Clematis: Clematis Guru's Hardwick Hall Summer Blooms, 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
you guys have such great specific feedback, love it. most non gardening friends walk thru and say "looks like a lot of work" or "wow you are really into gardening"....
to those inquiring about the poppies, i do not know the variety. i have been keeping them going from seeds, one year only had one flower, for about 15 years. they came form someone i knew and someone had supposedly brought them back form europe. theirs self seeded in a graveled area and were gorgeous. i have struggled over 15 years to find the right place each year and have seeded them into this spot for the last 3 years, which is the best spot i have found.
i gave a friend in saratoga ny some this winter and she seeded them later than i did and has not gorren one flower. i put them out in march each year, hole the seed pods indoors till then after i pick them when the seeds rattle inside. most have not opened and i am glad as we had another inch or more of rain last night and more this afternooon. blooms do not last that long with rain and wet conditiions.

repolish spirit, not sure the question. it is a p3 vitacella, the most vigorous vitacella i have ever grown. (altho minuet is astonishing this year. put her in last year with a ssv root) with polish spirits , the best surprise to me is that the flowers get bigger each year. some diss it as being too agressive. takes some care in companion planting so you can keep the polish s restrained and not let it overtake a neighbor, but not hard to do that. it has really helped me fill in some displays fast (2 years). i love it and use it a lot.

re margaret hunt and comtesse dr bouchaud...simply no contest. m hunt is more floriferous, a more lavender tinged pink perhaps.....but also established much easier. i have bouchaud in two locations and find it to be an average performing clem of great beauty. margaret hunt is a superstar, but they are different clems and you cannot really compare.
rain rain go away.....hard on the blooms for sure. but good for the lawn and shrubs. took this shot yesterday , it is an arch with jackmanii and jackmanii suberba both growing on it. the superba has larger sepals in the bloom and more with 6 sepals vs jackmanii almost all 4 sepals.
again thanks for al the feedback, very appreciated.