Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Blue Clematis

Macro shot of a beautiful, wild Purple/Blue Clematis flower. I always think of the purple parts as being the petals, but in fact the white, central parts are the petals and the purple parts are the sepals. Photographed during a three-hour walk on the upper plateau at Edworthy Park, on May 23rd. This spring, I have taken practically no wildflower photos, which is so unusual for me. Birds and animals have taken up so much of my time, that flowers seem to have been dropped lower on my priority list - not complaining, though! We have such a very short growing season here in Alberta - all the wildflowers are gone before you know it, and you are left taking macros of seeds and seedpods instead, ha. There is only a certain window of opportunity for many of the birds, too.

There seems to have been quite a lot of wild Blue Clematis (Clematis occidentalis, Clematis columbiana) this spring, twining up twigs and branches or growing closer to the ground in the forest and woodlands. Such a gorgeous blue. This flower was growing in the West Bragg Creek Environmental Studies area on 20th June. This is a native, perennial, woody vine that climbs or creeps along the ground. There are no petals, but there are four blue/purple sepals to each solitary flower. Flowers May-July. Just got home from a day of botanizing south of the city, near Black Diamond, at the Three Point Creek Natural Area. We even had Great Horned Owls flying nearby when we were there - gosh, there are owls everywhere, LOL! A fairly hot day - too hot for me, but at least there was no rain, so we were really lucky. On the way home, we called in at a Bakery and coffee shop in Black Diamond - the coffee tasted SO good! Ralph, if you happen to get on to Flickr and see this - thanks again so much for driving today - much appreciated!

We saw quite a few clusters of this pretty, native wildflower, Purple Clematis (Clematis occidentalis, also known as Blue Clematis), when we were doing the annual May Species Count in Fish Creek Park on 29th May. Unfortunately it was snowing and raining, so not ideal weather for taking photos : ) talkaboutwildlife.ca/profile/?s=1109

This wildflower, Blue Clematis, was in a more open setting than when I see it here in one of the city parks. This one was at the Bow Valley Provincial Park, at the eastern foot of the mountains. The flowers really are quite delicate to look at.

I keep coming across small, twining stems of this delicate wild Blue Clematis on my walks in the woods.

Found a few of these delicate wildflowers on my walk in a local park this evening.

Came across these delicate, twining flowers when I went for a local walk yesterday. Most of the snow had melted and it really wasn't a nice day out there. Thanks, Doug!