Even dried clematis blossoms are beautiful
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It's only the last day of May, and the clematis plant is already drying up.
I just let the blossoms alone for a while to develop seed heads before I dead head them.
Dried flowers have such a special, ephemeral beauty.
These are three different blossoms.
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Almost like a dandelion puff
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