Re: Clematis recta
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- Subject: Re: Clematis recta
- From: H* D* <h*@CapAccess.org>
- Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 00:40:40 -0400 (EDT)
> Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 15:18:42 +0000
> From: firekeep@mcn.net
> Subject: Clematic recta question
>
> I have two healthy c. heracleifolia that have done very well. This will
> be their third year. So this year I ordered c. 'Recta'. Has anyone had
> any experience with this one. Do I treat it like any other herbasceous
> perennial? Is it floppy? I find c. herc. needs some support to keep from
> flopping over. The bed it will be in recieves afternoon shade, high and
> light.
>
> Thanks
> Ann B.
> Montana Gardener
>
Dear Ann: I have grown Clematis recta for about 25 years, and think you
will enjoy it. It IS floppy, and, for me, always needs support. I
should imagine that it MIGHT stand up all by itself if grown in FULL sun,
but I have tried it in various places where it gets maximum sun, without
success (uprightwise). I just don't have any place where there is much
more than a half day of sun.
But is is a handsome plant, when supported, and it is otherwise
well-behaved. It neither self-sows, nor ramps. The clumps do increase
in size, but fairly slowly. I have never tried it as
a cut flower, but now that I've wondered about such a use, will cut some
when it starts blooming, as it is getting ready to do in zone 7a.
I increase it by division in fall or early spring. Because it isn't
widely distributed (at least not in this area), it makes a nice gift.
Harry Dewey
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