Clematis: Can you help me determine what kind of clematis this is?, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
Oh, yes I'm a very patient gardener. I have to be because I like rare and unusually plants and buy them mail order.

You should see the evergreen climbing hydrangea against my fence. It only grows one foot a year. I can't wait until it's anywhere near the top of the fence. Well, they are the large leaved shrubs against the fence in the photo. The flowers are beautiful but the plants are just beginning to bloom. It's not a very hardy clematis and can't be grown below zone 9. It is interplanted with clematis Etiole Rose but I wouldn't do that again because Etoile Rose mildews.

I planted Broughton Star clematis on the eaves on the other side of the house and it's grown much quicker - although perhaps because it was a larger plant that I bought from Joy Creek Nursery. Broughton Star is similar but has bigger flowers and is supposed to be one of the smaller Montanas.

This message was edited Apr 26, 2007 6:07 PM