Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Clematis Flowers

Flowers of Old Man's Beard, also called Traveller's Joy, Clematis vitalba. Lullingstone Country Park. 13 August 2011.
Flowers of Old Man's Beard, also called Traveller's Joy, Clematis vitalba.   Lullingstone Country Park.  13 August 2011.
The wild Clematis has two common names. At first you can only see why it might be called Traveller's Joy. The hairy seeds come later.
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1 comment:

  1. Flora7 September 2011 at 08:51

    Not noticed before how hairy the flowers are. The close-up shows that :-)
    Looking forward to your hairy seed pics. Mel

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