Clematis: Winter dreaming of clematis...and chat, of course!, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Sorry to hear they're out of Arctic Queen. Just knowing they had them may be useful when you decide to buy more. Daylilies are always reliable.

I don't spray and if I get blackspot I just rip off the leaves and new ones quickly replace them. Roses want a nursemaid to cater to them daily but here they have to adapt to what I can offer them. Austin roses aren't as easy as people might think. I've ditched many more than I've kept and now have Falstaff and Graham Thomas - neither are spectacular but since I stopped pruning them they have done better.

Multi Blue and Belle of Woking are old plants here, about 18 years old. If they had more sun they'd do better but that's not the exposure they have here. Once again, they have to live with what I can offer them. I'm content with the blooms as they are and they've taught me to be quick with the camera when they're in bloom.