"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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A month or so ago I asked about a blue, small- flowered clematis in
flower in July / August which I saw in a garden. I had to have one.
Charlie said it must be a viticella and after various searches I knew
he was right.
I've since looked in every Garden Centre I've visited and at last
found one with its last couple of flowers which looked similar. It is
labelled clematis viticella Polish Spirit.
Searches in my 3 books and on the net have brought up varying pictures
from small flowered to larger, from blue to purple, 4 petals and 5.
Does anyone grow Polish spirit and can tell me if theirs is small and
blue and 4-petalled?
Charlie, do you reckon it is rightly labelled?
I just hope this one survives the winter!

Pam in Bristol
Polish Spirit has medium deep puple flowers which fade and get smaller as
the season progresses, it is a very vigorous plant and frequently stays
completely evergreen here, it grows like a privit hedge and is very hardy
www.roselandhouse.co.uk/cpolishspirit.htm (picture) its flowers are however
more open and not nodding than c. viticella, indeed it is at best borderline
viticella!

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)