Re: Clematis
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- Subject: Re: Clematis
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- Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:15:29 +0900
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Thank you Janet for putting me on the right track to identify my mystery
clematis.........it was bought as C. paniculata, then when it flowered in
autumn, and then lost most of it's leaves I was forced to conclude that it
wasn't that, as C paniculata, a NZ species, flowers in Spring and is
apparently evergreen. But if some sources equate it with C maximowicziana,
all is now clear.......I checked my books, and C max has five leaflets,
which is what mine has.......so I have the Sweet Autumn Clematis!
I had thought maybe I had C flammula, which can apparently have weed
potential here in SW Australia, so I am delighted with my discovery. Janet,
do you prune your clematis, and is it deciduous with you?
Margaret.
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Blenkinship <janetble@otenet.gr>
To: <Ccopuntia@aol.com>; <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: Clematis
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> I had to go to my books for C max provenance, as I am not a great
> taxonomist. According to Barry Fretwell it is synonymous with C.
terniflora,
> paniculata and diosoreifolia var. rosea
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> Anyway,whatever, it is a fantastic performer for a warm climate. A mature
> plant will scramble to 15ft with dozens of stems. Its white cruciform
> flowers, which come at this time of the year, are warmly scented. the
starry
> flowers hang in large clusters, the whole effect is like snow on lush
green
> grass because the are bright glossy green leaves act as a perfect foil.
You
> most certainly need to have room to grow it. I grow mine up an old Sharon
> Fruit tree(Persimmon I think for you) along some wrought iron and into my
> next door orange orchard.
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> To answer your question on the flowers they are just like a larger form of
> C.flammula. white, starry, and in carried in large trusses. But it is much
> more substantial in all respects than flammula.
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> country of origin China 1860
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> I always have masses of seed and anyone who would like a few can mail me
> privately and arrange to send me an addressed envelope.
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> regards
> Janet B
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> Janet Blenkinship
> Crete, Greece
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> What is this life if, full of care,
> we have no time to stand and stare.
> William henry Davies
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