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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: ArnoldT on September 12, 2020, 11:57:58 PM

Title: Clematis 2020
Post by: ArnoldT on September 12, 2020, 11:57:58 PM

Clematis stans from Japan.  Scented and adored by bees.

Title: Re: Clematis 2020
Post by: ashley on October 18, 2020, 03:11:27 PM

Clematis 'Alba Luxurians' did fairly well here this year, flowering since early June & only tapering down now.
C. connata  a Chadwell coll. from Ladakh, living up to its name.

Title: Re: Clematis 2020
Post by: Carolyn on October 18, 2020, 06:25:11 PM

Thank you, Ashley, for posting the photo of Clematis connata. I have grown this from CC seed too, but couldn’t find the label this year. I just could not remember what it was called, it has been annoying me for weeks!

Title: Re: Clematis 2020
Post by: ashley on October 18, 2020, 06:55:39 PM

You're welcome Carolyn.
Unfortunately my label has gone missing too, but according to an old gardening notebook the seed came under CC7137 in December 2012, with a question mark on the species name.  However I think it's clearly connata.  It's a quiet beauty with a gentle scent that reminds me of primroses.

Title: Re: Clematis 2020
Post by: Carolyn on October 18, 2020, 09:59:47 PM

Ah, thanks for that collection number, that’s the right one, I knew it was 7-something.

Title: Re: Clematis 2020
Post by: Véronique Macrelle on October 19, 2020, 06:43:14 AM

it 's charming, this Clematis connata...  its leaves look like a white nettle?

I can't always get seeds from some clematis:
Clematis cirrhosa, Clematis aff. songarica, or very few seeds of Clematis viticella ... do they need cross-pollination?[attachimg=1]