Clematis: shirayakihime, first real bloom period sept 08, 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
here is shirayakihime, in my garden for almost 2 years. this is her first real bloom period. a stray bloom or two in the spring, and i wasn't expecting this. sprung forth after some heavy rains ( a reminder that we may water enough to keep the plant alive in late summer but do we water enough to help the plant flourish?)
the blooms survived our tail end of ike which downed several trees here on my property. how can something so delicate be so tough? that's clematis yin yang in a nutshell. anyway, here it is...worth the wait!