A clematis vine grows next to my front door. I've been watching the buds get larger and larger until yesterday the first ones opened. It's a fine, annual event that I enjoy each year.
Wonderful plant!
6 Jul 2011 6:43am
Watching,waiting,hoping-all part of being a gardener !
6 Jul 2011 7:51am
Gorgeous colours and star-shaped beauty! Beautiful composition..enjoy the day!
6 Jul 2011 9:27am
Indeed, a gorgeous photograph with strong color and design. Congratulations with your first clematis :^)
6 Jul 2011 10:57am
like purple velvet, wonderful...
6 Jul 2011 1:05pm
What a wonderful specimen, and a great POV to share its details with us!
6 Jul 2011 3:49pm
Great macro shot !
6 Jul 2011 4:04pm
Wow Superbe macro que cette fleur...très très belle.)
6 Jul 2011 4:53pm
It's a beauty. A fine photo and good job growing them.
6 Jul 2011 5:22pm
A really sizzling purple here! Congrats on this first bloom.
6 Jul 2011 6:12pm
You are lucky to have this marvellous vine; the leaves are nice and sculptured too.
6 Jul 2011 7:11pm
beautiful flower! love the color.
6 Jul 2011 7:12pm
WOW is fantastic
6 Jul 2011 8:21pm
Beautiful colours and details,I can imagine you enjoyed the moment it openend!
6 Jul 2011 8:58pm
Très jolie fleur de clématite superbement capturée ... compliments
6 Jul 2011 9:29pm
Lovely
6 Jul 2011 9:52pm
wow, lush and velvety color and texture! i hope you can enjoy this view for a long time now ...
6 Jul 2011 10:30pm
Wow ... Gorgeous colours and lovely composition. Excellent. Like it ... :)
7 Jul 2011 3:46am
Oh, pretty! It is fun when you get the first blooms on something.
8 Jul 2011 11:13pm
Such detail, it seems I could feel the softness of the petal if I touched my screen.
11 Jul 2011 4:51am
Wow, the petals look like velvet. It is beautiful.
14 Jul 2011 3:47am
such vivid color.. nicely shot.. :)
17 Jul 2011 2:01pm
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