Maybe Exochorda? It's also called the Pearl Bush. Its flowers grow in clusters, bees love it, and it likes moist soil, which would make it ideal for growing out by the lake, but....it could also be Physocarpus, which is native to most of North America. There are various colors, but I believe the wild ones may be white. It's also called Ninebark. The more I think about it, I think it would be more likely to be Ninebark. Hope this helps :) Here is a link that might be useful: Ninebark

Yes, I left the ornament inside of these, though with some, you wouldn't need to if you didn't want to. As a matter of fact,I designed one that could be used as a pendant by attaching a shell bead to each side. And yes, they are VERY similar to the Bottles of Hope. (I plan to check with local cancer center when we get home next week to see if they have a program like that.) The wish pots were are donated to my favorite charity (The Foundation for Interdisciplinary Research & Education Promoting Animal Welfare [FIREPAW] http://www.firepaw.org ) for the art auction that will be held this spring, so my wish pots will benefit the voiceless. I could almost have a one woman show with all the work I've donated for the auction LOL They are the ones that my clock and Marjan wall sculpture/mirror went to. I've found much more enjoyment in designing and working with my clay when I've been working for the benefit of someone/something else. Does that make sense? I made them all with flat bottoms, to stand on their own. With the exception of my fish bottle, whose bottom is really it's side?? Something like that. Alisa- all your ideas sound good! I like the handle idea, but what about making it like a hanging vase? One that you could (possiably) hang in a window, or on the wall, or even in an open doorway or arch? If you want it to stand, then you do need either a flat edge (doesn't have to be on the bottom - what about making it stand like on an angle?) I like the tripod idea, too! You won't mind if I try it when we get home, will you? I have a image in my mind of combining clay and wire, sort of like vines and leaves to make a stand for a bottle or vase. I've another photo to post to show a couple of the pots open. I'm not sure when I'll be able to get online next, but hopefully it will be before we leave Monday. We should be home by the 28th, but may be another day or two before I can get back online (cleaning and unpacking) I will be back!!! Here is a link that might be useful:

My understanding is that Corkscrew vine, which is fragrant, is the Vigna Caracalla; the Snail vine being the Phaseolus Caracalla which is not fragrant. There is so much confusion about the correct botanical names for both of them as you point out! Vines of the world by Edwin A Menninger says this: ÂVIGNA: Vigna is separable from Phaseolus only by the keel petals which are not spirally twisted, though often incurved By rights, we should id them as given here, Menninger being at the top of the list, horticulturally speaking! The nurseries here in the States id the Corkscrew vine as the Vigna Caracalla for the most part. The vines I bought fairly recently Âre the photo  were identified as Âsnail vineÂ. Before I bought them I tracked down one person who knew something about them. He said that it IS the snail vine, but it's fragrant. Totally contradictory! Anyhow, the snail vine is fairly rampant and the corkscrew one is tidier, I have found! I have checked quite a few of my books and they confuse me even more, calling the snail vine Phaseolus as well as Vigna. So I am still confused, but I just go with the flow here!!! Joanmary

I just got home from babysitting, where I shared a package of the seaweed with my 2-year-old grandson. He loved it!