Friday, November 24, 2006

Our Clematis Collection


Earlier this year I confused Miss Bateman with florida Seiboldii, but now that we finally have our dear florida performing, she has made it quite clear that she is, at this point, much smaller in blossom than Miss Bateman. She also comes out later in the season, in spite of getting much more sunlight than Miss Bateman. Perhaps she needs some gentle words and TLC, and we will see if she can perform more like the represenatative photos we saw before purchasing her.

John Warren is a very large flowered clematis. A pleasant surprise when it finally performed.
Our mystery clematis has turned out to be a new and improved Miss Bateman. This plant is growing very successfully in a pot, but last year it was one that was 'pruned' of every budding blossom by the squirrels before we could identify it. The previous growth on this plant did not previously show the distinct green stripes that I am finding very attractive. For the first few years during travel and shuffle, the plant flowered consistantly, but blossoms were poor quality.





Ville de Lyon. There is more of a point to the shaping of the petals than I previously remember, or see in photos, but it is the only clematis we have with that coloring, so it must be the one. I wonder why the change in petal shape? This one blossom has lasted a good month, so I look forward to seeing a more productive display next year.

At left is marked as Lilicana Floribunda but I have not been able to verify that the correct label was with the plant when it was photographed. (Squirrels love to move the markers.) I will be doing my best to confirm this when I can. The difficulty is that it is so like The President that distinguishing between them will be a learning experience here.

montana Tetrarose. The most interesting of clematis plants at right.....











Constance Alpina at left.







Finally we have a blossom on Crystal Fountain, with more to come.











Josephine has finally announced her whereabouts after the great shuffle in our garden so I may soon be posting updated photos!
















Armandii Snowdrift



Hagley Hybrid




















Nelly Moser

























Alba Luxurians








Gurnsey Cream










Tage Lundell










Ernest Markham

This one we won't be able to identify for a while, (2007), as the squirrels ate every last bud!
2008 we have moved the plant in its pot and the same buds are showing above the trellis again! The squirrel who previously demolished the buds seems to be not noticing the buds this time, so fingers are crossed.




06.03.2008 - Well, who would have guessed that this tasty morsel turned out to be our dear Nelly Moser!