June 16, 2006

My climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala petiolaris) is in full bloom.

"Like a huge Python, winding round & round
The rugged trunk, indented deep with scars,
Up to its very summit near the stars,
A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound."
-Toru Dutt(1856‚1877)

from http://www.paghat.com/climbinghydrangea.html

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