Elizabeth Clematis

How's this for the most exquisite pairing of beauty and the beast? It's a pretty pink flowering Clematis Montana called Elizabeth, growing delicately up one of my biggest Eucalyptus trees at the corner of the Frisbee Lawn.

Beauty and the beast? Anyone who has grown Clematis montana in the wrong place might be wondering which is which!

Not Rampant...

It's certainly true that this pink flowering variety is not as rampant as the white - and such a delicate, subtle shade. Lovers of Australian trees could easily consider the bark of the gum tree the most beautiful thing in the photograph, though. Hee hee...

I've placed a roll of wire netting gently around the bottom of the tree, to give the Clematis something to grow against. Any plant that will grow directly underneath a gum tree is a beauty, in my gardening book!

Hmm... I've just remembered there's a white potato vine under there too, scrambling around on the fence and through some of the Lavenders. But I guess that's for another page...