Re: Clematis
> Janet B wrote:
>
> Hello everyone
>
> Can anyone tell what success they have had with Clematis. I am
> exceptionally fond of the small flowered cultivars and species, but
> have found that C.viticella etc just will not flower well here.
>
> I have great success with C. maximowitziana which makes 15ft with
> countless shoots, and mirriad white starry, fragrant flowers all
> through September. C.texensis Gravetye Beauty flowers from May to mid
> August - I then cut it down and it flowers again from October until
> Christmas. C. texensis duchess of Albany flowers from May through to
> Christmas without a breather. I love them all but that would not stop
> me from growing more.
>
> Can anyone suggest other Clematis that would cope with our dry summer
> heat?
I have no personal experience of clematis in a mediterranean climate
apart from two wild types that are found here but in the excellent book
by Pierre Cuche "Plantes du Midi" the following species are recommended
for THE mediterranean climate:-
C. armandii cream, evergreen, perfumed?
C. a. "Apple Blossom"
C. a. "Snow Drift"
C. flammula white,herbacious
C. viticella various
C. x Jackmanii violet
C. montana pink etc.
C. texensis bright pink + hybrids
For all it is is necessary to plant in a soil with plenty of humus, to
protect the roots from the sun but to let the stems reach the sunshine
and to apply a good covering of well rotted compost or manure each year
--
Gordon Walker
Cat Bells
Chemin de Ferrals
11170 Villespy
France
