m hunt is pinker and bouchud is peachier. m hunt blooms last a long time, even as a cut flower very nice. it is a great clem in time to establish, floriferousness, problem free.
Clematis Guru's Hardwick Hall Summer Blooms
Interesting - My Comtesse de Bouchaud shows silvery-pink in my garden - not even close to peach.
the poppies are beautiful. Lilian would so love to see them, it was too bad we just missed them opening. If you have any extra seeds just a few I sure would love to pay you for some so I can give them to Lilian. She is looking for that color. She currently has the red, which after seeing her red I became a fan.
Janet
Even more interesting Julia, mine is a silvery lavender, but no peach.
That is interesting.
That does it. I must have Margaret. Also CG, what is the cultivar of the poppies? They are lovely.
I am looking forward to your TOP 5, 10, 15...
I am confused with nomenclature of Polish Spirit.. is a group different from a name?
Group: Late large-flowered group
Other name(s): viticella 'Polish Spirit
Must be a dumb question, but I am trying to understand how the clems are classified
Sherri:
What is the picture? Incredible flower.
Janet
CG - as I was on this virtual tour of your garden, all I could think was THIS is what Gertrude Jekyll had in mind! Absolutely stunning! I've bookmarked it so I can refer back to it whenever I want to know what my clems SHOULD look like, not to mention the rest of the garden. Thank you for creating such a lovely garden; I'm certain everyone that sees it is happier for the memory.
you guys have such great specific feedback, love it. most non gardening friends walk thru and say "looks like a lot of work" or "wow you are really into gardening"....
to those inquiring about the poppies, i do not know the variety. i have been keeping them going from seeds, one year only had one flower, for about 15 years. they came form someone i knew and someone had supposedly brought them back form europe. theirs self seeded in a graveled area and were gorgeous. i have struggled over 15 years to find the right place each year and have seeded them into this spot for the last 3 years, which is the best spot i have found.
i gave a friend in saratoga ny some this winter and she seeded them later than i did and has not gorren one flower. i put them out in march each year, hole the seed pods indoors till then after i pick them when the seeds rattle inside. most have not opened and i am glad as we had another inch or more of rain last night and more this afternooon. blooms do not last that long with rain and wet conditiions.
repolish spirit, not sure the question. it is a p3 vitacella, the most vigorous vitacella i have ever grown. (altho minuet is astonishing this year. put her in last year with a ssv root) with polish spirits , the best surprise to me is that the flowers get bigger each year. some diss it as being too agressive. takes some care in companion planting so you can keep the polish s restrained and not let it overtake a neighbor, but not hard to do that. it has really helped me fill in some displays fast (2 years). i love it and use it a lot.
re margaret hunt and comtesse dr bouchaud...simply no contest. m hunt is more floriferous, a more lavender tinged pink perhaps.....but also established much easier. i have bouchaud in two locations and find it to be an average performing clem of great beauty. margaret hunt is a superstar, but they are different clems and you cannot really compare.
rain rain go away.....hard on the blooms for sure. but good for the lawn and shrubs. took this shot yesterday , it is an arch with jackmanii and jackmanii suberba both growing on it. the superba has larger sepals in the bloom and more with 6 sepals vs jackmanii almost all 4 sepals.
again thanks for al the feedback, very appreciated.
alionushka has more blooms this year for me than ever. establishing her has not been fast, but i am glad she is coming along.
whew that photo above shows how wet is was this morning.
here is diversafolia, blue boy. non clinging, can grow thru a shrub or in this case i have it kind of hooked on to the trellis with lever loops.
this plant went in last fall from the chalk hill sale, and i put another one next to it late this spring. should be nice next year.
diversafolia heather herschell on the trellis next to blue boy. they both like the location. both planted last fall. girls faster than boys, par for the course....
marie b. tho i understand officially she is now her initial name m. le coultre
so wet this morning . just drippping
sympatia deserves another posting today. it is a bi color with lavender and pink. nice large blooms. put this one in last fall. very pleased.
minuet is a new super star for me. this one was an ssv root as was sympatia and many others from last fall. the size, vigor and first true year blooms are amazing.
etoile violette having a good year. lady betty balfour is in the same display but not blooming yet.
tie dye lost a lot of stems this year due to slugs, but the remaining stems (one damaged by the slugs) recovered....i wil hard prune when blooms wane and hopefully restore a fuller look to the second bloom period for this clem.
hope the poppies escape another beating. but at least there are many unopened.
oops on photo quality today...rain and camera not hand in hand. will take a rain break for the day!
have a green one everybody!
So in the event I might be moving back south, (KY or FL) most of the Clems do reasonable well in those zones?
ClemGuru you really are wet, we received a moderate rain/drizzle from about midnight through 6:00 am this morning. Some heavier rain throughout the day today, but just about right. I know my plants are loving this as the beds were dry and I was trying to hold off watering since this rain was moving in.
Now if the rain will hold off between 6 - 8 tonight for our annual garden club plant exchange.
Janet
janet, in fla you can grow some clems that we can't up here, which is fun.not sure overall on not having a true dormant period. not so good for some types, they may grow but they do not thrive and become very floriferous is my understanding.
ky should be good ,like here vs where you are now.
I guess in a way I'm thinking should we really be moving then most likely it would be back to KY. Thee is some winter but nothing like up here.
thanks
Janet
edited cause after reading it didn't make sense.....LOL
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yes, but some part get icy and it is hot and humid. that said, no where is perfect. ky good for clems i think.
sharkey is a forum person here who is in northern fla with a lot of success i think with clems....reach out to here on this?
i need my dormant season and so do the clems!
Your Margaret Hunt is beautiful. I'm amazed at the amount of flowers it has. Are the flowers on Sympatia big? They look huge. I love both of these but then I'm a sucker for pink flowers.
The Jackmanii and Etoile Rose combo is really nice.
goldfinch, margaret hunt has a nice size flower......and sooo many. sympatia flowers are huge, very impressive for a plant only in the ground a year.
thanks for the combo feedback.....etoile rose has such a wingspan now that it is comboing with things in a nice way.
wet wet wet but most of the flowers handling it. here is this morning's garden walk.
hagley hybrid just having a good year in spite of the rain.
ramona blooms are so pretty, even tho not my favorite clem plant..but her blooms are almost tropical in beauty.
lady betty balfour, a mid summer bloomer is ahead of schedule. fussy clem, prone to vascular collapse (or green wilt), but right nor in full glory.
lord neville still blooming, higher now with pope JPII
the wavy outer margin on lord neville is one of the identifying factors.
negritana, at least 10 feet tall, planted last fall.
perle de azure, dripping with rain and blooms and buds...just loaded with it all.
avante garde, lovely little flower.
have to post minuet again. just lovely greeting every morning when i check the garden.
caroline's first blooms bode well for next year to be amazing.
huldine and rouge cardinal blooming
m le coultre with moonlight hydrangea and alba luxurian soon to join the mix
the abla luxurians part doesn't show in the above photo yet. to the right and growing fast....
