Clematis 'Elsa Späth aka Xerxes'

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RiseAnn Rapid City, SD(Zone 5b) Feb 07, 2003

Third year plant. Beautiful flowers and nice seed pods. Extremely hardy - nice choice for northern climates.

Common name: Clematis 'Elsa Späth aka Xerxes'
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Clematis


Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/55121/

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rutholive Tonasket, WA(Zone 5a) Feb 07, 2003

Hi Riseann, I don't have C. Elsa Spath, you photo is great. I do have a dozen or so Clematis and intend to get more for the new Woodland garden area. An 8ft. lattice is started and will be a good place for more Clematis. One good thing about Clematis is that they do quite well in alkaline soil, which is what i have. rutholive (Donna)

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Starzz Newcastle, ON(Zone 5a) Feb 07, 2003

This is a link to the Canadian Trading forum thread on Clematis..lots of photos to see.
http://davesgarden.com/t/373067/

Rise Ann that is lovely. I like the soft rounded petals and the colour

Would love to see some of your photos RuthOlive.

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RiseAnn Rapid City, SD(Zone 5b) Feb 07, 2003

Thanks for the kind words :) Elsa is my only clematis so far...I just love her. The color in person is much more perfect than that shown in the photo. Since I have had success with this one...I will be trying more.

Wow Starzz! Those pictures are great!

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Gaarti Antelope, CA(Zone 9a) Dec 31, 2004

I have a one year old clematis vine and so far no flowers. Yet will attempt to keep her happy and healthy in hopes for a reward this year. I loved those pictures what wonderful colors! Thanks for the ride!
Tina

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adinamiti Balotesti, Romania(Zone 5a) Jun 27, 2005

Beautiful your plant ! Congrats ! I'm trying for so long to have one from seeds, but nothing until now. Did you have yours from seeds ?
Adina

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RiseAnn Rapid City, SD(Zone 5b) Jun 27, 2005

Nope, got this one as a very small plant at the nursurey. I understand these are pretty tough to grow from seed, but you could try it. It's very pretty again this year. Here's another picture of the same plant I took yesterday.

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adinamiti Balotesti, Romania(Zone 5a) Jun 28, 2005

Thanks for sharing this wonder with us. I have a few little plants which have similar leaves, but made some very little pink flowers. Do you think they may be clematis ? Yours made big flowers from the very beggining ?

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RiseAnn Rapid City, SD(Zone 5b) Jun 28, 2005

Hmmm....I'm not sure what you have, sweet autumn clematis has small flowers, but they are white. The flowers on this plant are large right from the beginning. I do not know if you would have any success in trying to grow these from seed, but if you would like to try, they will be ripe later this summer. Feel free to email me with your address. Rise

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adinamiti Balotesti, Romania(Zone 5a) Jun 29, 2005

OK, Rise, I'll keep you posted !
Adina

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