Naturalized hybrid Clematis, have you got them?

I thought this topic maybe of interest to those that are fond of the colorful, but enduring twinning vines of hybrid clematis. Those large colorful blooms of the many cultivars that can add so much beauty into the garden. Let's talk about hybrid clematis and their chance - seedlings.

I discovered the beauty of these vines a few years ago, and was head over heels over the versatility of the vines. They're slow to develope, but once established, they appear to be more and more beautiful every year. Then their offsprings? Well, I've two and they flowered on their second year. I'll show you mine, let's share yours.

This is the offspring, one of two groups (offsprings) in which I believe were a naturalized seedlings of Jackmamnii hybrid. I trained this one to go up on a dogwood tree. It's a singly born green/reddish slender 'vine' or modified 'viney' form. Yes, one and not multi shoots like many other typical hybrid clems. we may have encountered. This is its 4th year in cultivation. It gets frost killed back to the ground each winter, and in the spring, new sprout returns:

The delicate viney form of this clem. is hard to train. I loosely tie/twine it upward to the dogwood tree. But in windy days, the vine keeps working itself back to loosely dangling as seen above. Then, I will have to gently guide it back on the tree hoping that I won't injure the tender stem.

It's a hybrid clematis, not one from the terniflora's species.

This photo was taken last year of the twin flowers that formed on the vine. This is one of its characteristics, flowers are born in pair like so:

Sorry, the pix was taken year before last. I've had some pix taken last year on file somewhere.

The flowers opened up like these:

Sure looks like the viorna group, clematis texensis

So the seedlings reverted back to its parentage! Because these vines are random seedlings that grew out over the years. Thanks SP_Tx.

I love the little "leatherflowers". I have pitcheri, texensis, crispa, viorna, etc.

They are so cute and tough as nails. They can also take a more woodland setting than most clematis and clematis hybrids.

Is there a website where I can see those mentioned pictures please?

crispa:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/652/

viorna:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56503/

pitcheri:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/100601/

texensis:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/705/

and of course lots of images on google :0)

Thank you SP_TX. Those are adorable I'm encouraged to try out more of the hybrid seeds this coming year, and experiment with cross pollination of some of the naturalized seedlings above with others and see what kind of results I'll get. Thank you.

Germination on these is great if you leave them outside. The are a texas native, and so grerminate easily in our climate.

they need erratic temps like we get, to unlock the "germination key". Sow seeds immediately when ripe. Some will germinate right away(late summer/early fall), and others will wait until Spring.

If they are not fresh, they have to go through our winter, and they'll wake up during the Spring "shake up" of cold/hot, cold/hot erratic spring temperatures.

If you try to just stick them in a solid 75 degree greenhouse setting, they'll never germinate

hope this helps

Thanks so much for the helpful info. I'll be watching for flowers this season, and will continue the post as I collect data on these. I appreciate your posting.

you're welcome

Also, be sure to check the picture(s) and description(s) of Clematis on the Web. They are the leading authority of information on growing Clematis around the world.

http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/

Terrific site! Thanks Shirley.

You're most welcome!