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Post by Ladygardener on May 8, 2011 10:58:14 GMT
Lovely Clems ladies. It's interesting that The President looks different in each picture. I read somewhere it depens on the aspect that each Clem is growing in. My Hagley Hybrid has it's first flower open this morning. The heavy rain has brought it on.  |
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Post by Jasmine on May 8, 2011 11:41:54 GMT
You Niobe looks all ruffled Jilly - like it's just woken up! ;D
Do you have Betty Corning growing up an obelisk or rambling through another plant?
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Post by Jilly on May 8, 2011 19:25:50 GMT
Due to my lack of attention Jasmine Betty is growing in the huge pot in the back corner with the Tree Peony. I did have her in the border when I first got her but she wasn't doing very well so I dug her up & put her in a pot. At the time the Tree Peony was on the patio (are you with me so far i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif ), for want of somewhere to put Betty I just stood her pot in the Peony pot. She did very well but of course I wasn't paying attention & when I went to move her she'd rooted through the bottom of her pot & was firmly stuck. When I moved the Tree Peony pot to the bottom corner Betty went too, she seems perfectly happy but I can't give her any attention, so I just wait every year until she appears through the undergrowth. Some years she likes to go in one direction & ends up growing through Buff Beauty & others she changes her mind & ends up in the Acer. Jillyx |
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Post by Amber on May 8, 2011 19:40:06 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on May 9, 2011 5:22:47 GMT
So it's a little surprise every year to see where she ends up Jilly. Another lovely Clematis Amber. |
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Post by Jasmine on May 9, 2011 6:37:30 GMT
I think that's brilliant Jilly! Clems are funny things - they seem to do best when I forget about them and then suddenly realsie they're there!
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Post by scarecrow on May 9, 2011 14:33:37 GMT
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Post by Geranium on May 9, 2011 14:35:34 GMT
 ]  Oooh! How beautiful - do you know its name please? |
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Post by Tig on May 9, 2011 14:46:17 GMT
Looks a bit like Josephine  Mines in bud but not open yet so can't compare  The Guernsey Cream I rescued has flowered, think I might move her to a sunnier position if yours does better there G ..  Rouge Cardinal, now covered in flowers, but yesterday just the one was fully open  Loads more to follow shortly  x Tig |
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Post by Jilly on May 9, 2011 15:19:08 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on May 9, 2011 17:41:28 GMT
 Gorgeous clem Scarecrow - I'd like to know the name too please. Most of my Morrisons £1.79 clems have been brilliant Jilly. I just don't get why some of them just go flop. The President is at the top of its obelisk and the whole plant has flopped. Some of my reduced clems are doing well after being welded to the ground by ice in the GC and then Denny's Double, Franziska Maria and Dancing Queen that came from Thorncroft have taken ages to get going and are still a bit pathetic.
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Post by scarecrow on May 9, 2011 18:15:49 GMT
Hi all, it’s a verity of Clematis Proteus |
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Post by Geranium on May 9, 2011 18:19:18 GMT
Jas - 'The President' does get wilt. I had one in my previous garden, and it did it every year. The one I have here collapsed last year. It's in flower atm, so I do hope it doesn't do a repeat! Here's the one in my large pot, growing with my Kalmia. It's called 'Boulevard'.  I'm really pleased with it - it stays quite small, but repeat flowers from now until the autumn.  |
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Post by Geranium on May 9, 2011 18:21:23 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on May 10, 2011 16:14:56 GMT
Boulevard is very pretty Geranium - is it one of the patio clems?
I've got a few - Angelique, Parisienne and one I can't think of the name of at the moment - they are perfect for pots.
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Post by Geranium on May 10, 2011 16:51:29 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on May 10, 2011 17:26:34 GMT
I'll have to report back later on that Geranium - Parisienne and Angelique were new last year and the one whose name I've forgotten was reduced at Wyevales in the autumn. I have to say that Not sure of the name is a stunning colour - nothing like its label...even nicer!
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Post by Missredhead on May 11, 2011 19:13:56 GMT
My first flowering clem this year...... Doctor Ruppel  |
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Post by Jasmine on May 11, 2011 19:27:31 GMT
My first flowering clem this year...... Doctor Ruppel That is lovely Missy! |
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Post by Missredhead on May 11, 2011 19:30:47 GMT
I'm on the lookout for some patio clems but the GC that I went to didn't have any...  |
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Post by Tig on May 11, 2011 19:58:22 GMT
My first flowering clem this year...... Doctor Ruppel That is lovely Missy! Very nice indeedy Missy!  I have looked for the patio clems in some of our local GCs and they don't stock them yet. They had them at Trentham but they are too expensive for me - unless any need rescuing later in the year I've got four different clems nearly open today, I resisted taking a photo - hopefully the flowers will be fuller tomorrow x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on May 12, 2011 5:27:58 GMT
My first flowering clem this year...... Doctor Ruppel Lovely shades on this Clematis MRH. |
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Post by Jasmine on May 13, 2011 5:43:36 GMT
I'm on the lookout for some patio clems but the GC that I went to didn't have any... I got Fleuri (the one who's name I couldn't remember) half price at Wyevales last autumn Missy - they turn up in unexpected places. Wyevales only had 2 Boulevard/Patio collection clems though. |
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Post by Geranium on May 13, 2011 8:57:21 GMT
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Post by Auricula on May 13, 2011 9:35:32 GMT
I don't know why I read this thread I'm useless with clems,have no room for climbers,no spare pots and don't even like them much  I suppose I just want to be "one of the gang" ;D ;D Lovely photos though |
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Post by Jasmine on May 13, 2011 16:09:52 GMT
You come and be one of the gang Auricula ;D
They are good doers Geranium. I was reading an old GW mag last night and it said the patio clems flower for 6 months non-stop.
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Post by Auricula on May 13, 2011 18:11:20 GMT
;D ;D
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Post by Missredhead on May 13, 2011 21:40:55 GMT
Thanks for the noms......I need to find a couple of patio clems......  I might visit a couple more GC's next week...we don't have a Wyvales round here...the nearest is Northampton I think |
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Post by Jasmine on May 14, 2011 6:10:35 GMT
I've been to that one - it's huuuggge!
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Post by Jasmine on May 14, 2011 18:57:01 GMT
I popped to the GC this afternoon as I had a voucher for a free jar of jam and they had a few patio clems. I was good although I liked Oh La La and the new one Abilene.
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Mines in bud but not open yet so can't compare 
I suppose I just want to be "one of the gang" ;D ;D