Hey Arlene, my m. Mayleen is a pale pink when in bloom. All that I have right now is a lot of stems from the vine that I posted above. The other pictures are of the Camellias. Annette
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Clematis chat - heading into winter
Marilyn - I had spotted a few forsythias starting to bloom and our own rhodie opened a few buds.
Annette - most class 1 clem's are downright ugly at this point. So are ours. Thanks for the help with Mayleen.
The plants really are confused. Maybe they know something that we don't, Mother Nature at its best.
Arlene, you're welcome. I do like the delicate blooms of m. Mayleen, and I've decided I'm not going to cut it back as harshly as I've done in the past. Annette
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Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well. We are fine after getting 16 inches of snow the 26th and 27th. Thapped on a semiproivate road for two days but all is well,we didn't loose power.How did you fare Carolyn? Well my souhern friends I have the Dos. permission to go down south foe Feb and March!!!! We would like to know if there are good Camilia collections in a 50 mile orso radius of Hilton Head? Lee McDonald
Hi Lee
I am well. I hope your holidays were good ones.
Watching the snow melt - hoping it is all gone soon!
Let us know if you see any camellias in Hilton Head
Hi,I am back to begin 2013 with you.
Snow is melting and I will check my helebores to see if they are going to make it after being cut back.
I know,I know its just geezer mistakes.Maybe the garden gods will be kind.
I have daffodils popping there heads up. I have not checked anything else, Oh Yeh, the Forsythia are blooming too. Now they are going to be really out of wack when spring comes.
I checked 2 helebore plants that=t were free of snow.Looks like they are OK .I believe they will grow new leaves this year.They have bud spikes,a good sign.
Hello Lee, Arlene, Caroline, JoAnn, and everyone. Down South, like where I am and Etelka and Annette, we would have an abundant of Forsythias blooming as well as daffs. By golly, I just had a glimpse of neighbor's Quince that begun to bloom as well. Like everyone already surmised the flowers are really confused! Hope that we will get a decent spring dispite all the confusion.
JoAnn, love those helebore blossoms in early spring. They're quite costly in the market. Arlene, speaking of class 1 Clem. Is Armandii (an evergreen clem.) in class one clem.? I've one on the side yard, and it's a love, though it only bloom once in the spring. Being evergreen, its beauty although subtle, but attractive all year round down here. I've taken a liking of 'Mayleen' Montana ruben (over 'Armandii') for quite some time now, (to rework my front yard arbor) I just read up on DG pfs and almost have my heart set on it.... untill you said 'they're just out right ugly' in dormant season..... now I'm rethinking my options. I see the large vine on Montana, it's very similar to that of 'Armandii' and SAC's. BTW; My infatuation with SAC is over, from here on out, I'll spend time pulling up their seedlings for they've taken over everything around here in my zone. Another question regarding 'Mayleen'; being a hybrid, do they carry viable seeds? Most hybrids are sterile, but I've two stray seedlings in the garden that I love, they look like they've reverted back to their species parentage, and are quite pleasing to the eyes when in bloom. These seedlings are true herbacious, in that they go dormant and disappear in late fall, and re-sprout in early spring.
I'm sure the hellebores will be fine, Jo...they're hardy devils....Wish I was going to Hilton Head, Lee......have fun!
Marilyn ,one of them is one you gave me.
New thread for a new year. Let's hope it's a healthy, happy one for all of us.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1293322/
Hi Everyone, I also really love the early hellebore s. The snow is melting very rapidly and ill for the next two days and they look fine. I usually trim back any ratty looking foliage when I see buds. I also look forward to my three Hy bred Heathers, they are all Vulgaris hybs. the red one blooms in mid. deb snow and all!
It looks very nice crawling in and out and over of a small leaved prostrate juniper and beside a small leaved Boxwood. Lee
