This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Nursery credibility

Dear Alex,

Thanks for the kind words - if I was demure I might even be blushing a
little.

And I admit that Clematis afoliata is not to everyones taste, but I loved
it the moment I saw it, and it really came alive to us one day when we
placed a young plant of it, in its pot, next to an ephedra in a slightly
larger pot. (for those who might not know - it is kind of obscure -,
Ephedra is a dryland, leafless, twiggy shrub, a conifer technically, with
thin twiggy green branches) Somehow on this day they looked like they
should be together. Well, not more than an hour later the clematis had
already reached for the ephedra and was twining its leafless vines among
the leafless branches of the ephedra, and it was just the cutest thing. I
think plants are interesting for what they do, and why, and not always just
how they fit in the garden plan. That is why we will probably never make
alot of money at our nursery, but we sure do enjoy it and it is always
interesting.

Diana R.

At 10:05 AM 1/23/98 -0800, you wrote:
>January 23, l998
>
>


>
>Although I have seen many wonderful plants at Collector's Nursery including
>some incredible blue leaved, and brown leaved Rhododendrons I would beg to
>differ with Diana Reeck about Clematis afoliata's charms. The one specimen I
>ever saw was there and as you Americans often say, "It's certainly a
>conversation piece."
>
>Alex
>Vancouver, BC Zone 7/8 but sometimes 6.

Diana Reeck/Bill Janssen
Collector's Nursery
16804 NE 102nd Ave., Battle Ground, WA 98604 USA
http://www.collectorsnursery.com
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index