Clematis, Late Large-flowered Clematis 'Comtesse de Bouchaud'

Blackened crispy leaves are often due to a common fungal disease called clematis wilt. Large-flowered clematis are more prone to clematis...Read More wilt than the species and small-flowered hybrids. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/you...

Clematis and tomatoes are two exceptions to the usual rule, and are best planted 6 inches deeper than the soil level in the pot. This protects the stem bases from mechanical damage, and helps prevent clematis wilt, whose fungus enters where there's damage. It also helps keep the roots cool.

Many small-flowered hybrids are spectacular in flower, and long-blooming. I consider them indispensable, especially the viticella hybrids. I've given up planting large-flowered hybrids, except for 'Jackmannii', which seems to be somewhat wilt resistant.

I have this growing on the South side of the house. It's a heavy-duty bloomer - see pic June 2010. It starts in May and blooms almost t...Read Moreo the end of July. It tends to have most of it's blooms at the very top of the plant. I have daylilies and white daisies at the foot which works well to shade the roots.

For several years, this bountiful bloomer has been
performing exceptionally well on the south side of our
home in Northeas...Read Moretern Oklahoma.

Only today were we able to positively identify it as
Comtesse De Bouchaud with the help of another DG'er;
DawnLL. Thanks!

I can't even count how many blooms this thing has put out.
Bloom after bloom after bud after bud. Amazing, and it is
still going!

Lovely, lovely, lovely!

Very hardy plant- I inherited three of these beautiful plants with the house we just purchased. They trained themselves on our lattice a...Read Morend are doing fantastic. I can't believe how many blooms it has and is showing no signs of stopping! Only negative I've seen is that the blooms droop a little during our hot afternoon sun, but perk up as it cools off.