Clematis and sky

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | Best Of, Photos |

I’m still on digital detox week, but when I took these pictures today I thought I’d at least have something nice at the top of the page while I’m out.

P.S. They aren’t the usual purple passion flowers I’m used to, but some sites seem to refer to them as some sort of passion flower. If Steve or Persimmon or someone with more botany-fu than me comes along you’re welcome to provide a better ID if I’m wrong.

LATER: Steve says they’re probably clematis and I’m inclined to agree.

4 Comments to Clematis and sky

Steve K.
April 24, 2009

It’s a clematis of some sort.

Les Jones
April 24, 2009

Holy cow. I think of clematis as a little morning glory sized flower. These were the size of dinner plates. Dang.

Steve K.
April 24, 2009

Yeah, they’re kinda freaky. Lots of people have started planting them next to their mailboxes in the past few years.

Ritchie
April 24, 2009

A while ago I shot some clematis (but couldn’t find a recipe). It turns out that the range of variety and size is amazing, and there’s a Royal Clematis Society.
Nice work.