Yes - that's normal @Pete.8 - the colour changes in many of those whites due to the ageing of the flowers - just like clematis. It's different from them changing due to the soil. I have two in the back garden [macrophylla soeur therese] and I don't like the pastel pink colour change as the flowers fade in autumn. Such is life.
It's why I like the oak leaf ones - white, and nothing but white
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes - that's normal @Pete.8 - the colour changes in many of those whites due to the ageing of the flowers - just like clematis. It's different from them changing due to the soil. I have two in the back garden [macrophylla soeur therese] and I don't like the pastel pink colour change as the flowers fade in autumn. Such is life.
It's why I like the oak leaf ones - white, and nothing but white
I know - that's why I bought them
Billericay - Essex
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I'd be happy if they went from white to dark - it's the bit in between I don't like! Mind you - since they were annihilated by frost after doing a prune in spring, there's not going to be any flowers anyway this year. Foliage is already orangey gold. Always next year...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I try and keep mine small by hard pruning back to a frame of older branches in spring. Unlike the mopheads, the paniculatas don't seem to be affected by frost damage to the buds. Funnily enough, I like the lime green to white to pale pink. I'm less keen when they're dark pink - that's just me Each to their own
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Indeed @Pete.8. Interesting about the frost, but we do get rather a lot of those, even in mild winters. It's just one of those things though. There's a house down near the nursery I use, and I used to stay nearby too, so I passed it regularly. They have a huge bank of them along the roadside. I think they're probably Limelight, and they look terrific in such a big space, especially as the season changes. It's a lovely woodland-y garden
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sounds lovely @Fairygirl I was torn between Vanille Fraise and Limelight when I bought mine. Limelight has an RHS AGM, Vanille Fraise just missed out because the flowers heads drooped in the rain according to their trial results - and we've had a LOT of that recently. I think mine have held up well and should be better next year, as I've severely cut back a massive rhodo that was starting to swamp them. They were in nearly deep shade until about a week ago
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Yes - some do a bit better with a bit of light, and some don't seem to care. The oak leaf ones tolerate a bit more sun too, so they might be good for your area. I was just looking earlier at the one I have under the front window. I do absolutely nothing to it, apart from removing the odd dead or broken branch. It's a fair old size now. Window cleaner's just been, so it's had a water
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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It's why I like the oak leaf ones - white, and nothing but white
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Mind you - since they were annihilated by frost after doing a prune in spring, there's not going to be any flowers anyway this year.
Foliage is already orangey gold. Always next year...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Unlike the mopheads, the paniculatas don't seem to be affected by frost damage to the buds.
Funnily enough, I like the lime green to white to pale pink. I'm less keen when they're dark pink - that's just me
Each to their own
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
There's a house down near the nursery I use, and I used to stay nearby too, so I passed it regularly. They have a huge bank of them along the roadside. I think they're probably Limelight, and they look terrific in such a big space, especially as the season changes. It's a lovely woodland-y garden
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I was torn between Vanille Fraise and Limelight when I bought mine.
Limelight has an RHS AGM, Vanille Fraise just missed out because the flowers heads drooped in the rain according to their trial results - and we've had a LOT of that recently.
I think mine have held up well and should be better next year, as I've severely cut back a massive rhodo that was starting to swamp them. They were in nearly deep shade until about a week ago
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I was just looking earlier at the one I have under the front window. I do absolutely nothing to it, apart from removing the odd dead or broken branch. It's a fair old size now. Window cleaner's just been, so it's had a water
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...