Re: OT:Hydrangea/ Clematis

Hello David,
    Nice description on 'Pangbourne Pink' and the blue variant. I am assuming that
one would have to go from divisions rather than seeds to keep the exact cultivar
on these? Are you doing any dividing or cuttings from these?
    Everyone is going to China for the new discoveries today. Believe we do not
have to go that far. Americans still have not discovered their on species. Pink up
a good book on clematis and you see so many of our natives featured in the small
flowered section. Personally, I am very fond of the non-climbing species. Only
problem is I am a shade gardener and sun is very limited. Still have goodies in
pots trying to find a home here.
    Do check out C. addisonii, C.fremontii, C. ochreleuca for a beginning. there
are so many more ... hard to find, yes, but so worth the effort. Besides, the hunt
is more than half the fun.
    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

----- Original Message -----
From: DX Victor <david@victor.u-net.com>
Subject: Re: OT:Hydrangea/ Clematis


> Hi there Bill,
>
> Hope you don't mind me involving myself with your Clematis integrifolia
> piece but its one of my favourites.  In addition to 'Alba' and 'Rosea', I
> grow two other very good forms.  'Pangbourne Pink' is like a particularly
> good form of 'Rosea', with a good deep pink coloured flower, larger than
> those of 'Rosea'. It grows to two to three feet in height, though I like to
> grow mine on the ground.
>
> The other is a wild collected form of the blue flowered variant.  It was
> collected by a Czech collector, now dead, near Lake Baikal.  It has
> beautiful bright blue flowers, with a lighter edge to the sepals.  It has a
> long flowering season, from early July until very recently.  Presently, it
> is absolutely covered with wonderful seed heads.  I have three plants
> growing together across the top of a large rock garden and they form a
> patch some eight feet across which is a blaze of colour for weeks on end.
>
> Incidentally, if you like these kinds of clematis, have you tried
> mandschurica.  Its another beautiful semi herbaceous plant, this time with
> masses of small white flowers.  Another beauty.
> Best Regards,
> David Victor


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