Nelly and the Cardinal

I rescued two cranesbill geraniums (sanguineum) and one Cardinal Wyszynski clematis from outside of the the Hy-Vee grocery store in Fort Dodge, Iowa last week. The Cardinal was so dry that I rushed him to the women's restroom inside the store for a drink from the faucet. I planted the clematis today and hope it will intertwine and make love to Nelly Moser, blood red and demure pink copulating silently in my garden.