Clematis alpina 'Frances Rivis'

This is a lesson in the desire of plants to live! I planted this Clematis at least 10 years ago if not 15. It disappeared. Completely. Assumed it had died but as it was in a hedge I didn't bother digging it up or replacing it... it has reappeared & there are lots of flower buds 😊😊😊😊😊

Survival of the fittest at its best! 😮

Oh, how wonderful Jacqueline, nature at her best. 💜💜💜

@jacq1075 Definitely! 👏🏻

@pelly It was such a wonderful surprise Jane. Worth thinking I had lost it... well almost 😉😊

@gjones And it's been through the hedge being laid too! 😊

It's back whatever Jacqueline, that's the important thing. 💜💜💜

@Pelly I love seeing alpine Clematis looking like it is growing naturally in a hedge. Hopefully this will now do it - it's earned it's AGM 😂

Well if ever patience was a virtue... how fantastic is that?! 👍🏼👏🏼💜

@rachelbrooks I'm so chuffed 👏🏻😊💜

It's a fab surprise! 💜💜💜

Love colour 👌

Now where did you pop up from? I did plant a clematis near here several years ago but it never seemed to thrive...

What a coincidence, I've found one today that I don't remember planting, although the OH says I did. 😊😊😊

There are far worse things to come across unexpectedly in the garden @pelly 😊😊

I'm hoping GT will help me keep track in future @pelly

Definitely Jacqueline. I have started a diary which records everything I do, plant, move or sow, it helps tremendously. It's actually organising me. 😂😂😂

What a lovely surprise

I have started one too, though I wish I had done it years ago 🙃 @pelly

It really was Susie. Made me smile. A lot 😊😊😊 @susieg

I'm lucky as mine is a newish garden. When we moved here just under two years ago all that was in the garden was the Forsythia in the back and Daffodils in the front, yours is a large, established garden, so a diary certainly would have been advantageous, but then hindsight is a wonderful thing Jaqueline. 😊😊

I have a biscuit tin with labels in... 🤔😊@pelly

Did you have to eat all the biscuits first Jacqueline? 🍪🍪🍪

🤔😉😂 @pelly