This is Divine

Wisteria vine to be exact.  On my drive to and from work, I pass this gorgeous sight:


The conifer which acts as a support for the wisteria is quite dead.  Do you suppose the wisteria killed it or was planting the wisteria a way to beautifully cover an existing corpse?


Because of the location, I had to park a couple of houses away but even from that distance, the sweet fragrance of the massive blooming vine was sweetening the spring air.


The whole thing is much more beautiful in soft morning light but someone never has time to stop in the morning if he wants to get to work on time.



On one hand, this is a great way to quickly cover up a large dead tree.  At my age, planting a new conifer in it's place would be nice but I'd never see the results.  A wisteria can do this in about seven years. (Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I'm planning to be on the planet that long.)
 On the other hand, this adds quite a bit of weight to dead branches that will, someday, start falling from the tree.

The good news is that this wisteria is deciduous so the branches don't have the wind drag of lots of foliage in the winter when we have nearly all of our wind storms.

Perhaps one morning I'll get there early enough to get a better picture but for now this will have to do.