I have been looking high and low for this plant, but unable to find it. I am in Zone 5 and believe I have an excellent spot for it. It is...Read More so beautiful! Can anyone tell me where I can get it?
Louisville, KY (Zone 6b) | January 2015 | positive
Not only is this one of the most stunning Clematis, it is a garden mystery. It was found in the collection of a Canadian Clematis collect...Read Moreor and named for her. It may be a reintroduction of a forgotten cultivar. It's very difficult to understand how something so unique and showy could go overlooked.
Gardenimports states: "(viorna group) Nodding, bell-shaped flowers of dark blue fade to a lighter blue towards the flared and curled edges of each deeply-ridged petal. A most unusual and beautiful Clematis, in bloom from June to September. MRS.HARVEY was discovered by our friends Christopher Andrew and Chrisopher Graham next to the garden of the late Mrs. Anne Harvey of Kitchener Ontario, who was an early Clematis collector and whose collection was donated to The Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington Ontario. Of its parentage we only know that Clematis crispa was one. Ht. 2.5-3m (8-10'). Pruning group C. "
If C. crispa is the seed parent, I imagine C. integrifolia (or maybe durandii) may be the pollen parent. But that is entirely conjecture.
This beauty reminds me of a showier version of C. 'Rooguchi'. Can you imagine. What is certain is that this cultivar exhibits some of the best traits of the Native American Clematis with a dash of something more exotic.
It is occasionally available from gardenimport out of Canada. Hopefully it will soon be more widely available. I saw a photo of a wonderful combination of this growing with C. 'Princess Diana' that I am eager to reproduce in my own garden.
I have been looking high and low for this plant, but unable to find it. I am in Zone 5 and believe I have an excellent spot for it. It is...Read More
Not only is this one of the most stunning Clematis, it is a garden mystery. It was found in the collection of a Canadian Clematis collect...Read More