Clematis and Lilac Blooms In the Neighborhood

Sunday, May 30, 2021

Found these climbing up a neighbor's fence. I'm assuming its clematis. 

Mark's front yard lilac bush is soooo fragrant. Although the flowers are getting past their peak the smell is still very pungent. 

Many different varieties of lilac have been developed. They are very popular shrubs in parks and gardens throughout the world in the temperate zone.

When Dale and I moved into the house on Tenth there was a lilac tree in the area where our grill is now. It was nice having it outside the bedroom window. The first couple of years we were here it produced flowers but after that it didn't leaf very well and the blooms were rather shriveled looking. Some people I've mentioned it to have said that it may have been the soil. Personally, I think it was just old.