Do 'good fences make good neighbors', as Robert Frost wrote in his poem 'Mending Wall'?
Or do good neighbours make good fences?
Our neighbour recently planted various climbing plants along the fence between us (the photos show the views of the clematis from our side of the fence) and somehow I think that we are getting the best of the flowers. Definitely a generous neighbour.
You are lucky, my neighbour has just cut down a beautiful rambling rose which used to climb over our fence :(
Posted by: The Antidote | May 19, 2009 at 09:18
Oh how lovely! I hope the Montana is on their side too! My ma has a beautiful Hibiscus but because of where she planted it, as the flowers turn towards the sun through the day... they also turn away from her and show all their beauty to her neighbour! It annoys her every year but I'm sure the neighbours must be delighted! :-) t.x
Posted by: kitschen pink | May 19, 2009 at 09:38
Definitely a more than generous neighbour! Do the blooms have that very delicate fragrance like Johnson's babypowder? You have to go very close!
Posted by: eliane | May 19, 2009 at 10:16
What a gorgeous wall of blossoms! That's the kind of neighbor everyone should have or be.
Posted by: Laura | May 19, 2009 at 16:13
We have a good neighbour too - we have the best of the Honeysuckle our side of the fence, it is glorious in the summer
Posted by: Julie | May 19, 2009 at 16:16
your pictures...so made me smile.
thanx for sharing!
Posted by: skooots1mom | May 20, 2009 at 01:49
Oh, how beautiful! I just love climbing flowers. I'll have to try planting some eventually.
Posted by: Teish | May 20, 2009 at 01:55
Beautiful! Our clematis didn't fair very well this last winter and has very few blooms. Time to wack it down to the ground and let it grow back up again, I suspect.
Posted by: Anita | May 20, 2009 at 02:12
Lucky you to have such a gorgeous boundary. Love your reference to Robert Frost too, he's always been one of my favourite poets, so evocative.
Posted by: DeborahS | May 20, 2009 at 08:01
You are very lucky. We have a wonderful grey brick wall to look at.
Posted by: Anna R | May 20, 2009 at 15:29
I am lucky that all my neighbors live at least 40 acres away so that I cannot even see their houses, BUt if I did have a neighbor, I would hope to have one as generous as yours! That is absolutely GORGEOUS! I love clematis! I have never seen white! I must start the search for my own! WOW! And SO many blooms! Lucky, lucky, lucky! Revel in that! ~m
Posted by: michelle from montana | May 20, 2009 at 16:40
I have regularly stolen the best views of my neighbours' clematis. I give them Christmas cards. Seems a fair deal!
Posted by: Dawn Isaac | May 20, 2009 at 20:33
I have been to Bodnant Garden in North Wales today and what a spectacular display of azaleas and rhodos.Wish we had taken the camera
Posted by: barbara | May 20, 2009 at 20:54
Totally off topic (but still in the bothanical area :D) today i saw this knitted bag and remenber when you where in a 'pineapple fase':
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77366679@N00/2564573513
Posted by: Solange | May 21, 2009 at 04:55
Absolutely gorgeous! I hope that I can grow something so wonderful if I ever get out of the city. Container gardening is great, but rarely achieves something as wonderful as these climbers.
Posted by: Amy | May 21, 2009 at 20:07
What a beautiful flowery fence. I have been planting along my fence as well, and I can hardly wait for my fence to look like yours!
Posted by: SockPixie | May 24, 2009 at 02:11
What ABUNDANT clematis! And such a beautiful color. I've never seen four-petaled ones.
Posted by: bethgem | June 01, 2009 at 02:05
What a neighbor! My goodness.
Posted by: Relyn | June 01, 2009 at 03:03
Beautiful! We also have a good neighbour who built a lovely fence and refused to take any money. I do love your Blog so much Jane!
Posted by: Josephine | June 05, 2009 at 14:17