Hardwick Hall More Summer Blooms

it is a beautiful morning here. walked about,snapping clems and also trimming some back that are bloomed out.
here is another shot of the summer white display. a friend visiting noticed that the alba luxurians is really a milk white (with a blue tinge) when not planted in full sun. also the black tips on the anthers os m le coultre do not show until the bloom ages, it opens with a pristine,creamy center. you can see the new and old blooms together here that illustrate the changing of the anthers with age of the bloom.

more alba luxurians

previous post really showed the pale pale blue of alba luxurians when it opens,before sun bleaches the bloms whiter.

here is clematis kullus. a fussy one that takes long naps, but after a very late appearance this spring, is gracing us with nice blooms. a tad small, but very nice coloration and a thick sturdy sepal which does not reflect the stamina of the plant, which is low. not even sure this clem is available anywhere have not seen it for a long time anywhere as for sale.

yuki komachi. nice. very happy here to have this in my garden.

another shot of yuki k

gravetye beauty. a clem form the past, named after william robinson's garden at gravetye manor in the UK...important clem history here and also with this clem. the tulip shaped bells open nicely, different than many texensis varieties. the deep , beet root red is a nice true red with no hint of purple. and it does not fade.

Gorgeous. Must have that clem.

little walenberg...this is a clem i lusted for and finally got this year. it is small, only 10 or 12 blooms, just in ground a couple of months. it will be fantastic next year.

jj, gravety is a must for a clem collector. mine was hard to establish, it was chalk hill like 6 years ago. but probably mostly my inexperience. i may get another one next year for another garden, i love it.

must keep posting Juuli, new clem for me, fantastic start. very blue. bigger flower than arabella form the looks of it so far, but arabella blooms will be bigger next year.

entel , my new love. have posted it already a few days ago, but maybe this pic shows what i call the apple blossom quality to the coloration of the sepals....

can't believe multi blue still blooming..hope i can hold on to some of this vine over the winter....this clem has been blooming straight thru since early may......

better shot of vienetta also. very pretty.

lawsoniana having a good year. smaller blooms coming on now indicate bloom period is ending.

lady betty deserves a last post. i have this clem in 4 areas. about 5 years ago a local nursery had 6 $ well rooted gallons on their perennial sale. they weren't well rooted actually, they were pot bound and neglected. so i kept buying more, felt like i was rescuing them.....so lady betty ended up in each of the gardens and i would like more in a heart beat.....i like how it starts blooming after the president has stopped blooming and when multi blue is waning, it picks up the theme of large, blue dark great flowers at just the right time.
alas, this nursery no longer has a great selection, tho they do get the gallons in and they are usually 12.95...not as root bound as before and not as much selection. "those were the good old days" i guess.....

As usual CG the pictures of your babies and just incredible. Love gravety, sure would love a cutting from this one. well really from all of them....LOL

Thanks for sharing your walk about this morning.

Janet

gravetye is a texensis, do not take from cutttings, but worth a try i'd say.

I can see I'm going to have to find that one... just love it. I love the small red as well....

Janet

Beautiful! Just beautiful. :)

thanks guys. we have a lot in bloom here now, but the thrill of spring is gone.....it's a different kind of pleasure in the sumer, no?
margaret hunt was cut to half her size a few days ago, so we will see if she blooms again.
prince charles looks ratty, those june rains were hard on some of the bigger clems in bloom and they are not lasting as long this year. prince charles in particular and perle de azure. this is an opportunity to do some trimming deadheading and even pruning on some clems that i usually do not as it is later in the summer when they wane. so we will learn from it.

kind of like when ya got lemons...make lemonade!

here is a shot from this morning showing the gravetye beauty and a jackmanii superba just beyond. in a few days there will be a lady betty b blooming right next to gravetye beauty and i am really looking forward to that.

should mention that is a trumpet vine bloom in with the gravetye. some have asked how i keep the trumpet vine in check....i cut the heck out of it every spring, and cut it back all season, at least 5 or 6 times, just trim them quickly when i am watering or tending clems. i keep it for the green, glad to have some blooms form it. but it could take over the whole garden if not kept in check.

here is a closer shot of the gravetye bloom as i know many of you were glad to see it. for a texensis it is more upward facing and opens almost fully as the blooms mature vs the flared bell of many texensis.

look at the bug spittle on the pedicle of the unopened bud in the prior posted photo of gravetye. just noticed it. guess i better get outside this evening for some work. sherlock clem on the case, reporting for duty, sir......

ggggrrrrr, bug duty it's a nasty job, but someone has to do it! very buggie year here.

Just catching up here -- Wow. Exquisite clems and photos, every one.

Bug spittle...you are so cute Guru....love that term!!! Once again thanks so much for showing us your beautiful clematises. They are truly inspiring!

many thanks. did stop by that clem and wipe of the insect spittle a bit ago on a garden walk around.....

look a this galore from ssv. it was planted 7 weeks ago. i pinched it once after planting and look at this vigor and display of blooms...amazing. credit on this goes to ssv and the clem itself. it is in a buggie area too, but not as bitten as some of the neighbor clems. that is always a good sign , as weaker plants are eaten first or sometimes the only ones eaten and chewed on.

tour de france will eat into my clem time big time this month,
we are big tour de f and lance fans......

That's amazing!

Love all the red ,white and blue. Makes me breathless!

It's amazing that Galore could do that in 7 weeks. These are all beautiful!

I'd like to hear more about Jackmanii Superba compared to the regular Jackmanii. I haven't seen this one listed on the websites I usually purchase from.

main difference between jackmaniii and j superba is that the superba has central bars that are reddish,which fade as the blooms linger, but it is a little more striking and usually flowers are larger. i notice more have 6 sepals vs 4 also. cots says there is confusion and misrepresentation between gypsey queen and superba. maybe those folks who say "i've got a purple one" have the right idea!!!!!!!!

late afternoon watering and looking. some new stuff. here is royal velours. will be nice next year. this go round is one of the darkest clems i have. darker than negritana.

violetta, will be a pretty clem. off to a nice start.

kardinal wysenski. right now it is a hot pink. it is described as a crimson, so perhaps later or next year blooms wil be darker. it is about the same color as barbara harrington right now.

kullus, so glad it is back for a go this year. last year died back before blooming, this year late show and nice strong looking vines. flowers could be bigger but at least it is alive.

blue boy with a new blue angel i put in this spring.....nxt yr will be a mega combo. may have to add a darker blue to the structure as well. love blue angel and blue boy is a new favorite (integrefolia)

viola, not to be confused with the violetta just posted. viola has come on so strong...really nice clem.

huldine and ernest markam blooming together. ernest really having a good year, the first good year i have ever had with it, what i would call good . it is 5 or 6 yrs old. have 2 others who still did not have a good year this year either....a few blooms, die back, insects blah blah blah..you name it they have attracted it.

anyway this is the nice one.

prince phillip. nice clem. had to move it a year ago,but the new location is better and it has had a better year in the new spot than it ever had in the old spot. glad i moved it. these are second round of blooms.

something new. always in search of clematis supports. got 3 grapevine towers form a local nursery. they were in the neglected area, from last christmas.(they sell them with christmas lights on them, they removed the lights for me) i got 2 huge, like 6 ft plus and 1 smaller one like 4 ft. got a great price. am going to grow clems on them the big ones can take 3 or 4 clems each. 2 on the small one. if they had more i would get them, but these are the only left overs. i think the clems will like it and be able to grab easily. i already have a vitacella hanna i just planted a few days ago at the base of this one and a small betty ridson too. had just put them in the ground recently and then stumbled on these towers. the cornus will have to be trimmed back if i leave this tower here, but no harm in that.......always looking forward to next year with clems.....

I love the towers. What a find!

Viola is stunning. I saw them all over the place last year and didn't get one. Now this year I didn't see even one.

thanks julia. have to think thru where to place them, as all 3 pretty close together would be better than where they landed when i pulled them out of hubbie's minivan they were stuffed into...this is the kind of thing when hubbie walks into the garden and says "where did they come from" you shrug your shoulders and say, "these old things? they have been here forever"......and he accepts it. like a new item of clothing or small furniture. no offense to any men out there with this sterotyping. remember my hubbie ,when looking at my collection of over 400 clems in healthy blooming glory, is the man famous for saying about clems, "they all look alike don't they".....beyond comprehension. men best left out of garden projects and brought in for hardscape when needed is my motto.
please no offense to men who are clem addicts. you are exempt. you are one of us, we are one transcending male or female connotations and sterotypes.

You make me laugh. Most of our married life when my husband asked me if "that's new" about new clothing; I'd say, "You don't remember, do you"?