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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Lots of clematis are happier in shade @jaffacakes. If the growing info states that, then it's a fair bet it's true!  :)

    Too pale and peely wally for me.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Peely wally @Fairygirl???
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Common term up here @Obelixx. Wally is pronounce 'wah' as in wabbit, not 'woh' as in wall    :D
    Pale and uninteresting, washed out - that sort of thing  :)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Very apt.  That's why I prefer Blue Angel - tepals don't have that frill and it has the interesting dark purple stripey bar on the reverse side.  I brought mine with me from Belgium and he's been in the ground a couple of months now so still settling in.   Should take off next year.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I know that I'm in the minority when it comes to pastel colours generally, but that's fine. I think strong colours work a bit better in our climate up here too. 

    I don't mind being different - I don't like roses or the colour blue either!  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    I think I have enough pastels and roses for the two of us @Fairygirl......you can have my share of scarlet instead 😉
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I was thinking a pastel colour might light up some of the shadier areas in this garden 🤔 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    All this Clematis talk, has me wandering around the garden wondering where I might be able to put a few extras in.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited August 2019
    Excellent @punkdoc!   Can't have too many clematis.

    @Chicky - can't do scarlet but can do those bright orange rudbeckia??   I like geum Mrs Bradshaw but not dayglo orange California poppies.  I dare say I'll get there tho.   

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I use white @Dovefromabove :)
    No inbetweenies  :D

    That's grand @chicky, although I like strong , dark reds rather than scarlets. Fussy mare :D
    Good job we're not all the same isn't it?  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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