Pirl - that is just beautiful.
Jeanne - Your John (May 7 photo) is awesome. I'm so glad that I ordered one.
They are all so pretty - how do you decide which to buy?
Pics and I am stumped..
Deciding is the hardest part!
Georgeous Pirl. How old is your Omoshiro?
Here's the photo of when I first planted it - 10/29/2007. Thanks!
What a difference a year and a half make! That's definitely one to put on the wish list.
Wow Pirl, that picture is absolutely gorgeous! I ordered 2 Omoshiro and have them growing out in containers. Both are doing very well. Is that sedum growing out of a hollowed out spot in the log, with an etagre(?) behind it for Omoshiro? I love that picture! May I make a copy of it for my files so that I can copy it??
Thanks, Nancy
Sure, Nancy, go ahead and copy it for your own files.
The stump is 17 years old now and finally decaying when I wish it wouldn't! Yes, it's Angelina sedum and it grows anywhere - sun, shade, moist, dry, cracks, etc.
On the opposite side of the stump is Nelly Moser and the two clematises "play well together" and are a lovely match of colors.
pirl , i use angelina sedum a lot too. what a GREAT PLANT!
and so easy to propagate!
Probably "too easy". Any dropped piece grows even between bricks.
you are so right. i grab a hunk and stick it in the ground and it grows. no need for cutting procedure or flats! i also like lysmachia(sp?) ground cover due to the shade of green contrast and ease propagation. we also use a lot of sweet woodruff as ground cover. it is delightful, vigorous but can be kept in check with mulch.
Ditto on lysmachia a/k/a Creeping Jenny. Some that were gathered with leaves from fall and deposited into the compost bins are happily growing there regardless of the turning of the compost, the heat of it, etc. Same with other sedum pieces.
Beautiful pic Pirl..yes I have clematis "Omoshiro"...I planted her last year and she is a slow go but seems fine..can't wait for her to go to town...I companioned her with "H.F.Young"..Jeanne
She is stunning..
I thought that Claire de Lune was the most beautiful clematis I have seen, until I saw your pictures of Omoshiro. However, newbie me is sticking with group 3s for now.
Beautiful pictures Jeanne. I love seeing the combos and am happy I have 2 Omoshiros.
Nancy
Every time I see the pictures of clems on this forum I go crazy for clematis . Omoshiro is the most beautiful thing Ive seen. But then I thought that of Babara Harrington and so many other pictures that have been posted. I have so many Clems on my wish list I have to stop. This is becoming and adiction.
And just where is there a problem with a clematis addiction, Sugarblue?
We have a rainy day (again) here and I'm online at Silver Star Vinery. It's always good to have a dream..."You got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream how you gonna have a dream come true", as the song from South Pacific goes.
gardenquilts, the easiest group 1 to grow is the gorgeous double "multiblue" so dip your toes in that one and you will get underway.
unless the vines become excessively damaged, it practically takes care of itself. very easy compared to other doubles. and if they get winter damage just cut them off and multiblue will still bloom double or semi double in spring, just not as spectacular on the new vines. it is a no brainer of a clem and very underutilized i think for some reason.
sometimes i prune it in the spring anyway to encourage healthy new growth. "go for it" as nike would say!
A neighbor has multiblue. She got it at Kmart. She put it on a south facing trellis, but the flowers are turning to face the building, away from the sun. Is that typical?
I don't usually shop at Kmart, but will have to check out the plant section next time I am nearby.
multiblues are hard to "train"and sometimes the vines go where they want to go.it does tend to want to traverse upward or sprawl vs be trained straight up. as far as the sun thing, i think it is just going the way it is going, not necessary choosing that direction for the sun. toward the sun. it likes sun as most deeply colored clems do, but unless you see it straining from a shade position to the sun, it is just being a multiblue and not wanting to go straigh tup. that is my opinion based on y experience with the clem in my garden!
Thanks, ClemGuru. I told my neighbor about this site. I also mentioned that I read here that some people train it on the ground then put it on the trellis. Her plant is bigger than her little trellis, so she has it on the ground for now.
I checked rubro while walking the dog in the rain, he hasn't drown. Looks a bit taller, too.
my main multiblue likes to sprawl on a boxwood plant in front of the trellis and rarely goes up on the trellis. maybe a couple of stems, but not to any real height likes to bloom low. good plant to put in front of another tall clem or plant too.
glad little rubro is settling in. what kind of a dog do you have ? my daisy does NOT like to walk in the rain.
Deborah..what a cute furbaby...I just bought another Clematis "Multi-Blue" since the one I got online has always looked weird..a Clematis grower told me he thought it was virused ...shame..and to think I spent over 20 bucks with shipping....Jeanne
A virus? That's scary.
well there are genetic issues with people as well as plants.....ya gotta take the good with the bad i guess with pets, kids and plants!
Rubro is now a foot tall! The roses nearby are finally planted, so now I just wait, water and weed.
I have a Westie named Tiffany. She is 15 this April. She loves gardening, especially if the neighbors stop by. She fancies herself "the great white hunter" at least where rodents are concerned. She doesn't mind rain, unless it is thundering. She loves playing in the snow, sporting her hand knit sweaters. She doesn't like hot weather, but neither do I. My ancestors are Norwegian, so I am very fair. Even with sunblock, I avoid the sun and schedule my gardening to follow the shade. I have enough freckles and don't even want to think about premature aging.
tiffany sounds very terrier and a good dog. daisy has not a terrier drop of blood or attitude. she likes to be outside but is bored with gardening unless the weather is perfect
she really likes to lay on hot asphalt which i keeptoa minimium, thinking it can not be good for her to bake in the sun like that
. sometimes i put her in a wagon on a cushion and she sits there and moves form location to location with me.
she probable knows more about clems that i do from paying close attention to all my mistakes!
I made tiffany a baby doggie gardening quilt (with nylon on the bottom), but she loves to take over my gardening cushion when I get up. This year, I made her a cushion, but she still likes to take mine, then I use hers....and we do this all day long.
Until a squirrel or bird comes by, then she runs and barks at it. She also "does the rounds" first time each day sniffing for rodents. If she starts barking and scratching, I grab the moth balls and steel wool. I keep her on a long lead, so she doesn't chase something over the mountain. Her favorite sport is to walk by the river and make the ducks and geese fly.
Tiffany has never shown any interest in the plants until this year. I started soybeans for the first time. Tiffany nibbled the seedlings. I had to put a tomato cage around the soybean container. I will share the harvest with her if they recover. There is one spot in the garden where I can't plant anything....the bone burying place. (I go out alone and remove the bones, blech...dirty wormy rotten bones)
it's great you can keep her burying to one spot. i have heard stores about dog excavating a major tree and a whole garden.