Wisteria over a doorway on Meeting Street, downtown Charleston.

The vine has taken the whole top of the door surround and it is in full flower — racemes hanging down over the arch in lilac, thick enough that they break the line of the stone. The door underneath is white and tall, small-paned, with a fanlight above it carrying an ornate iron scroll in the middle of the glass. The number 24 sits on the wall to the right. A white picket gate closes the frame across the bottom.

Lilac against warm stone. Vertical — and wisteria does not stay in flower long.