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Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
Clematis are a range of gorgeous climbing plants that look beautiful climbing up walls, trellis etc whether it be in your back garden or entrance porch to your house. There is a wide selection of types, all with different colours, petal shapes and flowering times. Some will flower in the spring, some mid summer and others not until late summer/ early autumn. Choosing your plant types wisely can mean your garden has Clematis in flower for a large part of the year! CONTINUES......... http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/#/clematis/4529931283 |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
On 16/7/08 22:27, in article ,
"Pam Moore" wrote: On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:42:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Clematis are a range of gorgeous climbing plants that look beautiful climbing up walls, trellis etc whether it be in your back garden or entrance porch to your house. There is a wide selection of types, all with different colours, petal shapes and flowering times. Some will flower in the spring, some mid summer and others not until late summer/ early autumn. Choosing your plant types wisely can mean your garden has Clematis in flower for a large part of the year! CONTINUES......... http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/#/clematis/4529931283 Now don't we already have a clematis expert on this site? !!!!! Pam in Bristol Come in, Charlie!! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
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Clematis are a range of gorgeous climbing plants that look beautiful climbing up walls, trellis etc whether it be in your back garden or entrance porch to your house. There is a wide selection of types, all with different colours, petal shapes and flowering times. Some will flower in the spring, some mid summer and others not until late summer/ early autumn. Choosing your plant types wisely can mean your garden has Clematis in flower for a large part of the year! CONTINUES......... http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/#/clematis/4529931283 Who decided that they are "the nation's favourite" then? When it comes to climbing plants, I much prefer honeysuckle... -- AnneJ |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
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says... wrote: Clematis are a range of gorgeous climbing plants that look beautiful climbing up walls, trellis etc whether it be in your back garden or entrance porch to your house. There is a wide selection of types, all with different colours, petal shapes and flowering times. Some will flower in the spring, some mid summer and others not until late summer/ early autumn. Choosing your plant types wisely can mean your garden has Clematis in flower for a large part of the year! CONTINUES......... http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/#/clematis/4529931283 Who decided that they are "the nation's favourite" then? When it comes to climbing plants, I much prefer honeysuckle... Well there you go, my favourites are roses! But its the combinations of lots of diffent climbers that really do it for me. But to para phrase the opening chapter in the "Commercial production of Climbing plants" "It is probable that more climbing plants of clematis are produced than all other climbing plants combined. The fact that so few good specimens are encountered in cultivation indicates both the general publics ability to kill them off and their resilience in wanting to try again!" -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
On Jul 16, 10:27 pm, Pam Moore wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:42:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Clematis are a range of gorgeous climbing plants that look beautiful climbing up walls, trellis etc whether it be in your back garden or entrance porch to your house. There is a wide selection of types, all with different colours, petal shapes and flowering times. Some will flower in the spring, some mid summer and others not until late summer/ early autumn. Choosing your plant types wisely can mean your garden has Clematis in flower for a large part of the year! CONTINUES......... http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/#/clematis/4529931283 Now don't we already have a clematis expert on this site? !!!!! Pam in Bristol We certainly do, where is Charlie then? He has recommended several clematis to me and I have also bought three white ones from his nursery, great plants, good size, expertly packed and they arrived in peak condition, thank you Charlie. Judith |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
On 17/7/08 08:39, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... wrote: Clematis are a range of gorgeous climbing plants that look beautiful climbing up walls, trellis etc whether it be in your back garden or entrance porch to your house. There is a wide selection of types, all with different colours, petal shapes and flowering times. Some will flower in the spring, some mid summer and others not until late summer/ early autumn. Choosing your plant types wisely can mean your garden has Clematis in flower for a large part of the year! CONTINUES......... http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/#/clematis/4529931283 Who decided that they are "the nation's favourite" then? When it comes to climbing plants, I much prefer honeysuckle... Well there you go, my favourites are roses! But its the combinations of lots of diffent climbers that really do it for me. But to para phrase the opening chapter in the "Commercial production of Climbing plants" "It is probable that more climbing plants of clematis are produced than all other climbing plants combined. The fact that so few good specimens are encountered in cultivation indicates both the general publics ability to kill them off and their resilience in wanting to try again!" How may varieties does Ray Evison grow, Charlie?! I think the great thing with Clematis is that given the different types, you can have them flowering over a very long period. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
Charlie Pridham writes
"It is probable that more climbing plants of clematis are produced than all other climbing plants combined. The fact that so few good specimens are encountered in cultivation indicates both the general publics ability to kill them off and their resilience in wanting to try again!" I can vouch for the resilience! I had a rather nice clematis that just didn't appear the second year. Or the third. Come the 4th or 5th year I was rooting around that area of the garden, and I dug up a root which turned out to be that clematis. I deduced it's non-appearance was due to snails taking out the new shoots. So I potted it up and kept it in the snail free environment of the greenhouse for a couple of years, by which time it had produced about 6ft of woody stem and was safe to go back in the garden again. You really have to admire that determination to keep growing! -- Kay |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
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says... On 17/7/08 08:39, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... wrote: Clematis are a range of gorgeous climbing plants that look beautiful climbing up walls, trellis etc whether it be in your back garden or entrance porch to your house. There is a wide selection of types, all with different colours, petal shapes and flowering times. Some will flower in the spring, some mid summer and others not until late summer/ early autumn. Choosing your plant types wisely can mean your garden has Clematis in flower for a large part of the year! CONTINUES......... http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/#/clematis/4529931283 Who decided that they are "the nation's favourite" then? When it comes to climbing plants, I much prefer honeysuckle... Well there you go, my favourites are roses! But its the combinations of lots of diffent climbers that really do it for me. But to para phrase the opening chapter in the "Commercial production of Climbing plants" "It is probable that more climbing plants of clematis are produced than all other climbing plants combined. The fact that so few good specimens are encountered in cultivation indicates both the general publics ability to kill them off and their resilience in wanting to try again!" How may varieties does Ray Evison grow, Charlie?! I think the great thing with Clematis is that given the different types, you can have them flowering over a very long period. Every day of the year is possible with just 5 plants allthough more would ensure success. Raymond must have well over a 1000 varieties now and unlike Robin Savill who also had a large collection he keeps them all in production so he does not lose them, I have to discontinue a plant as soon as a new one arrives, space is very finite here and although we have 200+ in the garden I only keep around 100 in production. I sort of missed the start of this thread, was there a point to it? -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:51:19 +0100, Charlie Pridham
wrote: Every day of the year is possible with just 5 plants allthough more would ensure success. Charlie, please could you tell us 5 which fill the bill? Pam in Bristol |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
On 17/7/08 12:51, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: snip I sort of missed the start of this thread, was there a point to it? Er............. ;-)) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
Clematis - The nations favourite climbing plant.
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says... On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:51:19 +0100, Charlie Pridham wrote: Every day of the year is possible with just 5 plants allthough more would ensure success. Charlie, please could you tell us 5 which fill the bill? Pam in Bristol Start with one of the cirrhosa's, Balearica would do nicely, November to April, Then an alpina, followed by a montana then one of the Group 2's like Nelly Moser (there are several thousand of these to chose from) they do the May June period, lastly the hard prune sorts with the longer later flower periods like Polish Spirit which do July to Sep/Oct the gap is filled by the group 2 coming back into flower for Sep, Oct, Nov. As I said its doable with 5 but easier with more as you can do more overlapping -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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