Close-ups of flowers

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  1. RowlandsCastle

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    We have this growing two-thirds of the way down the garden, across uprights above head height.
    My wife says it's Clematis Montana - but, is she correct?

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    • Obelix-Vendée

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      if it is slightly scented @RowlandsCastle it could well be clematis montana Elizabeth.

      There are many forms of montana and its form and flowering time are certainly what you'd expect.
       
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      • AnniD

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        I would say your wife is correct @RowlandsCastle, but then I expect that's always the case :biggrin:.
         
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          A stray forget-me-not, in the lawn.

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          • RowlandsCastle

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            She'd like that - she being an Elizabeth!!
             
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              Not always, @AnniD
              But as my memory goes, it's becoming more often. Which is frustrating for me.
               
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                Not an easy day for taking photos, but once something catches my eye.


                Anemone blanda 'White Splendour'

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                Brunnera macrophyla (Siberian Bugloss)

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                Lamium galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel)

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                Prunus laurocerasus 'Rotundtifolia' (Cherry Laurel)

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                • ViewAhead

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                  Stunning, @LunarSea, especially the anemone. It almost looks shy, peeping out of the foliage and then glancing down knowing its photo is being taken. :)
                   
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                    Many of the Montana varieties smell of vanilla. :)
                     
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                      Thankyou @ViewAhead. Yes I was busy weeding when I spotted that particular Anemone flower angled differently to all the others and almost begging to have it's photo taken.
                       
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                        Lonicera niteda. This will have amazing purple berries later on which the blackbirds will eat. 2024-04-07_10-05-37.jpg
                         
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                          Can't remember this one either!
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                              They're fab. My son liked orange one year so we got some of these tulips and just shoved them in the lawn when they went over. They've been back every year since :dbgrtmb:
                               
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                                At long last out Prunus Amanogawa has flowered PXL_20240407_140204157-01.jpeg
                                 
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