Occasionally called the ideal mailbox post plant, this common clematis is often trained onto posts for mailboxes and lamps alike. We’ve opted for the latter, and I actually can’t remember if I planted this one, or if it came with the house. On certain years I’ve neglected to trim it up, allowing it to flop about at the base of this ugly lamp, reminding of its presence only when it strikes up its royal purple show.
This year I fed it a bit, tied it up a bit, and am now enjoying the fruits of such minimal labors. It takes so little to make a difference sometimes, and so often we just don’t bother. Still, some flowers will bloom no matter how badly you treat them, or how often you forget them. It’s just in their nature. There’s a nobility in that which I can only hope to one day approach.
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