[FordGuy]

How do I post a pic? Thanks
FordGuy

 

[drobbins]

you have to post it somewhere else and then just put a link to it in your message. there are several places on the web you can post em for free. if you don't want to mess with that, email it to me

drobbins at drobbins dot net

I'll post it and send you a link

Dave

 

[FordGuy]

http://www.drobbins.net/bee's/fordguy/smallivy.jpg

 

[FordGuy]

OK, more information. this was growing beside the highway. It covered a medium sized tree. It was completely white with blooms. has been in bloom for 3 weeks. Obviously a hardy producer of nectar.

YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW NICE IT SMELLS - better than honeysuckle, better than Gardenia, a rose, you name it...my wife could not believe how nice it smelled. You basically have to wipe the nectar off your nose (pollen too) after sniffing it!

 

[iddee]

Fordguy, I posted a close up of it on the bee forum under "testing computer IQ". No one has identified it yet. I also sent it to Jim Fisher under bloom dates and he hasn't posted back either. Whatever it is, this area is covered with it. I sure hope it has nectar like you say.

 

[drobbins]

hmm,

I'm pretty close to you guy's
I've never seen it
I have a friend who is a horticultural guru over at NC State, I'll send her the pic
FordGuy, have you seen the bee's work it??

Dave

 

[iddee]

Dave, He's a hundred miles or so south of us. Summer travels north about 5 miles a day. He's had it a week or so, we are just now getting the blooms. Start watching the roadsides, you'll find it in the next few days.

 

[drobbins]

I sent a pic to my friend
I think we'll get an answer Monday
those university folks get a kick out of answering questions from us common folks

I have noticed the goldenrod is rockin


Dave

 

[FordGuy]

Mr. Robbins - I pulled off the side of the road to pull that vine out of the tree, (cars zooming by) and so didn't have time to inspect for bees, but I can tell you the smell was so good if the bees don't eat it I will. The incredible number of blooms is what has me excited. I saw another one on I77 going toward Ft. Jackson this morning. So looks like we have about 4 Plants I have seen, and I am actively looking for it.

 

[iddee]

I have a thousand, some covering a half acre. I hope they love it.

 

[FordGuy]

http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week273.shtml
guys, is this it?

 

[FordGuy]

http://www.floridata.com/ref/C/clem_ter.cfm

http://www.denverplants.com/vines/html/clema_tern.htm

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/683/

http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/10315/

 

[power napper]

How high does it grow? If it is four to ten feet high with 3/4 inch flower it looks like Tartarian Honeysuckle. Morrows Honeysuckle and European Fly Honeysuckle. (The Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers eastern region.
Hope this helps.

 

[iddee]

You got it, Fordguy.

 

[Ross]

Looks like fall clematis to me. I have it on my gate. The bees will work it a little, but prefer golden rod in the fall.