Burgandy Clematis -Reply

I have Niobe and it is growing through a gold
leaved caryopteris, and then into the rose
"Sharifa Asma" (pale pink).  It's definitely on
the burgandy side, there is no really red
climatis.  The only one that's purported to be
"cherry" is texensis "Gravetye Beauty."  Another
choice that I've seen growing through New
Dawn is Gypsy Queen, deep purple/burgandy
with a petunia bar which I have copied in my
yard.  Another one on the "burgandy side" is
Ville de Lyon, dark burgandy with deep
lavender centers, really beautiful.  I have this
growing through the climber "Angel Face." 
Rouge Cardinal is also on the burgandy side.  

Remember, colors really vary from eye to eye. 
Ann Lovejoy in her books often preface her
descriptions with, "to my eye ..."

I have a red maple, "Moonfire" which is
definitely burgandy red, and if your maple is of
similar coloring, any of those should look fine
with the maple and New Dawn.  Niobe and
Rouge Cardinal are solids however, and there
may not be enough contrast with the leaves of
the maple.  Just my thoughts.

>>> Peggy Enes <peggy@unicom.net>
06/10/98 11:58am >>>
I would very much like a burgandy clematis as a
go-with for my New Dawn
climber and to pick up the color in a thread-leaf
Japanese maple that
is about 8-10' away. (The nursery said it was an
Acer palmatum
dissectum 'Ever Red' but mine doesn't have any
of the reddish-orange
color I see on other Ever Reds.) The Japanese
maple gets full morning
sun and is very deeply colored from medium to
very dark burgandy.

In last spring's Wayside catalog there was a
clematis that I thought
that might be a good color called 'Nirobe'.
However, I talked to
someone who had seen this in bloom and he
said the one he saw was
really a dark, bright cherry red, rather than the
burgandy I was hoping
for.

Is there such a critter as a burgandy clematis
and, if so, where might
I buy one? Dearest hubby has told me to quit
buying all those #@%&#
white and wimpy pink things and I was rather
hoping that a nice, showy
clematis might distract him from the noticing
the New Dawn addition to
the front of the house. ;).

TIA


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Peggy Enes (peggy@unicom.net)   Zone 5/6


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