I hope everyone is having a fabulous Holiday Weekend...Earlier this year I had all my hanging baskets full of Petunias and enjoyed them alot but as the Summer proceeded they just bit the dust ...so several weeks ago I replaced them all with Bouganvillas...I love Clematis "Venosa Violacea" So much that I planted another one this past Spring and she is on her 3rd bloom period for me..I really love the combo of the vivid purple and the hot reddish-pink of the Bouganvilla..Don't you?....Jeanne
Come Closerrrrrrr
and Closerrrrrrrr
I just find those two colour together Yummy enough to eat!!!..Hope you enjoyed...Jeanne
yes, it is pretty fantastic.
Great combo! I really like your clever idea of wrapping the wire around the brick corner! Looks wonderful!
Will the bougies survive the winter for you? That will be a show-stopper when the clematis covers the bricks with blooms and that bougie blooms along with it. Wow! Sure hope you post a picture when it does so I can drool. LOL
Definitely is yumming looking! Great combo!!
:) Donna
LOL - that is sooo beautiful. Looks like you have your very own 'Red Hat Society".
(You may not be old enough to understand this one). LOL
Claire
Edited to say 'not'
This message was edited Sep 3, 2006 8:59 PM
Beautiful combo! "Venosa Violacea" is one of my all time favorite Clematis and it looks great with your Bougie!!
I am just dipping into the clematis vines, My husb dug holes with the post hole digger around the posts. Ground was a mix of clay and cement ( used to set the posts). I filled the holes with a mix of hardwood mulch and composted cow manure and hosed the mix down with water several times.
Can't wait to get the new plants, will dig out the holes enough to receive the plants and fill in with leaft compost.
My little 'Climador' cultivar I purchased from a nursery in a qt. pot this spring grew abt. 4 ft during Aug and is blooming again. I have to find a site that tells me what group it is in, otherwise willprune it back beyond current buds for winter.
Gosh, your pics are so spectacular. Sure hope I will have some to show next year.
Claire
Thanks everyone..Claire ..Your Climador...aka Konigskind is a Pruning group 2..which mean no pruning unless to shape or keep in bounds and ONLY prune after its bloom period is done...Jeanne
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=478
Thanks for the link JeanneTx. Got a note from Silver Song Gardens that she is shipping my four new ones this week. I'm so Excited.
