Re: clematis--viticellas

In a message dated 1/15/2003 11:29:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, ECPep@aol.com 
writes:


> Other than that one, the vitacella hybrids are pretty good with Etoile 
> Violette being the favorite when the large flowered sorts thumb their nose 
> at 
> your garden.

===>Polish Spirit is also an extremely vigorous viticella--purple. I have two 
that grew to the top of a split-rail fence and then made a massive ball of 
plant there, full of bloom every late spring/early summer. I never prune 
them.

Another grows up the downspout (with the original help of a few ties) of the 
8-foot downspout of the barn--it reached the shingled roof and made a huge 
mass there. Again, never pruned--this one is also in a very damp spot, total 
shade until it hits the top and sees the roof. 
Bill Lee

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