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Bellarosa
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 10:35 pm EST : |   
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Hi everyone,
I'm new to this site and looking for some advice on the following clematis varieties:
Silver Moon
- Blue Angel
- Andromeda
- Cardinal Wyszynksi
- Rhapsody
- Charissima
- Killian Donahue
- Warsaw Nike
- Viola
I'm interested in knowing what your experience was in growing these varieties. Specifically I'm looking for details on disease resistance, height and bloom pattern. I'm curious too, about the actual color. Sometimes its listed as purple and other times, it might be listed as a deep burgundy - I'm talking about 'Viola', in this case.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
Evelyn
Bellarosa
- IL,
Zone "5a"
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Susanq
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| | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 10:50 pm EST : |
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I can tell you that I've had Silver Moon for two years now and it's growing in almost total shade and gives me flowers like this (kind of a silvery, lavender blue):
This will be its leap year.
SusanQ - Zone 4b-5b Wisconsin |
Jeanne
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| | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 10:51 pm EST : |
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Evelyn..Hi from Texas and Welcome to the Forum...here is an awesome site called "Clematis on the Web" and Richard has wonderful picture and great info on pruning etc...Click on the Link "Clematis A-Z" ...then Just click on the first letter of the name of the clematis...scroll and find the one you want and click on it..Hope this helps...Jeanne
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/
Jeanne Texas Zone 8B
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 11:45 pm EST : |
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Blue Angel is a delight for me here in Ontario, Canada. Warsawska Nike will be in its second year and is far more wine red than Viola. The photos at COTW that Jeanne suggested are a tremendous help.
Gardenbug
- Ontario,
Zone "4/5"
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Gimmeclems
| | Posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 12:10 am EST : |
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I don't see any burgundy in my 'Viola'. It is purple,and always in bloom here with many new shoots every year...
It is easy to grow--recommended by Bill Bird on the "clematis for beginners" list. This beginner has loved it!
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Sunnyday2day
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 12:26 am EST : |
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Welcome Evelyn! This is Viola...a prolific and long blooming clematis. It will be in it's third year here this upcoming season. Rhapsody is a beautiful darker blue clematis that I have growing with Comtesse deBouchaud. I have some of the others you mentioned but they are quite young yet.
Sunnyday2day
- Michigan,
Zone "5"
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Jeanne
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 01:08 am EST : |
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and I love my Clematis "Rhapsody" ...it's a true blue..not purple...Jeanne
Jeanne Texas Zone 8B
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Roelie
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| | Posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 06:56 am EST : |
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If you want no troubles then take viticella's but All these plant are very nice. You will never succeeded in gardening without troubles .
All ways nature try something. If it is a bad summer you have with every plant troubles through heavy rain and wind .
Roelie
- Overijssel,
Zone "Holland"
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