Silver Star Vinery Garden Opens

June 11, 2015 at 7:07 pm (clematisinseattle)
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Just a Small Part of the Silver Star Vinery Display Gardens

Just a Small Part of the Silver Star Vinery Display Gardens

Silver Star Vinery Display Gardens will be open TWO weekends this year.  The first is THIS COMING WEEKEND (June 13 and 14)!  Then again on July 11 and 12.  Debbie’s display gardens are pure Clemaniac Heaven.  If you live in the Pacific Northwest or have a chance to visit this part of the world, you need to see this garden!  Plus Debbie will be selling many varieties of her big fat healthy plants.

I took the photos included here at Debbie’s Garden Opens in 2013 and 2014.  I have the honor of being a display garden guide/question answerer again this year on July 11–Debbie and other helpers will be on hand to answer questions and sell plants during all four garden open days.

Silver Star Vinery is located about 40 minutes drive from I-5 up into the foothills of the Cascades–turn off I-5 in  Battleground, Washington (just north of Vancouver).  You can get directions by contacting Silver Star Vinery.

Clematis Chalcedony

Clematis Chalcedony

JUNE OPEN GARDEN
June  13-14th

9-5 pm
Pre-Open Garden & Clematis Sale
Lots of lush clematis for sale
Call or email for directions.
31805 NE Clearwater Drive
Yacolt, WA 98675
360.608.3720
Just a Small Part of the Silver Star Vinery Display Garden

Just a Small Part of the Silver Star Vinery Display Garden

JULY OPEN GARDEN

July 11 & 12th
9-5 pm
Hope you can come enjoy the 3rd Annual Open Garden. See hundreds of clematis in bloom in my garden ‘Blessings’. Refreshments available.   Clematis for sale.
Silver Star Vinery
31805 NE Clearwater Drive
Yacolt, WA. 98675
Signs will start in Battle Ground, Wa
Thank you for your support of my little nursery.  Each and every order is appreciated.  Debbie
And another!

And another!

Clematis Fairy Dust

Clematis Fairy Dust

Clematis Yukikomachi with a blue integrifolia at its feet

Clematis Yukikomachi with a blue integrifolia at its feet

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Clematis of the Month for May 2015

June 10, 2015 at 5:28 pm (Clematis of the Month, clematisinseattle, Spotlight on Clematis)
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May’s Winner

May Winner--Clematis Cezanne adorning an oversized windowbox.

May Winner–Clematis CEZANNE adorning an oversized windowbox.

Choosing just one May winner this year was no easy task because many lovely clematis gracefully embellished my garden throughout the month.  After much consideration, the clematis I chose to take the prize is Clematis CEZANNE, with it’s big cluster of blue(ish) satiny flowers, draped over the edge of my windowbox.  This clematis, bred by clematis hybridizer Raymond Evison as a Patio Clematis, has a smaller root system than most clematis, making it perfect for a pot or, in my case, a large windowbox.  Patio Clematis bloom in several flushes throughout the summer, especially when deadheaded or cut back after each flush dies down.  Pruning is easy–just cut them back hard in late winter (even late fall in milder climates like Seattle).

May’s Runners Up

The runners up in May are no slouches.  Check them out!

The delectable double blossoms of Clematis Josephine

The delectable double blossoms of Clematis JOSEPHINE.

The glamorous Clematis Etiole de Malicorne

The glamorous Clematis Etiole de Malicorne

Already the first blooms of Clematis Etiole Violette, which normally blooms for me late June to early August!

Already the first blooms of Clematis Etoile Violette, which normally blooms for me late June to early August!

Clematis Fair Rosamond gracing a doorway.

Clematis Fair Rosamond gracing a doorway, this year with very strong pink bars, making it appear to favor Clematis Nellie Moser.

Clematis recta purpurea, cascading down from its support and about to open its prolific, though small, and fragrant flowers.

Clematis recta Purpurea, cascading down from its support and about to open its prolific and fragrant small flowers.

Clematis Proteus

Clematis Proteus

Clematis Louise Rowe

Clematis Louise Rowe

Clematis Tartu made a comely comeback after wilting last year!

Clematis Tartu made a comely comeback after wilting last year!

Clematis Omoshiro

A slightly tattered Clematis Omoshiro (oh, those pesky slugs!).

Clematis Utopia, which is similar to Omoshiro above and another lovely clematis I covet, Clematis Fond Memories (no photo here)

Clematis Utopia, similar to Omoshiro above and to another lovely clematis I covet, Clematis Fond Memories (below)

Clematis Fond Memories

Clematis Fond Memories (photo taken by me at the Rogerson Clematis Collection in Lake Oswego, Oregon).  Sadly, this one does not yet grace my own garden.

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