I do not recall seeing any clematis open in the garden yesterday.
This morning this one was out before seven:
Half an hour later, this group had appeared:
I love them. I know I will spend hours hacking them back as the summer progresses as my neighbour really does not like them overflowing the fence - which is his right - but for me they are simply magnificent, and I really would very much rather have them in my life and world
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My wife and I love them, unfortunately our current garden does not. Planted another one on Friday. We have tried and this will be about our 10 th go.
Our previous house in the south we had lots of them everywhere.
Ps Thanks for all your work on your Taxing Wealth Report. Let’s hope some people actually listen and act.
Thanks
Like so many plants, clematis have a mind of their own. At one time I bought from nurseries. This lot came as a cheap bacth from Aldi – five for £10, I think, and they now cover my whole side fence.
Nice you have a big garden in leafy middle England.. no doubt to go alongside your big house..there is no CGT suggestion on first properties in your report I see? ..funny that
You very clearly have not read the report, because there is exactly what you say is missing in it
Life is very easy as a troll. You made stuff up, including about my terraced house. But that’s all that you do.
I think you could have gone further actually and capped PPR like they do in the US. Each person gets an exclusion of $250,000 for gains on their primary residence (double for married couples filing jointly) after it has been occupied two years. When the average UK house price is about £280k that is pretty generous.
Similarly APR and BPR for IHT could be capped. Few tax allowances and reliefs are uncapped.
For the 2026 version….
Isabel (for it is she – really?).
Did someone pay you to write that nasty dig at 8am this morning in response to a blog about Clematis.
Seriously!
Get an f—ing life for gods sake.
Let’s hope there is no late frost this year, a friend of ours in France lost all her blossoms last year about this time.
On this morning’s walk I got a really excellent shot – four bees in a single frame. A version of it is the feature image in my blog post from today: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/06/county-championship-day-two/
Like it!
The Chinese variety, 威靈仙, translated as “awe inspiring mountain spirit” grows wild in parts of Guangzhou. They can be quite spectacular but they can irritate your skin if you touch them