I tell you ..My clematis have just been blooming non-stop this season...
Here is Clematis "Claire de Lune"
My Clematis don't know how to stop!!
Clematis "Solina" is on round 2!! Gonna try and root her when I prune her for round 3
"Solina" is such a sweetheart!!..I just love this viticella!!
Clematis "Venosa Violacea" on round 2 as well...loaded full of buds and just starting to bloom again!!
Since it's still early in the season..I betcha I get a bloom period 3 from her!!..I love this one so much I now have two and am trying to root another one!!
Clematis "Henryi" is another one that has bloomed and bloomed
This Clematis "Proteus" I bought at Walmart last year..hard pruned it this past Feb. and it has outgrown and out bloomed the one I got from a so-called reputable nursery!!
Such sweet blooms..I hope I get to see doubles on the old wood later this season
Clematis "Ernest Markham" is another one that I hard pruned and has bloomed off and on all season..Gonna let him be a pruning group 2 next year after seeing my Gardenbuds one this year...hers is superb!!
This clematis was sold to me as "Fireworks"..the jury is still out on it...if you wanna give an opinion..please do..whatever it is..love the deep purple and vivid red bar with the white connectives!!
I have enjoyed Integrifolia "Petite Faucon" so much..I just gotta plant more of them!!
Besides such gorgeous blooms..they have the neatest seedheads!!
Jeanne
STUNNING!!! your doing something right. I get a few blooms here and there after the first flush. Your "fireworks" look to me to be Mrs N. Thompson, alot of places get them mixed up because of how similar they are. However I really think it a Mrs N. Thompson. Still haven't been able to get Bibbler system yet but when I do are you up for some trades?
Take care
Gary
Wow Jeanne!!! Beautiful!!!
I'm gonna prune all mine half back if they don't have any buds on em like you said to do with WG.
Here's a pic of my Fireworks for comparison. I got him at Wally World so who knows.
Debbie
Gary!!..Tradin' sounds good to me..If I can just get more to root..LMBO..I just put in two cutting of "Jackmanii" labeled the date and what part of the vine they are to see which roots quicker..one new growth..semi-green and the other hardwood was reading about it in one of my Mary Toomey Clematis Books..I use to know this old feller that use to root everything in sand!!..
Debbie..yours look more like "Fireworks" than mine!!..Some one said it might be Gipsy Queen..but it sure blooms and emerges later than my others...Jeanne
Jeanne, very nice display. I'm envious.
Andy P
So many Clematis beauties are adorning your garden! I love them ALL!
What do you use for Earwigs that love to munch on Clematis blooms??? My "Henryii" looked so pathetic this year because of the ^$#*&^% Earwigs!!!
Shirley..so sorry to hear that hon..I don't have Earwigs in my gardens...Horticulture Guy recommends "Neem Oil"..but remember anytime you use a spray that contains oil...spray after the hot evening sun has gone down....thanks everyone...Jeanne
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This message was edited Jul 2, 2006 7:08 PM
Thanks, Jeanne. I am planning to cut back 'Henryii' a bit and then spray it with either 'Neem Oil' or 'Light Horticultural Oil', which ever I currently have in my house.