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The First Lady–May’s Clematis of the Month

May 23, 2016 at 5:29 pm (Clematis of the Month, clematisinseattle, Spotlight on Clematis)
Tags: clematis caroline, clematis cezanne, Clematis Climador, clematis crystal fountain, Clematis Fireworks, Clematis Fujimusume, Clematis Josephine, Clematis Lord Herschell, clematis louise rowe, Clematis Morning Mist, Clematis Ramona, clematis rebecca, clematis rhapsody, clematis the first lady, Clematis Utopia, Clematis Vyvyan Pennell

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So many of the large-flowered clematis in my garden are blooming extremely early this year, as much as six – eight weeks ahead of schedule. But whenever they choose to bloom, they look wonderful!

During my frequent strolls through the garden, I enjoy observing clematis in all their various stages–and, yes, sometimes I even talk to them. This spring, Clematis ‘The First Lady’ talked back loudly, showing herself off to great advantage. I purchased this clematis two or three years ago as Clematis ‘Rhapsody’, a clematis for which I had been hankering for some time. Once I saw the first meager bloom, I knew I had purchased a misnamed plant. But not until this year, when the poor clematis had built up enough strength to drag itself up out of the heavy shade of a big Fatshedera into the sunshine, did I really see what a gorgeous flower my mistake clematis produced–large lavender blooms (one flower actually measured 9 inches in diameter!), with contrasting burgundy stamens, ruffled edges, and textual ridges in the middle of each pointed petal. Elegantissimo! I was able to identify it as Clematis ‘The First Lady’ and seriously considered deeming this tough and beautiful plant Clematis of the Month for this month.

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Serendipitously, yesterday my yoga teacher described to me a clematis a friend gave her as a cut flower. She has a fine eye for detail, so I was able to identify her unseen clematis from her description as Clematis ‘The First Lady.’ I showed her a photo on my smart phone to be sure and impressed both her and myself with my quick ID. That clinched it–Clematis ‘The First Lady’ is Clematis of the Month for May in my garden this year!

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Clematis ‘The First Lady’ is an American clematis introduced into commerce by Arthur Steffen in Long Island, New York, in 1989. Mr. Steffen’s company is also responsible for introducing, in 1932, another gorgeous and famous American clematis, now grown throughout the world, Clematis Betty Corning. The beauty of the name of May’s Clematis of the Month is that you can choose your own favorite First Lady to be represented by this clematis. I know who mine is!

Below is a smattering of the many other worthy candidates blooming in my garden this month.

The satiny blooms of Clematis Louise Rowe

Clematis Rebecca

Clematis Ramona (lavender) with Clematis Marta

The ever-stunning Clematis Josephine

Clematis Cezanne

Clematis Fireworks

Clematis Utopia

Clematis Fujimusume–such a gorgeous blue!

Clematis Morning Mist–one of these blossoms measured 10 inches!

Clematis Climador (also known as Clematis Königskind)

Clematis Caroline (pink) with Clematis Vyvyan Pennell

Clematis Lord Herschell

The bells of Clematis Sonnette (also known as Clematis Peveril Peach)

Clematis Crystal Fountain (also known as Clematis Fairy Blue)

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April’s Clematis of the Month: Clematis ‘Asao’

May 2, 2016 at 2:48 pm (Clematis of the Month, clematisinseattle, Spotlight on Clematis)
Tags: Clematis Asao, clematis crystal fountain, Clematis Fair Rosamond, clematis guernsey cream, Clematis Josephine, Clematis Kahori no Kimi, clematis louise rowe, Clematis montana Vera, Clematis recta Purpurea, Clematis Will Baron

Asao

For the third year in a row here in Seattle, we have had the mixed blessing of a mild winter and warm spring–causing most clematis to bloom a full month early! Except for Clematis montana ‘Vera’, C. ‘Asao’ and all the clematis below would normally bloom for me in late May and early June, rather than in April.

In my garden, C. ‘Asao’ is the Clematis of the Month for April because of its stalwartness, as well as its beauty. Since this clematis supposedly blooms on old wood, conventional clematis wisdom says that we should not prune it until spring, and then only lightly. Well, the problem for me was that I planted C. ‘Asao’ in two large window boxes on either side of the front door. In winter, they are downright ugly with big crusty, rusty brown leaves . Yuch. So a few years ago, I worked hard to dig them out and replaced them with plants that bloom on new wood and can therefore be cut back in the fall, at least they can be in the Seattle area. Unfortunately, the two replacements, C. ‘Parisienne’ on one side and C. ‘Justa’ on the other, didn’t stand a chance. ‘Asao’ may have been down, but not out for the count. Both specimens slowly came back from a few stray roots I didn’t clear away and crowded out their replacements. Hrmph. I ruthlessly cut them back every fall anyway and guess what! They grow fast and bloom beautifully with single and semi-double flowers right on time–and they do it on new wood! Go figure.

More April-Blooming Clematis

Clematis montana ‘Vera’ blooming 40′ up in an 80′ Port Orford Cedar. Due to scads of April sun, blossoms are nearly white rather than the more usual pink.

Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’, always the first large-flowered clematis to show off in my garden, is such a welcome sight after the winter doldrums.

Clematis ‘Will Baron’ invariably follows close on the heels of C. ‘Guernsey Cream’.

Poor Clematis ‘Fair Rosamond’ had to be unceremoniously removed from her climbing structure in March due to a tree fall. Never fear, no people or pets were harmed, damage was mainly superficial, and insurance covered it all! In spite of the ill treatment, C. ‘Fair Rosamond’ bloomed beautifully, draped over a nearby plant and lounging on the ground. She’ll be returned to her usual spot after she finishes blooming.

And then there is the show-stopping Clematis ‘Josephine’. Her blossoms speak for themselves.

Clematis ‘Crystal Fountain’ just opening its first bloom.

First dainty bell on Clematis ‘Kahori no kimi’.

Clematis ‘Louise Rowe’ always seems to have a special glow, whether pale lavender or sun-faded white.

The fabulous rich purple of the leaves and stems of Clematis recta ‘Purpurea’. And check out the juicy buds about to burst into tiny white and fragrant flowers.

Stay tuned, because many, many clematis buds are swelling, elongating, and titillating my spirits. I will have more and different beautiful clematis to show soon.

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April 2015 Clematis of the Month

May 5, 2015 at 6:51 pm (clematisinseattle)
Tags: Clematis Fair Rosamond, clematis guernsey cream, Clematis Josephine, Clematis Ken Donson, clematis louise rowe, Clematis montana Vera, Clematis recta Purpurea, Clematis Will Baron

And the Winner Is…Clematis Will Baron!

Clematis Will Baron Wins Again!

Base of C. Will Baron before cutting through the three oldest vines. Note the three younger vines on the left.

In my garden last year, the reliable and beautiful C. Will Baron won Clematis of the Month in May 2014 for it’s beautiful blooms and for being the first of the large-flowered clematis to bloom for me. This year Seattle’s mild winter and early warm spring brought Will out first again, a full month early–it’s leading bloom opened on April 9th (first bloom last year was May 10th)–and this was in spite of being heavily pruned in January. Flowers all over my garden are coming into bloom several weeks early, making us Seattle gardeners worry about what will be left to bloom in June! Roses are out already, as are alliums, iris, Spanish lavender, poppies, even rock roses. Crazy.

Base of C. Will Baron in April. Three old vines are gone, replaced by much new growth (accompanied by groundcover campanula).

The passage of time has had a negative effect on C. Will Baron, which has graced my garden for about ten years now. It slowly developed a large and unruly rat’s nest of dead vines. Each year the live vines would coat the outside of this giant ball with gorgeous flowers. So, what’s the problem, you ask? Unfortunately, as the rat’s nest got bigger and bigger, more and more plants below suffered from too much shade. Last year I intended to cut Will back in late winter, but chickened out when loads of tiny new flower buds formed. This year, in the dead of January, I finally got up my courage. At the base of the plant I cut through three thick old woody canes that looked almost hairy with pealing bark, leaving three much younger canes alone. When green growth appeared sometime in February or March, I could easily tell which vines were dead and which living. After a patient three hours of pruning to get all the deadwood out, working from the top to the bottom, the rat’s nest was history–though history will no doubt repeat itself. This method of pruning an overgrown clematis–cutting through old vines at the base during the winter, then pruning out the dead stuff when spring begins to push green growth–is one I know I will use again to control my more rowdy clematis. Check out the before and after photos of C. Will Baron’s vines at the base.

A Bevvy of Other April Beauties

May is gearing up to be a banner month in the garden this year. Many more of my large-flowered stunners were already beginning the show in late April!

The first bud of C. Josephine about to open.

C. montana Vera, 40′ up a 90′ Port Orford Cedar!

The gorgeous purple leaves of C. recta purpurea, nearly 6′ tall already!

The ever-lovely C. Guernsey Cream.

C. Fair Rosamond starting to strut her stuff.

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May Clematis of the Month

May 27, 2014 at 7:01 pm (Clematis of the Month, clematisinseattle, Spotlight on Clematis)
Tags: Clematis Fair Rosamond, Clematis Josephine, Clematis Will Baron

Clematis Will Baron — May Clematis of the Month

Clematis Fair Rosamond — A Contender

Clematis Josephine — the Other Contender

The Contenders

Deciding which clematis in my garden was the best for the month of May was not an easy task. The contenders duking it out with Clematis Will Baron were the lovely and fragrant Clematis Fair Rosamond and the exotic Clematis Josephine. All three bloomed beautifully with showy large blossoms.

But the color of the blooms on Will Baron was a startling electric blue-violet, which is so difficult to capture in photos. Oddly, I was able to get closer to the true color when I took a photo from the back of the blooms. Photos taken from the front always show too much purple and not enough blue. To see what I mean, check out the two photos of Clematis Will Baron below. I will be taking a photography class at the Hardy Plant Society Conference in Bellevue, WA, in a few weeks. Hopefully, I learn how to bring out the true colors of garden plants.

In the meantime, I will be attending the International Clematis Conference in the Philadelphia next week. I am so PSYCHED! Expect a full report.

C. Will Baron, a little too purply

C. Will Baron from the back — now THAT’S more like it!

Other Clematis Showing Off in the Garden

Take a look at some of the other clematis beginning to bloom in my garden. Who knows, maybe one of these will get the June title! Not too long ago, I counted up my clematis by pruning group and discovered that 80% of my clematis were in pruning group 3. Well, now, there is a very good reason for that. Most of the pruning-group-3 clematis are so floriferous AND easy to prune. But over the past couple of years, I have made concerted effort to bring in more clematis from the other two pruning groups. What a joy to have so many more clematis blooming from March through June. I love it! But the late bloomers are still my favorites. Which are your favorites?

Clematis Cezanne

Clematis Rebecca

Clematis Climador

Clematis Duchess of Edinburgh

Wow! The VERY Early First Blossoms of Etoile Violette

Clematis Omoshiro

Clematis Tartu Beginning to Open It’s First Blossom

Durn, C. Tartu wilted the very next day!

Clematis The First Lady

Clematis Versailles

Clematis Vyvyan Pennell

Clematis Fugimusume

The Early First Flower of Clematis Ville de Lyon

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April Clematis of the Month — And More!

May 4, 2014 at 7:04 pm (clematisinseattle)
Tags: Clematis Asao, Clematis Duchess of Edinburgh, clematis guernsey cream, Clematis Josephine

April’s Clematis of the Month: C. Guernsey Cream

Clematis Guernsey Cream Wins April Clematis of the Month in My Garden!

Choosing just one Clematis of the Month for April was NOT easy. Afterall, my Clematis alpinas were all blooming in April — with Clematis Pauline being my favorite this year. Then, too, Clematis montana Vera was (and still is) looking great — but, being up so high in the cedar, it’s hard to photograph without a telephoto lens. Clematis Guernsey Cream, though, was absolutely stunning in April and blooming early, too!

The determined C. Asao

Clematis Asao Has Begun Opening

Originally, I thought either C. Josephine or C. Fair Rosamond, with their big juicy buds, would be the next to bloom. But two lovely C. Asao, one growing in each of my two big window boxes, had a different idea! Because C. Asao is a Pruning Group B clematis, I never used to prune them until spring and then only lightly. However, their ugly reddish brown leaves were a blight to my eyes all winter. Two years ago I decided to remove both of them and plant Pruning Group C clematis instead because I could cut them back hard in the fall. I happily purchased and planted C. Pariesianne and C. Justa as replacements. But the contrary C. Asao had other plans. They grew back! They did not mind hard pruning, blooming in spring anyway! And I think my replacements are being crowded out! Dang. But it is a pretty clematis.

Big juicy bud on C. Josephine!

Clematis Josephine Still Being a Teaser

Now I really really think that C. Josephine will bloom next! Check out this bud — it may even open tomorrow! Also, when I was poking around checking on my clematis this afternoon, I noticed that C. Etiole Violette, a great clematis with its dark purple blooms, is also already in bud even though it’s generally a July/August bloomer. Well, maybe June/August.

C. Duchess of Edinburgh with Sunscald

Sunscald on Some Clems

Here in Seattle we have had an exceptionally cool and rainy spring with just a few sunny days mixed in. But last week we were rudely blasted with a three-day heat wave. I know many people enjoyed spring weather in the 80s but some of my plants (and I!) were not thrilled — we would have preferred our sunshine with temps in the 60s or 70s. At least two of my clematis, C. Duchess of Edinburgh and C. Margot Koster, ended up with scalded leaves. Guess I’ll just get out my little scissors and cut off the offending leaves.

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Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’ and the Clematis montanas Enter the Fray

April 29, 2014 at 8:58 pm (clematisinseattle, Spotlight on Clematis)
Tags: clematis guernsey cream, Clematis Josephine, Clematis montana, Clematis montana Vera, Clematis recta Purpurea, Clematis Will Baron

Saturday morning, my Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’ began it’s show — once again, the first large-flowered clematis to open in my garden. This year the blooms came more than a week earlier than last year. Lovely whenever it blooms!

The first blossom of Guernsey Cream -- just opening

The first blossom of C. ‘Guernsey Cream’ — just opening

C. ‘Guernsey Cream’, Fully Open

A cluster of Guernsey Cream blooms just two days later

A cluster of C. ‘Guernsey Cream’ blooms just two days later

Yesterday, Clematis ‘Will Baron’ showed its first blossom,
but it was hidden inside the tangle of vines.

C. ‘Will Baron’, acting shy

I think the next to bloom will be Clematis Josephine.
Here it is in luscious bud.

C. Josephine showing off her fat buds.

Yesterday, I looked UP and realized my Clematis montana ‘Vera’ was blooming about 40′ up in its support system — a 90′ Port Orford Cedar! Very difficult to get a good photo when the flowers are so far up, especially without a telephoto lens. I hear they have lens attachments for smart phones now. I’ll have to look into it.

To make up for the poor quality of the C. montana photo above, I am adding photos of two beautiful Clematis montana I encountered in the last week or so.

My daughter Mireille’s sweet C. montana

An unknown C. montana I saw today in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle. Beautiful!

An unknown C. montana I snapped today in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle. Beautiful!

My Clematis recta purpurea is not blooming yet, but the rich purple leaves and stems are certainly putting on a show!

Oh, the rich purple leaves of C. recta purpurea!

Oh, the richly colored leaves of C. recta purpurea!

Are your clematis starting to bloom, too?

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Clematis of the Month–June

June 26, 2013 at 8:44 am (Spotlight on Clematis)
Tags: Clematis Beauty of Worcester, Clematis Betty Corning, Clematis Bijou, clematis caroline, clematis crispa, Clematis Etiole Violette, Clematis Josephine, Clematis Kiri Te Kanawa, Clematis Madame Julia Correvon, clematis negrityanka, Clematis Odoriba

Clematis Etoile Violette and Clematis Betty Corning in my Plum Tree

The best clematis in my garden for the month of June is, hands down, a beautiful pairing–Clematis Etoile Violette and Clematis Betty Corning cavorting together in my plum tree. The rich dark purple open blooms are Clematis Etoile Violette. Clematis Betty Corning is the pale bell, which is delightfully fragrant to boot.

Today I head off to Germany for the annual conference of the International Clematis Society. I’ll be seeing scads of beautiful clematis and hope to post from there, so be on the lookout for clematis news from Germany.

Below are a few more of the lovely clematis blooming in my garden today.

Dainty Clematis Odoriba

Dark and sultry Clematis Negrityanka

Clematis Caroline

The floriferous and ever-beautiful Clematis Madame Julia Correvon

Clematis Bijou as a groundcover

Clemitis Kiri Te Kanawa — only planted about two months ago!

Clematis Josephine, still going strong

First bloom on my new Clematis Crispa

Clematis Beauty of Worcester

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Bloomin’ June!

June 14, 2013 at 7:06 pm (clematisinseattle, Spotlight on Clematis)
Tags: clematis caroline, Clematis Ekstra, Clematis Etoile Violette, Clematis Fair Rosamond, Clematis florida, Clematis Fujimusume, Clematis Hakuji, Clematis Josephine, Clematis Margot Koster, Clematis Pagoda, Clematis Proteus, Clematis recta Purpurea, Clematis Sonnette, clematis the first lady, Clematis Vyvyan Pennell

Drip System, at Last!

Each clematis has its very own emitter!

Life is good. My friend Sean helped me (uh, well, actually, I carefully watched him) put in a drip system for my clems and all my pots. I am in heaven. With the dry spell we’ve been having, I have NOT had to spend hours (sometimes DAYS) watering. YayHA! Thank you, Sean. He showed me how to tweak the system myself, and I plan to make some tweaks this weekend. Hmmm, we’ll see how that goes.

Soon I’m Off to the International Clematis Conference in Germany

Where are the clems?
(2011 Belgium Conference)

Yes, it’s true. There actually is an annual international conference where clematis enthusiasts from all over the world gather together to immerse themselves in clematis for a whole week. Later this month I will be heading to southern Germany to attend my third conference (the other two were in Portland, Oregon, and Belgium). Now, I know you are probably imagining us sitting around in a stuffy conference room listening to erudite lectures about obscure clematis. Oh, no, each day all 60 or 70 of us visit two to four gardens and nurseries together–punctuated with rest stops for delicious food and drink, amid comraderie in a multitude of languages. But just imagine our consternation when, once in a while, we visit a garden with no clematis! Though we are able to enjoy the garden anyway, we are mystified that a gardener could actually neglect to weave at least one clematis into the garden design. We might even find a little time for one of those erudite clematis lectures, too. I plan to take lots of photos and hope to post from Germany, so keep a lookout (I’ll be in Europe from June 27 – July 11).

Bloomin’ June

My garden is in transition now between last of the large-flowered May-June bloomers and the beginning of the later-blooming clematis. Every day I find another clematis in bloom — what an exciting time! Here are just a few of my beauties:

Clematis Caroline, just starting her show.

Sweet Little Clematis Hakuji

Clematis Ekstra

First Blossom of Clematis Etoile Violette (must be 5″ wide!)

Clematis Fair Rosamond, winding down

Clematis Fugimusume

First ever bloom on my new Clematis florida

Clematis Josephine, still going and going

Clematis The First Lady (she’d look lovely with the dark purple Clematis The President )

Clematis Margot Koster

First of Many for my Recently Moved Clematis Pagoda

Lounger (non-climber) Clematis recta purpurea

Clematis Sonnette–adorable!

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A Fabulous Clematis Weekend

May 30, 2013 at 10:12 pm (Buying Clematis, clematisinseattle)
Tags: Cistus Nursery, Clematis Asao, Clematis Cassandra, Clematis Cassis, clematis daniel deronda, Clematis Hakuoonan, Clematis heracliafolia, Clematis Ivan Olsson, Clematis Jersey Popieluszko, Clematis Josephine, Clematis Marjorie, Clematis Multi-Blue, clematis tibetana, Clematis uncinata, joy creek nursery, Rogerson Clematis Collection, silver star vinery

Last weekend, my husband and I drove down to Portland for a few days to relax, eat well, and just enjoy ourselves! For me, of course, that includes CLEMATIS! We visited Joy Creek Nursery, enjoyed an Inviting Vines Garden Tour of five lovely Portland gardens, checked out the fabulous gardens of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, and topped it all off with a special visit to Silver Star Vinery (a great mail-order source for clematis).

Joy Creek Nursery Display Gardens

Joy Creek Nursery

On Friday after a delicious deli breakfast across from our hotel, we drove a few miles north to Joy Creek Nursery in Scappose. They had plenty of clems in stock, making deciding which ones I need quite a chore. In the end, I settled on two. The first is Clematis ‘Cassis’, a small reddish-purple double, with Clematis florida in its background–it was pictured on the tag as a luscious dark purple double. But when I looked it up on Clematis on the Web, I found it looks like this! Geesh, I like the first look better! Guess I’ll have to wait and see what I get. The other one I bought was Clematis heracleifolia ‘Cassandra’, which represents my first foray into the perennial clematis with highly fragrant hyacinth-shaped blooms. While at Joy Creek, we picked up our tickets to the Rogerson Clematis Collection’s fundraiser, Inviting Vines Garden Tour, for the next day. On the way back to Portland, we made a stop at Cistus Nursery on Sauvie Island – this is a nursery with wonderful plants, though, alas, not much in the way of clematis. They had only Clematis fasciculaflora–a winter bloomer, Clematis cartmanii Joe–a New Zealander, and a Clematis tanguitica (yellow bells). I didn’t need any of those. Nevertheless, several other plants from Cistus made the trip home with us.

The Inviting Vines Garden Tour
This annual garden tour orchestrated by the Rogerson Clematis Collection showcased five gardens, each one beautiful and unique, and all with clematis artfully incorporated. I saw a beautiful Clematis Josephine high up in a tree, an intensely blue Clematis Hakuoonan, and many others.

Clematis Josephine high up in a tree (and seen from a deck)

Clematis Hakuoonan, as seen in one of the tour gardens

Lovely unknown clematis on Garden Tour

Rogerson Clematis Collection at Luscher Farm in Lake Oswego

Our last stop on the tour was a visit to the Rogerson Clematis Collection (RCC) at Luscher Farm in Lake Oswego. What a treat! I am so impressed with how RCC has designed the gardens to enhance the ambiance of the old farmhouse as well as to showcase clematis and how to use them in a garden setting. Never fear, this is no clematis monoscape; rather, clematis are artfully blended with diverse and interesting plants and structures. A cadre of RCC volunteers, as well as curator Linda Beutler, were on hand to answer questions, sell unusual clematis from the nursery, and provide tours of the many gardens. Admission is free year-round!

Would you be surprised to learn that three new clematis from Luscher Farm came home with me? Well, they did: Clematis uncinata (a late-summer-blooming evergreen clematis with small white fragrant flowers), Clematis tibetana subsp vernayi var laciniifolia (orange bells with maroon stamens, also blooming in late summer), and Clematis ‘Jerzy Popieluszko’, a large-flowered Polish clematis with lovely big white blossoms on a short plant that should work well in a pot.

View of one of the Display Gardens at Silver Star Vinery

Silver Star Vinery

Silver Star Vinery is a wonderful mail-order clematis source nestled in the foothills of the Cascades northeast of Vancouver, Washington. Debbie Fisher, owner and head bottle washer (er, I mean head clematis tender), invited us to stop by on our way home from Portland. How could we refuse? This is a nursery that is not generally open to the public, even though Debbie has a humungous display garden filled to the brim with an amazing variety of healthy and beautiful clematis vines. Ahhhhhh. We arrived after a long and lovely drive from the highway up into the hills alongside a meandering stream. Debbie and her fellow clematis tenders, Dennis and Doug, met us at the gate. We wandered through the gardens with Debbie, who is a font of knowledge about clematis. Below are a few of the clematis we saw in bloom there–the Clematis Multi-Blue came home with us.

Clematis Asao

Lovely Clem, but don’t know the name

Another beauty!

Clematis montana Marjorie

Clematis H.F. Young

Clematis Ivan Olsson (one of Debbie;s Favs)

Clematis Daniel Deronda

Another Unknown Clematis

Clematis Multi-Blue (took this luscious beauty home with me!)

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Clematis Garden Tour in Portland

May 24, 2013 at 4:34 pm (Buying Clematis, Spotlight on Clematis)
Tags: Cistus Nursery, Clematis Asao, clematis crystal fountain, Clematis Fair Rosamond, clematis fairy blue, Clematis Garden Tour, clematis guernsey cream, Clematis Josephine, Clematis Will Baron, joy creek nursery, Rogerson Clematis Collection

I know it’s late notice, but . . .

Clematis Garden Tour in Portland!

When: Saturday, May 25, 10am – 4pm

Where: five gardens in SW Portland, as well as the Rogerson Clematis Collection’s clematis display gardens and nursery nearby at Luscher Farm in Lake Oswego.

Fee: $20

Click here for more info, including how to get tickets.

I am so sorry that I didn’t tell you all sooner about this! My life has been crazy lately.

I attend the fabulous Rogerson Clematis tour every year — it’s always on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. Attendees see gorgeous gardens that demonstrate how to use clematis effectively in home garden situations. Plus the Rogerson Clematis Collection (in Lake Oswego, just south of Portland) will be selling clematis — and, believe me, they have some unusual ones! One of the gardens will also be selling plants. And, if you have time, both Joy Creek Nursery and Cistus Nursery are nearby.

So if you don’t have anything planned for Saturday, make it a day trip, or even stay overnight in Portland. I am!!

Clematis Blooming in My Garden

Clematis Guernsey Cream

Clematis montana Vera — 40′ up a 90′ Port Orford Cedar!

Clematis Will Baron with Rosa mutabilus

Clematis Crystal Fountain, aka Clematis Fairy Blue

Clematis Josephine, just opening

Clematis Fair Rosamond

Clematis Asao

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Clematis in Seattle

The First Lady–May’s Clematis of the Month

April’s Clematis of the Month: Clematis ‘Asao’

April 2015 Clematis of the Month

May Clematis of the Month

April Clematis of the Month — And More!

Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’ and the Clematis montanas Enter the Fray

Clematis of the Month–June

Bloomin’ June!

A Fabulous Clematis Weekend

Clematis Garden Tour in Portland

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