"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Sacha writes:
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| Zephirine Drouhin is good with regard to thorns and I see that the
| Australians have a range from Wallara (sp?) which they call Smooth
Touch. I
| don't know that they're available in this country, though.

My Zephirine Drouhin was almost completely thornless, and is a good
pink; it was very prone to black spot, though. Madame Alfred Carriere
may have only a few thorns, but they are pretty vicious ones.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I am afraid that's why I left it off the list, it has never survived a
season in this garden it always dies. I will have a look at M AC I have
never noticed thorns but I don't get close up and personal with it very
often!

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
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Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
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