Surprise, surprise

You would think, after 8 years in this garden, I would cease to be surprised. The Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) surprised me this morning, though, with a host of spiky, purple flower clusters. I hadn't noticed any the other day, but this morning, while pulling the vines off the telephone, electric and locust tree, I spotted one, then another. The more I looked, the more flower spikes I found. There are about 20-30 more buds which will flower in the next week or so, too.

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