Re: clematis viticella varieties

In a message dated 2/8/03 3:32:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, Blee811@aol.com 
writes:


> I can't compare them, but Polish Spirit is a vigorous bloomer for me in the 
> Cincinnati area.
> Bill Lee

I cannot compare the two but I can remark on Bill's devotion to 'Polish 
Spirit.'  I have the other one.  Since Bill has mentioned this a few times 
(maybe more than a few times) , I am going to acquire one this spring.  It 
just has to be a good middle American plant.   'Etoile Violette' is very 
vigorous, somewhat drought resistant and produces millions of blossoms.  It 
will also grow along the ground on top of a ground cover.  I do not prune 
mine as any woody plant part is pruned here when we discover how much of that 
plant actually survives.  

As the clematis swell buds very early, here even when frosts are still 
expected, I don't prune them.  Leaves appear and other things make life in 
the garden busy so the clematis pruning never happens.  One of my EV's grows 
into and all over a large Kalmia allowing the Kalmia to bloom twice.  If some 
non-blooming wood remains at the base of the vine it twists itself around the 
shrub so bare spots don't appear in what is a leafy shrub.  Same for the one 
that travels along the Alchemilla  patch.  Granted, it may not be the best 
combination but it volunteered.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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