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Clematis ID

harmonyharmony Posts: 403
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Hi, can anyone id this beautiful clematis for me please. Its in my grandsons garden and I would like to take a cutting so any advice on how and when to do this please. Thankyou..

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  • bullfinchbullfinch Posts: 692
    Do you think the stripes are pinkish or purple-ish? I got a lovely clematis catalogue (with an even lovelier plant  :) ) if pink it could be nelly moser or purple best wishes. As for cuttings, sorry I failed spectacularly this week.....
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I think it's a Nelly Moser.  Very easy to find in supermarkets and garden centres - far easier than striking cuttings!

    However, if you want to try, 

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-take-cuttings-from-clematis/ 


    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
  • ErashaErasha Posts: 52
    May I also highjack this thread to ask what variety my lovely clematis might be? 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    This website can be used to search for clematis by the colour of the tepals and stamens and so on.   http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/

    Give it a go but beware, you will end up with clematis envy and might just become a clemaholic.
    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
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2019
    It looks very like Clematis Viticella venosa violacea which had just started to bloom a trifle early in my garden. 

    It it looked fabulous lash year scrambling through Rosa Bonica so I’m allowing it to do that again this year rather than tiring it in up the fence. 



    Not a great photo but you get the general idea ... the amount of white in each bloom tends to vary in my experience. 

    https://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/clematis-venosa-violacea.html

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





  • we11ingtonwe11ington Posts: 28
    Plantsnap says its "Nelly Moser."..
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    I always take clematis cuttings around June. Dipped in hormone powder and put around the outside of a shallow clay pan in a very gritty compost. Kept in the shade in the greenhouse until they root. Probably a 50% success rate so take quite a few. Once they are rooted I pot them on and put outside. 
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    we11ington said:
    Plantsnap says its "Nelly Moser."..
    😆 
    Plantsnap is wrong ... again. 

    This is Nelly Moser https://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/clematis-nelly-moser.html



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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited June 2019
    I've no idea what Plantsnap is, but Erasha's clem couldn't be less like Nelly if it tried  :D
    Dove's suggestion looks a pretty accurate one

    I'm not sure the OP's is NM either.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Fairygirl said:
    I've no idea what Plantsnap is, but Erasha's clem couldn't be less like Nelly if it tried  :D
    Dove's suggestion looks a pretty accurate one

    I'm not sure the OP's is NM either.
    It looks much lighter than Nelly 


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





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