Three clematis climb an obelisk over the wellhead - Niobe, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Hagley. Niobe is in full bloom this week and Hagley has one pink blossom with the promise of many more to come. The Duchess of Edinburgh has, alas, never bloomed - perhaps because I cut it back each winter in order to weave a balsam wreath around the obelisk. The Duchess belongs to pruning group B in the world of clematis and likes to bloom on old wood.
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