure. I have a beautiful yesterday, today and tomorrow now tall bush with similar colored blooms I rooted as a sucker, then planted only a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteMontana is really a nice plant with very pretty flower! Love it.
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