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Clematis ID

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Nelly fades in full sun.  Much better planted in a shady aspect or with sun for only part of the day and then she's gorgeous.   

    Way back in about 2006 there was a clematis fanatic on a previous incarnation of these boards who was very sniffy about Nelly and found her common so I started a Save Nelly thread for people who appreciate her.
    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
    It's perfect for a north facing aspect. My sister has one in that location.
    Too pastelly pale 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
    I know but I grew mine with Rahvarinne and they were a splendid partnership - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=387

    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
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    I wasn't sure whether to start a new topic or tag onto this, so apologies if I have gone through the wrong procedure.  Can you help me to id these two clematis, the deep purple one is in flower now and looks like velvet, and the pink/red/mauve one was in flower a month or two ago - April/May time. I have two labels but I am not sure which goes with which clematis - Ernest Markham and Viticelia Violette. Can you help please?
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    2nd. one could be C. niobe.
    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
    GD - you really do need to embrace and bookmark the clematis Hull website!!

    Etoile Violette - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=26 

    Ernest Markham - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=162 
    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
    Many thanks all! Obelixx, I've got a huge stretch of bare fence that is crying out for climbers so I'm happy to become a clemaholic 😅 thank you for the link 
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    Yes, I know you are right Obelixx.  I have now managed to sort the names from the Hull link you highlighted for me - The Violette is the deep purple flowered clem and the Ernest Markham is the more red/pink flower.  Both are lovely and work well together but I do prefer the deep purple Violette.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Well, the clue is in the name of one of them isn't it?  Violette has to be purple.
    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
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