I'll start - here's my "MME.Edouard Andre" In about full bloom. He's 3 years old. Get's better, and fuller every year, so those of you just starting, don't give up - just takes them time, just like honeysuckle!
(if someone else started a thread like this, I didn't see a recent one!)
Heres mine...Hoping for one more round of blooms this year..this one usually gives me a second round
So pretty you two! Dixie, what is yours? It kind of looks like my Nellie Moser, but brighter. I got on such a clematis kick after my moser, the president & jackmanii bloomed this year for the first time. So I started collecting & am up to, gosh, 13? They are just so lovely! I can hardly wait to see all the lovely pics that are gonna be posted on this thread.
Donna
Donna it is Nellie Moser...I have 3 more now, (just bought )
I'd have to go out and look at the names but one is white, & one has double bloom (purple) and the other is President I think(also purple)
I'll check the names and post later, its pouring rain noe...AGAIN
BTW - could someone tell me how to save the seeds from these?
I planted these in May. (edit to correct)
'Miss Bateman' is the white
'Ramona' has the large broad purple petals
'H.F. Young' are the smaller spindly purple petals.
This message was edited Jun 26, 2004 3:05 PM
Karrie,
the fringe in the middle will be all that is left after the petals fall off. If you leave it alone, it will start getting "fluffy", sorry don't know technical terms, lol, but once it is fluffy you can touch it & it will come right off and that is your seed. At least that is the way I do it. And it came take a year or more for clematis seed to germinate.
Here is a site that I use & it might be helpful.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/clematis/seeds.htm
Very pretty Osteole, the purple and white together is striking.
Thanks Pudgy!
Osteole, that is a pretty color combo!
thank you all for your comments.
I really love my clematis.
Osteole you make me want to try clematis again! Hard to get the drainage right down here where the water table is only about 2 feet under! Maybe pots...
Kerrie, you can also find some great info here
http://clematis.org/
I'll have some seed from the nelly moser before summer is over, I'm just not sure yet how to tell if there whats called "good seed" lol....I'll send you some and maybe you can tell if there good....:-)
http://clematis.org/
i tried to get some to germinate last year but, no luck :-(
But, then I'm not real good with seed anyway...
I'll send ya mail when there ready to go....
Carol
Warsaw Nike
Here is one of my favorites...
Florida Sieboldi
Clematis paniculata or better known as "Sweet Autumn" Clematis.
I have to show this Clematis in two stages, because it is about 20ft long. Here is part 1.
http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/onepic.jsp?id=160473
Here is part 2. http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/onepic.jsp?id=160476
Clematis, "Etoile Violette"
wow That is a great vine shirley. That might work on my pool shed!
I would consider any Clematis that grows 20-30ft (or more), to cover your pool shed or any other structure.
Another Clematis viticella, "Venosa Violacea", first year of growth and flowering.
My Sweet Autumn Clematis has become such a thug, that I am going to try to get rid of it...it is attempting to strangle some of my roses!
HOLY MOLEY Shirley! That Sweet Autumn was so thick! I've never seen one grow like that around here! Beautiful!
is sweet autumn hardy in Michigan? zone 5b?
Hi,Clematis lovers,
Second flowering Clematis alyonnushka.
This is planted in the container.
Scientific Name
Clematis paniculata,C. maximonowicziana, C. terniflora
Common Name
Sweet autumn clematis
Vines for the Southeast
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
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Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Rapid
Texture: Medium
Height: 30'
Exposure: Sun to partial shade
Climbing Method: Twisting petioles and twining stems
Flower/ Fruit: White, fragrant flowers in August and September; feathery seeds
Comments: Easy to grow; reseeds; blooms on new growth; can become invasive (from seedlings)
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/vines/clematis_paniculata.html
Clematis 'Alionushka' (Volosenko-Valenis)
Is a beautiful non-clinging herbaceous variety of Clematis. Wonderful as an addition to the front of one's border!
http://www.joycreek.com/150-280-1.htm
This message was edited Jun 28, 2004 6:24 PM
Very pretty TomTom! They look like Fairy hats. :~)
I'm fairly new to clematis, the only one I have in bloom is Niobe (yes I bought it becasue it was the same name as my cat, and yes I have rocket snapdragon for the same reason)
Thank you, Shirley1md,for your valuable info.
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PudgyMudpies,thank your for your encouraging words.
This is one of my favorites `Rhapsody'
tom tom that's a beautful shot.
I see peonies and...what's on the left? Very prettty scheme
This is my first year to have clematis. I just took this picture of Etoile Violette. It's about 5'tall.
My Dr. Ruppel is no larger now than it was when I purchased it (locally). I'll be patient and see what it does next year.
Hi Osteole,
You can see, white roses ` Summer Snow ' and Rehmannia elata on the left .
And this is my first bloom from a small plant `Shiromane'.
oooh roses. I didn't even consider.
I like the combination will have to duplicate that one :)
Oh my goodness! The Rehmannia elata is beautiful. I just looked it up in the plants database & it sounds wonderful. Someone in San Francisco says that it is evergreen for them. We are in the same zone TomTom, do you find that to be true?
PudgyMudpies,
that's true.They are evergreen in my climate.
And propagate by seeds and by cuttings of underground stems.
They bloom from spring through autumn.
I grow them from seeds.
This is Clematis 'Jenny'
Thank you for the information TomTom. I am going to get some of the seeds for next year.
I took my camera out to one of my vine fences to take some pics of my snail vine blooms and had a surprise waiting for me. I had a bare spot that needed covering so I planted a small plant of Rhapsody. It is only about a foot tall, and has a bloom! I was so surprised. I did not even realize when you posted yours above, that I even had that one! I guess you can figure you have too many plants when you lose track of what you have without looking at markers. ;~)
Are the thorns at the end of the petals normal? 2 petals have 1 thorn on the end, and 2 petals have 2 thorns. Here is a pic of the 2 thorn petal. I am almost certain that my other clematis don't have this, or am I just not paying close enough attention?
hmmm, I just went back up to your pic TomTom, to see if I could see anything on your petals & I realized that your Rhapsody blooms have 6 petals & mine have 4!
I went out & checked the tag & it has a pic that looks like yours. Mismarked or normal?
PudgyMudpies
Wow, beautiful color !
I regret I 've never known that Clematis petals could have thorns .
The number of petals and the size of flowers may vary owing to the conditions of the plant .
I think your plant is still so young that it might have only four petals.
Now it occures to me chances are that my previous photo of Rhapsody was somehow mislabeled when I look again closely at the color and the size of stamen.
Posted are the photos of Rhapsody taken last year.
The left one is that of the first flowering and right one the
second flowering .
You might see the the difference in size and form between them.
Yes, I can see a difference between the bloom cycles. Very interesting. And I think you are right about mine being so young as to why there are only 4 petals. It is a very small plant, nothing I would have ever expected a bloom from. After looking at your last pic, they too appear to have that "thorn" looking thing on the petal tips. I could not think of a more appropriate name for it so I called it thorn. Maybe that is common & I just don't have enough experience with clematis to realize it. I also notice that yours is much more purple then mine. I wonder if that will change with maturity too.
So much to learn! ;~) I LOVE it!
Donna
