I fear I'm gonna regret this...

There's a thin green line between lush, and overgrown. I try to stay right on that line, employing a few judicious cuts whenever overgrown seems to be taking hold. Sometime earlier this month (or maybe even last month) my calendar denial gene kicked in and I stopped cutting. Let the crazy garden take over! After all autumn (and then winter) is coming...

The Clematis tibetana var. vernayi has gone a little mad this season and jumped from its trellis to the surrounding plants...

It's hard to tell the Metapanax delavayi leaves from the Clematis leaves. Of course the Clematis will die back in the winter, leaving ugly stems I'll have to carefully remove from the evergreen Metapanax. Lazy in August means more work in October.

It's also trying to stage a take over of the Schefflera delavayi...

The view from our bedroom window is a glorious foliage mash-up.

With a few small Clematis blooms starting to appear.

Over on the right side of the path a bit of Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) that hitchhiked to this garden from my last (in Spokane) is taking advantage of the sun (and space) that appeared with the passing of my Grevillea victoriae 'Murray Queen'.

It loves climbing the Callistemon viridiflorus...

It too is going to have to be cut back, eventually.

Probably sooner than later judging by how happy it is.

Until then I'm enjoying the decadence...

Weather Diary, Sept 20: Hi 61, Low 49/ Precip 1.20"

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