Re: Help with plant ID

Well, here's the plant and the trellis it rode in on:

http://lurch.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cam/unknown/bench.jpg
http://lurch.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cam/unknown/bench1.jpg

for different perspective.  It is odd.  It sprawls for about 2 feet
on the east side of the stand thing, but it does not appear to be
going in the tree (unlike I may have led Chris to believe).  I'm
not sure it's still growing.

Maybe we are on a toxic waste dump!

On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 06:35:05PM -0400, Kitty wrote:
> That does seem odd.  I got 2 C.h. from Seneca Hill.  Mine has never gone 
> over 3 ft and the one I got for CES is 3-4 ft.  It likes to grow laterally 
> and tends to be sort of sprawly.  I'd guess Karen's might be neither C.h nor 
> C. i., but yet another shrub-type Clematis.  RHS says C.h. grows only to 5 
> ft and C.i. only to 3.3 ft.
> 
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Help with plant ID
> 
> 
> >> YOu're probably right Ceres.  I've only grown C heracleifolia, so being
> >> familiar with that one, it was my guess.  Not common to find any shrub
> >> Clematis at a newly purchased existing home, so I bet Karen's probably in
> >> for more treats as time goes by.
> >
> > Actually, I talked with Karen about it a little offlist and showed her
> > photos of each.  The leaves definitely aren't entire like integrifolia,
> > so we're leaning towards a C. heracleifolia cultivar.  The leaves seem
> > right for that.
> >
> > What's odd is that her plant is 6 or 7 feet high and still growing!
> >
> > Chris
> >
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