Pacific Northwest Gardening: Taming the wild garden, 1 by tillysrat

tillysrat wrote:
Phils
Sorry you couldn't find it, but that's okay I know the first Iris I bought I lost the tag, no I take that back it was wrote on the side of the pot and I don't know where it went. But I wish I had read it a little better because the first time it bloomed I thought it was the ugliest color I have seem I almost missed it. It was a sickly color of yellow and I had a yellow butterfly lawn ornament in the same place so I almost didn't see it. It did not bloom this year, maybe it knows I don't like it. I was never really into Irises until I started one from seed 2 years ago, Its a Setosa and they have gotten rather big going to divide them soon and I am going to try to get seeds this year will send a pic with this tread. But I do love the color of both of yours I will be looking. And I love the color of your Poppy's I have The salmon oriental one and yes there are messy but where I have them it works.
Where I live is along way from I-5. I'm on what they call the Kitsap Peninsula if you are in Seattle you would take the Edmonds ferry to Kingston then go another 20 miles them you are in Poulsbo. I live in the woods so to speak. If you are ever in the area there is a lot of beautiful country to see. I could never move to the big city we do have 2 little city's its call Silverdale and Bremerton.
And I have never been out of the states would love to see Canada. maybe some day, how far is Surry from Victoria?
That is kinda strange your clematis likes the ground, have you tried to tie it and force it to go up? I do know the draping on plants does not work. My honysuckle vine will tell you that, I made a big mistake with it now I have to live with it. to late to change it, it has been too many years ago.