Re: [SG] new subject - ivy/now Clematis

Hello Kay,
        Sorry, I can not answer your question about the Clematis book from Timber
Press. I purchased Clematis by Barry Fretwell a few years back and have
been content with the information and photos in it. He is the leading
Clematis collector in England.
        Your small bush type clematis in Deans garden is probably C. intergifolia.
Get to be about 18 inches to two feet in height and flops over. Will take a
touch of shade, but prefers lots of sun. Three are many hybrids and
selections from this species. Unfortunately they do not show up much in
general run of gardening catalogs. I have a few this year that are mature
blooming size. I use mine with hardy geraniums at the base of an old stump
and just let them flop over on the geraniums.
        Try some of the selections and hybrids of the C. alpina. They do well in
shade and only reach 8 to 12 feet and are quite vigorous. Tiny bells of
different colors. There are all kinds of species Clematis native to the
Eastern US that we do not as gardeners use or even know of. Took the
English and others to recognize our wealth and use them. Many of these are
shade lovers from our woodlands. Take a look at the newsletter section of
my web site. There is an article on Clematis there for a start.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: Kay Dye <Kdye1@AOL.COM>
>
> Gene,
> There is a book put out by Timber Press, I believe.  Are you or anyone
out
> there familiar with it?  Would you recommend it?  I would love to explore
some
> of the other clematis.  A few years ago I saw a beautiful bush clematis
with
> blue flowers growing in Don Dean's garden in Minn.  Anyone know or
remember
> what that was?  I'd like to try some of the varieties that are unique,
but
> don't know what they are.  Usually in the trade, you just see the
climbers.  I
> did plan to use one I like, C. 'Silver Moon,' to sprawl over a stump this
year
> instead of growing on a fence.  It blooms very well in shady conditions,
as
> advertised.  Are there others that do well in some shade?
>
> Kay Dye, Edelstein, IL Zone 5
>
> In a message dated 1/9/99 4:00:07 PM Central Standard Time,
> genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:
>
> <<
>  native habitats they scampered along the ground, up small shrubs and
trees,
>  over rocks... thus the cool roots and head in the sun thing. There are
>  dwarf Clematis reaching less than a foot, ones to 2 feet or so and the
>  shrubby ones forming large clumps to 3 or 4 feet without climbing that
can
>  be used like perennials. >>
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