The native Clematis is blooming!!!  We saw it on Monday when we were driving through the Ocoee.  It was draped all over the rocks and everything.  It was breathtaking.  If you get the chance in the next week, go there.  And be sure to roll down the windows.  It has a lovely fragrance.

 

I couldn't get a good picture then, but I did get this picture on the road to Blairsville.  This is probably how you will see it, at 45 mph.  It is a white vine that drapes itself over everything.  

 

We saw a little bit in the park up close, so I took its picture too.

 

 

You can see how it is related to the big clematis that I always show you blooming at Roxanne's.  The leaves are similar too, wrapping themselves around anything that doesn't move.  In this case, an azalea.  If you get to see it up close, be sure to smell it.  You can thank me later.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!