@Pianoplayer I don't think they are difficult. The tranquilite was fine last year but this year it's leaves are starting to look unhealthy. I had one in a tub a few years ago and that got some kind of fungal disease. I asked their website and they said to spray it regularly but it was too far gone and I am not good at remembering to do it regularly. I would give them a go as I always think if you get even 1 or 2 seasons its good value compared to a bunch of flowers at the same cost.
I'm looking for a couple of large white/cream twining clems - something like a montana, with a similar flower, floriferous, but not as much of a mess. My unruly montana came out about a metre from the fence it was on and ended up bringing it down. Any ideas? Can be for any time of year but with a simple flower.
I like a Group 3 clematis personally, cut the whole lot down every year so they never become a tangled mess. Perhaps C. 'Sweet Sensation', or see the last page for C. 'Hagelby White' and Clematis terniflora.
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@1634 Racine Ah, glad you've started this thread. I tried to start a similar one a coupla weeks ago but called it something different- not wanting to step on anyone's toes (thread title copyright?) lol - and it disappeared off the top page so quickly I don't think I even got a reply! Anyway, it's here if anyone's interested. Lovin' that Supernova btw. The fading into the centre is fantastic - so subtle! I was very tempted to get one last year but ended up buying a picotee instead. That might now go back to the top of the wish list!
So, the later clems have now come into flower, (probably) etoile violette For a couple of weeks and polish spirit just started To update on the earlier, potted clems, piilu is still flowering strongly and Samaritan Jo is just about to finish, but this is its 7th week of flowering, poor dear must be knackered so I've started feeding it already! So far this year I've planted out five of my Morrisons £1.80 slips (2 from last year, 3 from this - the earlier purchases were much bigger than more recent ones), Westerplatte, huldine, pink fantasy, Warszawska Nike and Elsa Spath with mixed results - Elsa and Pink have been seriously slugged but the others seem good.
@Fire how about huldine? @K67 I think maybe the smaller evisons suffer from too much growth in a small spac, I haven't had fungal problems but I have had some stems die back in the middle of the "thicket". I'm going to try putting the Samaritan jo supports wider next year to try and spread them out. Tbf though it's happened on my piilu as well. I've got bijou and filigree (the really short ones) too and they definitely suffer from growth piling on top of itself: it seems they're happiest trailing out of a basket
@fire would certainly recommend terniflora. It's a late flower it's scented group 3 so easy to do any fence repairs. Photo in my previous post I also have alba luxururians not quite so rampant.
@mikeymustard thats interesting re the evison.mine is also dying off in the middle but it's behind a dwarf lilac and some viola. If it survives next year I will let in trail over the trough rather than up
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I would give them a go as I always think if you get even 1 or 2 seasons its good value compared to a bunch of flowers at the same cost.
For a couple of weeks and polish spirit just started
To update on the earlier, potted clems, piilu is still flowering strongly and Samaritan Jo is just about to finish, but this is its 7th week of flowering, poor dear must be knackered so I've started feeding it already!
So far this year I've planted out five of my Morrisons £1.80 slips (2 from last year, 3 from this - the earlier purchases were much bigger than more recent ones), Westerplatte, huldine, pink fantasy, Warszawska Nike and Elsa Spath with mixed results - Elsa and Pink have been seriously slugged but the others seem good.
@K67 I think maybe the smaller evisons suffer from too much growth in a small spac, I haven't had fungal problems but I have had some stems die back in the middle of the "thicket". I'm going to try putting the Samaritan jo supports wider next year to try and spread them out. Tbf though it's happened on my piilu as well. I've got bijou and filigree (the really short ones) too and they definitely suffer from growth piling on top of itself: it seems they're happiest trailing out of a basket
I also have alba luxururians not quite so rampant.