Clematis from hell.

wow - four blogs this week, I guess art fair season is truly over. 

Here at the residence of RodMelotte.com (sneaky product placement) we have run into a small problem.

It's our Sweet Autumn Clematis (or as Elwood would say Clematis paniculata (C. terniflora)).

We have two and one needs to go.

As you can see it's pretty impressive.

And the aroma is like a truckload of Cotton Candy hitting you in the face.  When I'm mowing the lawn I can smell its amazing fragrance.

  But as you can see there is a problem.  Small animals are getting caught in it, humans can not go down the steps and I have hacked it back 3 times.  You can hear it growing at night.    But the problem? . . . . .bees.   Oh, like my garden I can put my face into the flowers with a thousand of bees buzzing and not one will bite.  They don't care about humans at all.

But sitting and relaxing on our deck is a little nerve racking and they mistakenly fly into the house where I live trap them and stet them free (have not killed a bee yet).

SO - this weekend we going to take out the honeysuckle that is also on the stairway in preparation for removing this alpha clematis next year.  Then with the extra free space we will get a clematis that is not quit so . . . . . wonderful.

Anyone want a clematis that will grow 30 feet a year when cut to the ground in spring?  Perfect for a fence post away from the home.  Awesome for that matter.

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This just seems like a bad idea.

 

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