{Our Lilac Orchid & Roses}

On our windowsill the lilac orchid started blooming in all its splendor. However the trailing blossoms needed to get elevated so they could fully open up. At the same time we had a lilac rose blooming in our garden. So we teamed them up together. The roses are inside a French Baccarat crystal perfume bottle. Together on our white Corian windowsill. Do you have any orchids blooming right now? 

Are they not a perfect match in color?

On top of an upside down white ceramic planter with sea shells but this worked.

Here the roses are still budding out...

Perfect buds and beautiful leaves as well.

Such a joy to look at on our kitchen bay window.

Hope you do have something blooming on the windowsill as well.

Tell me what it is you are enjoying right now.

{Our Clematis lanuginosa 'Candida'}

For quite some years now we do have the pure white Clematis lanuginosa 'Candida' with its huge flowers. They can get as big as 9" across and put on quite a show! We used to have one climbing up on on one of the wooden posts in our front porch but we lost it. The one we have now is blooming in the shade, climbing up a tree. After the initial pictures of the flowers, you will get to see the huge vine full with blossoms. Several photos from both of us, posing in front of it in our front porch. Does anybody have this particular Clematis species? Or any other Clematis for that matter. They are such lovely vines.

Pure white with yellow anthers.

This particular leaf above is in a heart shape...

Some wire to initially support the vine for climbing up this tree.

We are again looking at a healthy vine.

This is the one that was climbing up against the wooden post in our front porch.

Silk linen Escada jeans.

A happy gardener/husband Pieter...

A proud gardener/husband Pieter as it grew even bigger...

This one in front of our house was quite a show-case!

Of course, I too was proud of this Clematis lanuginosa 'Candida'!

With a friend on Pieter's birthday...

We were so proud of this Clematis 'Lanuginosa Candida' and than we lost it... 

Are you also sad if you lose some of your 'green' children?

Wearing my Escada jeans and jacket.

A favorite vine with lots of views...

Related link:
Clematis lanuginosa 'Candida'  with its large 9" blooms | available here
Clematis lanuginosa 'Candida' | available here

{Catalpa Blossoms}

Last year in early June I did write about our Catalpa Bignonioides - Indian Bean Tree. Under this post you can find the link. Now we were fortunate to find some of its beautiful blossoms hanging very low. Good enough for capturing them on camera. Does anyone reading my post, have a catalpa tree in the garden at home? Would love to know from you.

They are really beautiful  and quite exotic looking!

This is the first time that we actually could see them at eye level...

As with all flowers, they don't last that long. By the time the last one opens up, the first one starts already wilting away...

The Catalpa leaves are quite big.

This tree stands near the creek, so moisture is not an issue.

More close up...

A perfect one on the left and it's sibling to the right is wilting away already. 

We were fortunate for spotting them all in time!

Did you ever get to see those Catalpa blossoms up close?

{Our Catalpa Bignonioides - Indian Bean Tree} | previous post by me