Every spring, as I’m browsing local nurseries and greenhouses, one plant that I’m particularly looking for is thunbergia, also known as black-eyed susan vine.
This year, I bought one for my friend, Donna.
She planted it to grow on an old gate in her yard, and last week, she texted me with a picture and these words: “your gift on my gate”.
I love that her old barn, which I shared in a Barn Charm post last fall, is in the background.
You just never know from whence will come Barn Charm material!
Linking up to Barn Charm.
these days of mine 
Oh that black-eyed susan vine looks terrific on the old gate – and peeking through the gate there’s a barn….perfect….barn charm and fences all in one!
Pam
Looks like your friend, Donna, has a good eye for a great photograph, too!! And a twofer….barn charm and a fence gate!!
i enjoy the garden gate.
hope you are having a good week. take care. ( :
How wonderful!! Looks so much better on your blog than my little phone! Thanks-now I have a celebrity barn AND celebrity fence! Look forward to seeing you soon ,my friend.
That gift on the gate is such a sweet picture!
Both the gate and the barn are beautiful! I must search for that black eyed susan vine too. 🙂
That gift on the gate is beautiful and makes one terrific photo too. Little gifts (like her barn to you) are everywhere; we just have to take time to look, don’t we?
just gorgeous! so glad it’s doing well for her in such a pretty spot!
The first pic would be a good design for a flag !
It’s a great picture! I love that gat and I’m going to have to see if that vine is hardy enough for our zone. It’s really pretty!
I love that plant and the barn 🙂 Have a great day xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
The black-eyed Susan vine is lovely on Donna;s fence and the barn in the back ground adds so much to the picture.
The black-eyed susan vine looks right at home on her gate. Is the vine a perennial?
No, Patti, unfortunately, it’s an annual!
That explains why you seek it out every year. I’d say it’s worth it in WOW factor. Hope you’re staying dry over there!
Oh, I love that vine…had never seen it before to my knowledge.
Love the barn peeking through the gate! I really like the black-eyed susan vine and have some growing most summers. I don’t have such a neat gate to have it creep up though.
So pretty! What a wonderful gift 🙂
That was a great idea to plant it by the gate… beautiful… great barn, too! =)
Love the gate with the flowers in front of the great old barn.