In article ,
says...
I dug up this handsome specimen this morning. The top of it is black, or
very dark brown. I haven't come across this one before, anyone know what it
is?

http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/shazzbat3/


I can't get beyond the thumb nails (my computer not your photos!)
but it has the shape of a devils coachman
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea