Exceedingly Mundane

I blogged in May of last year (2005) about a cutting we received from a neighbor of a pass-along plant called a Confederate Rose. It was just a little thing when we got it, and I kept it in a pail of water to get the roots going:

Then, Tim planted it in the yard a couple of weeks later (in May):

I watched it, and watered it, and cared for it all summer, and then finally – in late October, it bloomed:

Now, this year, it has really taken off. It’s taller than our 6 foot wooden fence, and still growing. I hope it really blooms this year, lots of blooms. It should be gorgeous if it does. I need to do some more research and find out just how big this thing is going to get, if it needs to be pruned, when, etc.

Here’s what it looks like today: