2009 Clematis blooms Daily part II

Hi Evey, it has been a busy weekend. Sorry I didn't respond sooner, but yes I do still want to try out Frankie. I'm a zone pusher in every of its senses. lol. I manage to grow a few that are said not to survive in my zone, and had consistence good result with them. BSV is one. Argentina crossvine is another. They are subtropical, but proven to be hardy in my garden. :-)

BSV (Blue Sky Vine, or Thunbergia grandiflora).

lilylove, your clems are beautiful, especially planted together, complementing each other in form and color. Beautiful gardens !

Thanks tabasco. I'm glad you've enjoyed the photos. I favor flowering vines. I try to plant various kinds of vines/perennials alike to bloom in different time of the growing season. For instant I've evergreen Armandii clem to bloom and perfume the garden in early spring, Sweet Autumn clem. to bloom late in the Fall and also perfume in the garden (use this terniflora clem carefully 'cause it will have a tendency to overtake any small garden - mine is). Most other hybrid clems will do best this time of year for me. On to the season ahead, I'll have passionflowers to endure the hot of summer. Here is my hardy blue passi in buds:
*Note; most of my passies are butterflies friendly (I enjoy butterfly gardening).

Off Topic: CG, you've mentioned of 'New Dawn' rose. Its wicked thorns? Aside from that 'flaw' of New Dawn. I think it's perfectttttttt! I took out some vigorous SAC climbing up/sharing my Cecile Brunner rose. In its place I added this climbing New Dawn and others. I just planted the thorny roses back and away from the sitting area, as well as the walkway.

Here is the beautiful flowers tendency to droop down like this (as I've mentioned above posts) when waterlodged with heavy spring rain. This is my second year with the roses among my clems. I abosolutely love it.

And the combined beauty of the mentioned rose with 'Multi-Blue' clematis!

CG, yes, New Dawn is a thorny once-bloomer, but it is a GREAT producer. Betra posted a link with a New Dawn climbing on a house that was simply breathtaking. It would be hard to beat the show because it has such abundant, beautiful porcelain-like blooms. I do have New Dawn planted... but I do prefer roses that bloom more than once annually. I'd rather not devote too much space in my garden to plants that will only give an annual show. Unfortunately, many of my best performers are not suited for your region... but I know many, many people in quite a few regions who have had tremendous success with America, Blaze, Climbing Iceberg, and Joseph's Coat. I have grown these, either at this home or at former homes, and can attest to their vigor. My sister-in-law (in Ohio), who has a bit of a brown thumb, has also had success. If I were just to choose four in your region, those would be my choices... but some of the others are so very lovely!

Joseph's Coat? Must you mentioned the beautiful red/orange two tones on one rose blossoms! I've seen so many gorgeous Joseph's Coat roses (Shrub roses from what I've noticed) in my area. That is one that I've my eyes on for the long haul. :-)
Oh wait, or is that 3 colors in one? Red, yellow and orange of Joseph's coat roses.

Lily, even more hues than that... and it comes in a climbing variety! Here's a pic of mine when I first purchased it. All these flowers are coming from the same plant:

That's done it! I must have one. lol. Thanks Evey.

It must be due to location, Polish Spirit (planted in this corner of my garden -- more shady than most) gave me but a couple of blooms so far this season. Hmmmm?

Here's my newly planted `Kilian Donahue':

And here's Clematis `Rooguchi' also newly planted this spring:

Angie, those clems. sure are getting a good start! Nicely done!

One last bloom on Ernest before I prune it down.

lily love, you are entering the zone of clematarian, proceed with gusto and your plant will surprise you! ie go for it!

Should I prune the spent flower heads on my clems?

hemophobic, if it is a large flowered clem that had only a handful of blooms, is finished blooming and will not bloom again, i usually leave them. however, if the clem is still is blooming and you deadhead, it may help the plant keep blooming longer...that plant has one mission to bloom and reproduce, so deadheading signals the plant to keep blooming.
if the plant is just about finished blooming and has the potential to bloom again, you may want to do more than deadhead, prune it back at least 50%( OR MORE) of the growth and fertilize....you may get a second flush of growth and nice blooms.
for a large clem with an extended bloom period, i usually deadhead some during the season, but on a mature clem you can not get them all....but i do some deadheading throughout the bloom period to help the plant look tidier.
in the fall, leave seedheads as they happen to be, no need to dead head off till late winter or spring.

there is never any harm to the clem from not deadheading and the seedheads are attractive on the plant or in arrangements.
as with most things with clems the answer to your question is YES, NO, SOMETIMES!

I routinely nip off spent flowers on my clems. Except on Jackmanii, because there are so many ( resultant seedpods). Other time, they're simply out of reach when they climbs up so high on my crepe myrtle like this one.

Lily Love can I ask how you prune Belinda. I always had trouble with it. It became long and spindly with candelabra clusters of bloom on the ends. I cut it to the ground last fall. Just gave up on it ! Its coming back from the root (it was on its own root). What can I do differently this time. Your is quite lovely.

Clematis_Guru: These are the two new ones I planted this year, Rooguchi and Kilian Donahue. They are both small, but Kilian had several blooms and now I have the little frilly tassles left by those. Would it encourage growth if I prune them? I pruned Rooguchi back by half when I planted him. I'll feed them now but I was wondering about the pruning.

TY

pinch back the little plants a few times as they are establishing..yes good idea. you are supposed to do this before flower buds set, but sometimes i do it after and just pinch them off if they get flower buds shortly after i put them in.
really no sense in letting a tiny tiny plant bloom and use it's resources that way vs focusing on establishing roots.
i am pinching small plants as i water them frequently in the hope i pinch each one 2 times before they are setting flower buds. i do not keep records on this, just kind of gut and instinct on it.
doing this with your bigger plants will delay blooming, which can be good if you want them to bloom a little later, or grow bigger before they bloom on type 2 and 3 clems. but i wouldn't on a type 1. but even little liners and small type 1's should get the pinch back if possible.
good to pinch and feed at same time......i am on my third rooguchi....lost two in prior winters. i know they need good drainage too. i got a little one from koi this time, haven't tried one in a few years. killian d is a good sturdy plant for sure.....

Sugarblue, did you mean my 'Ballarina' rose? I deadhead the spent blooms back to the first or second five-leaflets. Like most roses, Ballerina is susceptible to blackspots as well. So a praying schedule is needed with this one. I use daconyl and follow their schedule recommendation.
Since their first flush of blooms, I've been deadheading them as they come along. I can expect a sporadical rebloom on this rose. But in the Fall, when temp. once again cool back down. She will provide me another flush of beautiful blooms -- like that of the clems. that accompanying her here.

This is a picture of my westerland with an unknown clematis.

This is Josephs Coat with two vitacellis from silverstar. I do wish they would all bloom at the same time. The Josephs coat is only two years old so it hasnt begun to stretch its legs.

That's another beautiful combo. !!! Light blue clems. Could that be HF Young? I like that very much.

I once had a trellis about that size for Jackmanii and Polish Spirit to climb on. The over ran the trellis to the point I couldn't pass through them. So I took it down.

This is an unknown climber with an unknown vitocellis in bloom tucked in the corner

Lily I do wish I kept names of things. I picked up a bunch of those at Lowes a couple of years ago and planted them.

timeinabottle; I just wanted to say. We both have great taste on Rose and clematis. ^_^