Clematis: Omoshiro, 0 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Thanks, Sue, banana and Carolyn. I hate throwing away anything pretty and even just a plain old terra cotta pot looks nice protecting roots and serves to remind us to be careful of the plant.

It reminds me of a sign I saw:
Please don't walk on the plants. It makes them flat and hard to see.

Banana - Omoshiro was planted in 2007 at the side of a pine tree we had taken down in 1992. Nelly Moser went to the front in '92. Now the pine stump has been decaying for a 19 years but should only look nicer in time as it gets those jagged edges. By the time it's totally gone I'll be gone as well.

The clematis stem is fine. I did go out to take photos of it yesterday but it's all too confusing to sort out the vine from the wire on the stump so here's one I took in December and I hope it shows up satisfactorily. Look at the top of the granite, where I wrote Omoshiro, and go right for about half an inch on your screen and you'll spot the scrawny stem that rises and then does branch out as it climbs the stump.