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Your top performing PINK clematis!
happycottontail
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Sorry, this should have read: Am off to the Harrogate Flower Show tomorrow and need your experience to help me decide what to buy - photos would be a bonus! Thanks.
What sort of clematis do you like? There are so many types - alpina, large flowered, herbaceous, evergreen .... and different flowering times
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Haven't got any photos, but Abilene does well for me in a pot, and Josephine is going mad over my trellis - and flowers all summer long. Have fun at Harrogate !
I have a beautiful dusky pink one called Josephine. It has double flowers and is beautiful. Flowers around May June time and again around September. One of my favourites.
..this is a close up of Clematis texensis 'Princess Diana', it's quite floriforous when you get it going, which can be difficult I have found...
Use the website I've indicated on teh other threads and put pink in the tepal box on the search form.
I have Princess Diana and like many clems she tooka a couple of eyars to settle down but isnow very vigorous and has masses of flowers. Alionushka is pretty but less vigorous - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=1
Cicciolina is tough and has rather small flowers produced in profusion - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=567
Dr Ruppel is gorgeous but struggles with my winters - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=143
Hagley Hybrid is common and a bit mauvey but has lovely dark antehrs and is a good doer - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=196
hendryetta is a delicate flower and non clinging so needs training and tying in - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=2017
I love Markham's Pink but it didn't like my winters - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=2017
Omoshiro looks fab planted with a deeper pinky red clem such as Mme Julia Correvon or Niobe or Warsaw Nike - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=2017
I have to have Cicciolina - it is adorable
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Some gorgeous ones here! It's wonderful to have such helpful feedback!
There are also scented clematis you could consider. Thevergreen armandii types are a too wussy to survive for me but I have these doing well -
Betty Corning - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=562
clematis x triternata 'rubromarginata' - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=540
and Flammula - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=172
They are all scrambled up trees. The last two have tiny flowers but lots of them.