Clematis: Broken Color Splotches on Bees Jubilee, 1 by DreamOfSpring

DreamOfSpring wrote:
This is Bees Jubilee. There are 4 open blooms on the plant today. This is the only one with the strange coloring. Any ideas what this may mean? Virus? Potential sport? Nothing at all, just an anomaly? Naturally, I'm hoping for the sport. I actually rather like the dots and dashes.

I should admit that I had a bout of that nasty tulip/lily virus several years ago. I removed all infected plants that year and sent them to the landfill. I haven't seen any damage on any of my remaining lilies since then. Does anyone know if clematis are susceptible to this virus? I have tons of other clems, none of which have shown any sign of problems or of color changes. Many of the others are in the area where the effected lilies were found, while this clem is on the other side of the yard quite some distance away.

I planted this clematis maybe 4 years ago from a plant I bought in a tiny 2-3in pot.

Edited for clarity

This message was edited Apr 13, 2009 1:55 PM