Spring Flowers

we've got this wodden arbour in our backyard and this is the vine-y plant growing up the left one closest to the house (there's two pieces that extend in a U shape away from the house, so it's the back of the house and then an upside-down U).

it's a Clematis montana 'Rubens.' the flowers are a light pink with 4 petals to a flower. they're kinda tiny and smell so much like vanilla if your eyes were closed you'd swear you were smelling a giant vanilla bean.

a year ago this was a baby plant, and the top of the arbour is 8 feet high. yeah, plants sure do grow fast out here. it's the abundant winter rain and soil with good drainage, and the rare sub-zero temperatures.