Yes great to see, I've ordered from them before... I wanted Sea Breeze too, and Monty Don has 'Mary Rose' in his garden.. look forward to seeing more of these...
I planted Star of India yesterday, leaving it with temporary support (canes) for now (it will get the permanent support in two weeks). And I probably did a sloppy job, because the main stem snapped overnight in light wind If I cut it at that point, will it grow new shoots from the base or will it create a lateral shoot?
Love the fuzzy buds Big Blue Sky. I had Westerplatte but gave it away as the flowers were bigger than I wanted though they are nice they swamped what I wanted it to grow with.
@ImpatientGardener, the first red stemmed one looks like it could be a montana of some kind if the leaf shape behind is also it. There are quite a few and some do get new red growth and red stems. I only have rubens and Elizabeth but they both get new growth like your top photo.
Is the second one it also? or it may be something like a tangutica. Yellow flowers. Though there are some other species and varieties, types with dark and different colour flowers. The more commonly available ones tend to be the yellow varieties. They also usually have busier seed heads than your one. So I could be wrong.
Thank you @Rubytoo I know the flowers are very large but that is why I like them. Though I am worried that they will overpower clematis Piilu that I planted next to it on the same trellis. Ah well, we shall see. For smaller flowers of a different colour I planted Princess Kate last year. No buds just yet, and even the stem is hardly visible yet.
It is a lovely one, I like the contrast of the stamens, and how they stand out white with red tips. I was trying to find a red to go with Trachelospermum and decided I wanted a smaller flower. ( Gravetye Beauty in the end). Westerplatte is living with my mother now.
I almost bought Kate a year or so ago , there was a gone over bunch in a nursery, half price. I had already spent too much but regret not squeezing that one in.
Half the fun is trying things out and if you decide you do not like Piilu and Wester together, they are easy enough to move. But if you like the effect, that is even better. You should grow what you like and how you like it in your garden
Impatient gardener no pruning then, great news about the blackbirds. This is an old picture, but similar effect still out there today. C.cirrhosa balearica with Akebia quinata. The clematis has finished its main flush, but some years they do flower and overlap closer together. The Akebia flowers are slightly more open now.
Two clematis that are in flower now that Constance has almost finished. Both grown from plug plants - Guernsey Cream was planted out late last Summer and I think the other is blue dancer or blue lagoon - can anyone verify the name for me please? By the way Guernsey cream is golden yellow and I feel that this flower has too much green in it. The blue flowers are big but are difficult to photograph and this is still at the bud stage.
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@ImpatientGardener, the first red stemmed one looks like it could be a montana of some kind if the leaf shape behind is also it. There are quite a few and some do get new red growth and red stems. I only have rubens and Elizabeth but they both get new growth like your top photo.
Is the second one it also? or it may be something like a tangutica. Yellow flowers.
Though there are some other species and varieties, types with dark and different colour flowers. The more commonly available ones tend to be the yellow varieties.
They also usually have busier seed heads than your one. So I could be wrong.
Nice Avalanche @Susynb
There's my little Jackmanii just starting to climb.
For smaller flowers of a different colour I planted Princess Kate last year. No buds just yet, and even the stem is hardly visible yet.
Westerplatte is living with my mother now.
I almost bought Kate a year or so ago , there was a gone over bunch in a nursery, half price. I had already spent too much but regret not squeezing that one in.
Half the fun is trying things out and if you decide you do not like Piilu and Wester together, they are easy enough to move. But if you like the effect, that is even better.
You should grow what you like and how you like it in your garden
Impatient gardener no pruning then, great news about the blackbirds.
This is an old picture, but similar effect still out there today. C.cirrhosa balearica with Akebia quinata. The clematis has finished its main flush, but some years they do flower and overlap closer together. The Akebia flowers are slightly more open now.