Clematis: Hardwick Hall Mid Summer , 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
here is species tangutica. they are not the longest lived clems, but grow rapidly and add a lot to the right area. this is a new one here at hardwick hall, about a year old. i like it in front of a few smoke bush "shrubs", which is really smoke tree they are so big. each spring i hard prune the smoke bush to about 3 ft, and by august it is back up to about 20 ft tall!
i do not get a lot of blooms on the smoke bush due to the annual cut backs. but to let it grow bigger would ruin the border they are in.
love it with the small yellow clem. nice fall look and feel.