Clematis: June, clematises and chat, 5 by pirl

pirl wrote:
These are Still Waters and not Cezanne. To my eyes Cezanne appears blue and it is wonderful.

The last photo below shows SW (5/27) as it opens and it looks lavender to me but that changes fast and becomes the blue look of the first two photos (6/21 and 5/30). Of course, the longer a person stares the more confusing it gets between lavender and blue.

Pam - you might want to enter some blue/gray into your area, like Russian Sage. With its airy look it seems it would be ideal for the clematis, Cezanne, as well as the Platycodon. Whatever you do make pleasing yourself the priority. Too many people seem to make gardening a competition but it's so much more enjoyable to make a garden special to ourselves.