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On 2010-04-29 22:50:21 +0100, kay said:


On this dratted system my clematis question has got entangled with the
rhubarb, so I'm starting a new thread.

Kay wrote:

Some years ago I grew from seed something that was labelled Clematis
integrifolia. It clearly wasn't, since it galloped straight to the top
of a Sorbus. So I've been looking out for flowers, and this year I
spotted them at the top of the tree - white, dropping, with rounded
rather than pointed petals. In terms of flowering time, this is very
early - before C armandii, and before CC alpina is even showing buds.
So
I assume C cirrhosa - but is there anything else it could be?

It's also not totally tender - it's come through this winter
unscathed,
whereas I lost my 10 year old C armandii

Jeff wrote:

My armandii has just about finished flowering. The cirrhosa balearica

finished a month ago.

I assume that as you said yours could be cirrhosa it is evergreen. If
that
isn't the case, it isn't cirrhosa.



No, I haven't ever taken any interest in cirrhosa, and hadn't realised
it was evergreen. So what else flowers this early? - it is just about
over now, ie it is finishing at the time I would expect armandii to
start flowering. It was in flower at the same time as Cyclamen coum, and
just before wood anemones, if that helps at all!

Kay, reading your Clematis thread was straightforward because I'm
reading it in uk.rec.gardening, not gardenbanter which simply pinches
all the posts from here and passes them off as part of gb's own forum.
If you contribute direct to this newsgroup, I think you'll find it both
helpful and easier to follow threads because while we might digress
sometimes, threads don't get entangled! I don't know if you saw my
post which suggested the possibility of your plant being C. cirrhosa
Jingle Bells. If you do a Google image search on that, it may be
familiar. However, a member of this group is a nurseryman specialising
in Clematis and other climbers and he may be along in a minute!

Picture or description of the leaves would help
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea