New SSV sale. Get one FREE!

I heard that Debbie is not only offering $5 off the purchase of two clems, but if you buy three, you get one FREE! Just what I needed to help my addiction. Now, the problem is deciding what to order.

Hehehe how are you girls going to stay away from that? I am sure you will clean her out!!! LOL!!!

Oh, my GAWD. Back to the SSV website.....

Just ordered 4 more!!!

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Julia, forget it. That is a huge bargain. I'm working on a list now. Just think- next spring you will wish you were not buying 4 at regular price when you can only buy 3 now and enjoy the savings for the 4th.

I'm still working on my list as well. I'd give anything if I lived closer so that I could meet Debbie in person. She has such a wonderful sense of humor and seems so "down to earth."
Am considering Semu. Anyone familiar with it?

Semu looks soooooooo pretty in the pictures and I have heard the colouring is just awesome!!!!! I don't know much about it though... So much fun looking and deciding eh?

From everything I have read, all the Kivsitik clematis are superb.

Well, I finally decided on two Semu's, a Rouge Cardinal, and Hagley Hybrid. CG once said to order two of the same if you can, so I took her advice once again. I hope these are good choices. I've heard HH likes shade. I have one shady spot in my entire yard and it is reserved for it. Move over, John Warren. You have company on the way.

Shihtzumom - it is a great deal, but I think I'll just check out Lowes to see if they have anything on my most wanted list. I'm still hoping to find Huvi and Piilu locally.

i put an ssv semu in the groun here in early spring. it is vigorus. already has a bud, it just started growing as soon as it was warm. i pinched it back twice and then let it go. has had no collapsed stems or any problems, has started out like a good clem. sometimes you can tell from the beginning about a cultivar.

jj you get some good choices locally i guess. huvi and piilu would never be found here locally unfortunately. my huvi was put in last fall form ssv, it bloomed like crazy this year for a plant really just in ground.

here is huvi when it just started blooming, i have not photographed it lately. but we really haven't had as much rain as some areas, but no flooding around here. ground is saturated but no harm done.

that is a good value at ssv for sure. i may be planted out, but of course will take a peek at the site and see what compells. her minuet form the fall i put in is about 10 feet tall right now i love the vitacellas like little nell, minuet, kermisina.....very vigorous. anyway here is ssv huvi in first growing season.

I've told managers at nurseries that if they got better varieties. I'd buy them. It can't hurt to try. Clematis are becoming more popular, so the selection might start improving in your area.

There must be a lot of clematis fans in my area because you have to be there soon after the shipment comes because they go quickly.

Huvi is so gorgeous.

love huvi too. a great clem. so many good cultivars right now, compared to some of th eold traditional ones that i have struggled much more with over the years.

I now think of my less than stellar clems as holding spots for when I get their replacements. Margaret Hunt will probably replace Madame Baron Veillard, for example, and Fireworks needs to much sun to bloom well, then bleaches out to dull looking with the sun.

my margaret is in a kind of hidden area . i may get two more and put them somewhere predominant, which i rarely do with a clem.
it is such a show stopper that i feel possessed to do this. i am not going to move this one, because the garden it is in is getting better and better and i just expanded it.

CJ, glad that semu is doing well for you. I remembered what you said about planting two of the same variety, so here goes. And, your Huvi is beautiful!!!

Julia, our Lowe's just carries the very common vines, although I DID find a couple of VDL's, Rouge Cardinals, and Warsaw Nike's there this yr. They have been in one-gallon pots a couple of months and roots are already showing through bottom of pot.
I've found that if you don't buy them as soon as they arrive at Lowe's, the tags are likely to become switched or removed by customers. Even if they aren't, you can't be sure about what it really is until it blooms. I've had two surprises so far. We have no other local sources. Even Tally Nursery said their suppliers didn't come through this year.

CG, I think you've just got that magic touch. Everything you grow is gorgeous.

My order was just placed and paid.
1 - Negritianka (I have one and love it - planted with Cinderella Fairy Tale rose, soft pink)
1 - Ivan Olsson
2 - viticella 'Etoile Violette' (have 1 but there is never enough of this one)

Last month I ordered Semu which is amazing already as well Guru, a 2nd Barbara Harrington, Westerplatte and a 2nd Ville de Lyon

One day a Lowes I decided to check out the root system in those large containers. I lifted several random plants from the pot only to find tiny roots and lots of dirt. I will never buy those again. I've lost so much money on those before I found Debbie and SSV.

Here is a random picture of the root system from SSV

Here is the different in one year -Huldine and Lady Betty B planted Aug 2008

May 30, 2009 - growth in just a few months. The trellis is 6 ft tall

it is fun to grow an ssv and a liner and see the difference and if you have them near each other it is the first step to a nice display.
shitzu mom, what clem is that you posted?

i had a pink fantasy liner in a biiiiiiig hole. a month later i added a ssv pink fantasy, fun to see them grow (or one of them at least)

Sharkey, Lowes seems all over the place in varieties. I suppose it depends on regional suppliers. I don't remember where it was, but one region did have Huvi and Piilu. Last year out Lowes kept getting in new shipments with different varieties.

I know what you mean about tags getting switched. I usually don't buy them unless they are blooming or pull from an area that seems like they weren't touched.

Guru, the combo is Lady Betty B. and Huldine. I love Lady Betty. I think she is one of my favorites.

Deb is shipping out boxes on Monday so order fast. She has received a huge response to this great bargain!

I can only imagine how busy she is. Once again as I have stated before....I so wish I could order from her......

dawn, how far from the border are you? if it is not far, can you have them shipped there and pick them up? we have never had any issues with plants at the canadian /us border????

have you ever asked deb if she can ship her postal boxes to canada? maybe you can order from ssv.....

Debbie is really busy. She hasn't felt well for months with some back issues they can't solve. She has really had a time with it, been to several docs, the teaching hospital's ER, and still they can't figure out what this major pain in her side/back is. I don't know how she holds up. She's been getting massages, chiro work, and still has mostly bad days. I talked to her earlier this evening and he is trying to get her orders ready since she ships on Monday. I'm sure after this last big sale she will get some quiet time and hopefully be able to rest and find some relief. SO BUY BUY BUY so the poor woman and get some R&R.

I called Debbie last night to ask about another clem I MUST HAVE -Florida Sieboldii and I love it but was concerned about my zone. She said it does great for her in WA and will do so in my area. She said often people think because it's named 'Florida' that it requires a warmer climate. I only want 2 and asked about the bargain deal of buy 3 get 1 free.

So she is starting a new deal - BUY 2 and get $5 off !!!!!! Bargain time for me.

Check out this one.

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