On 24/10/08 11:47, in article
, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote:

In article , lid
says...
Sacha wrote:

It's a lovely Clematis and I don't know why more people don't grow it.
Another good,, late clowering one which is more rampant but is also
scented, though not as strongly. Is C. rehederiana. This has pale
yellow bellow like flowers with a cowslip perfume.

I put a C. rehderiana against a SE-facing wall in April 2006. It sat there
and sulked, died off in winter, and didn't reappear last year or this. I
reckon it's gone to the greta compost heap in the sky. As far as I can tell
from the literature, it's a bit temperamental.

Anyone know the secret of success with it?


They do have a habit of dieing, look for a young strong growing plant and
plant while growing, your wall may also have been drier than you thought,
it is easy in the rain to assume a plant has been watered and I seem to
remember 06 was a nice spring!

I'm glad I didn't know it was temperamental! Ours is on a south facing wall
and gets a lot of sun. It also gets wind and horizontal rain but it is
flowering right now and is at second storey level. We've had it there about
three years, I think. A friend who had it growing up his house in Looe,
Cornwall, had to hack it back fiercely every year, it was so rampant. As
you say, Charlie, it must be to do with the plant itself and choosing a good
'doer'.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)