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In article ,
Janet Tweedy writes:
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| I had a "henryi", but it died :-( That comes close. As does
| "The President", which is an extreme purple.
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| I once had a lonicera henryi which was the most boring plant i have ever
| owned, no fragrance and horrible small brown colour flowers.

I have owned much more boring ones, but I eventually dug mine up and
gave it away.

| Hope it wasn't named after the same plant breeder as the clematis!

It probably was :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

It was indeed but he did not breed either plant but was a plant
collector, I gather its rather the luck of the draw when one is honoured
by having a plant species named after one, you could end up with
something beautiful or a weed!
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea