Thanks Richard. I'm pleased you rate Henryi as I need a good white one. I shall try the 3 you recommend too.
Hosta - did Princess Kate do well for you? It is a gorgeous flower.
I had Princess Diana in Belgium because I loved the flowers and she did very well. I suspect Lady Q is a bit too similar to Betty Corning and I would rather have her scent if poss so I'll keep looking. Otherwise I'll just have to go and visit my daughter in Namur and come home via Clematis Man.
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)."
I had P. Diana in my last house and she never failed to please. I now have Duchess of Albany which is similar and she's ok, but Kate??
As I said, it might just be the specimen I have, but the colour is not great , nor was the growth, admittedly only planted in a large planter this year, so probably making lots of roots. I'll give her another year .
I had a Huldine too Richard and loved it. Might just wait to find another then but, Hosta, I always found clematis needed a couple of seasons to get their roots down before performing above ground.
Maxima looks lovely Richard but where on earth am I going to find one here?
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)."
Hi, i have both princess diana and kate, planted this year in pots with obelisk things to grow up. Diana is still in flower and really pretty. Kate had a few pretty flowers too, i think both will be better next year i have 15 clematis in my garden and plan to plant more. I have bought many of mine from Taylors, good service and nice quality plants.
Thank you, Richard, for your suggestions of texensis maxima and Huldine which are really beautiful--I must try at least one. I have always loved the viticellas and the spring-flowering ones like alpina and macropetala.
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Thanks Richard. I'm pleased you rate Henryi as I need a good white one. I shall try the 3 you recommend too.
Hosta - did Princess Kate do well for you? It is a gorgeous flower.
I had Princess Diana in Belgium because I loved the flowers and she did very well. I suspect Lady Q is a bit too similar to Betty Corning and I would rather have her scent if poss so I'll keep looking. Otherwise I'll just have to go and visit my daughter in Namur and come home via Clematis Man.
This is the 100 year old cultivar, Huldine, much nicer than Princess Kate in my opinion
I had P. Diana in my last house and she never failed to please. I now have Duchess of Albany which is similar and she's ok, but Kate??
As I said, it might just be the specimen I have, but the colour is not great , nor was the growth, admittedly only planted in a large planter this year, so probably making lots of roots. I'll give her another year .
This is texensis Maxima, Princess Diana was 1 of the parents, the flowers are much larger, and better foliage, than Princess Diana.
I had a Huldine too Richard and loved it. Might just wait to find another then but, Hosta, I always found clematis needed a couple of seasons to get their roots down before performing above ground.
Maxima looks lovely Richard but where on earth am I going to find one here?
Hi, i have both princess diana and kate, planted this year in pots with obelisk things to grow up. Diana is still in flower and really pretty. Kate had a few pretty flowers too, i think both will be better next year
i have 15 clematis in my garden and plan to plant more. I have bought many of mine from Taylors, good service and nice quality plants.
You had best inform the RHS about P Charles, their website says PC is a viticelli. Do let us all know how you get on.
I have Perle d'azur newly planted this year, another year or so to look forward to great blooms
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/55115/Clematis-Prince-Charles-(LL)/Details
Clematis Prince Charles is Late Large Flowered group ( LL ) on RHS website.
If it was Viticella Group, which it isn't, it would say Prince Charles ( Vit )
Extract from International Clematis Register.....
Prince Charles......Late Large Flowered Group..........Parentage Unknown..........Reg 1998 by A Keay in New Zealand.
viticella Group
Cultivars with at least one parent mainly derived
from C. viticella.
Thank you, Richard, for your suggestions of texensis maxima and Huldine which are really beautiful--I must try at least one. I have always loved the viticellas and the spring-flowering ones like alpina and macropetala.