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Seattlesuze
My Weather
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| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 03:56 am EST : |   
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A friend just mentioned this Evison clematis to me and I can't find it locally. Does anyone know this vine and where it is sold? I was able to access Rogerson's profile of it which I found fascinating. Please also let me know how it performs for you. Thanks.
Seattlesuze
- WA,
Zone "8a"
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Roelie
My Garden
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 05:16 am EST : |
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http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=619
If you want to look for something on COTW you can do with three characters. Till we meet
Roelie
- Overijssel,
Zone "Holland"
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Seattlesuze
My Weather
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| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 06:09 am EST : |
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Thanks, Roelie. I had already looked at that site and also at Rogerson's article and now I'm looking for a nursery that sells it. The US sources listed on Guernsey's website don't list it as available so I'm hoping that somebody here will have a source. Fingers crossed. Counting the days until you're in Washington!
Seattlesuze
- WA,
Zone "8a"
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Zephirine
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 06:20 am EST : |
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I did try it, but lost it after the first winter, though C. florida bicolor did thrive in my garden...
A friend of mine, and a teacher in a horticultural school, recommends it for..cut-flower arrangements !
The few blooms that I have seen had really fantastic shades of green and white..but I must confess that I'm very partial to white clems anyway, lol !...
Zephirine France zone 8 |
Roelie
My Garden
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 11:03 am EST : |
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If Debbie and I are on our way we can have a look if we see it. There is a complete difference between these two pist and bicolor
Roelie
- Overijssel,
Zone "Holland"
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Sunnyday2day
My Favorite Photo
My Weather
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:30 pm EST : |
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I have it but don't know if I have it or not Suze...springtime will tell the tale. It was very floriferous last season blooming most of the summer. It is supposed to be hardy but from what I gather from some of our GBs, it is tender. I sure hope it makes it!
Sunnyday2day
- Michigan,
Zone "5"
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Honeyb
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 03:27 pm EST : |
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Hi Sue, You'll never guess who has it. You can see them when you come down. 
Honeyb
- Washington,
Zone "7"
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Seattlesuze
My Weather
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| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 07:13 pm EST : |
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Oh Deb, you're kidding me! Wahoo! I went to Silver Star Vinery first and couldn't find Pistachio listed. My heart sank. After searching everywhere on the internet and then the regional nurseries, the only one I could find locally was $40 and not very strong at that. But you, oh, you're somebody who can pull a rabbit out of a hat! Yippee - when does it bloom for you and how hardy is it and where do you have it growing? The GW clematis forum indicated a lot of concerns about its hardiness, as Sunny2Day does above. Needing one plant has expanded to needing 3. Oh vice!
Seattlesuze
- WA,
Zone "8a"
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Keith_treadaway
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 09:24 pm EST : |
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Evirida/'Pistachio' is attractive, but is also probably the least reliable of the florida clan, unfortunately. At 40 dollars, - approximately 25 to 30 pounds sterling, I would be extremely reluctant about buying it unless you have a specialised florida collection. The species plant of florida is, in my personal opinion, a much better plant. If you must buy it, consider a pot (large!) as a possible best bet, so that you can give it some shelter when necessary. It does have the occasional habit of sprouting extra small flower-like growths from what would normally be the seed head, after the main flower is over.
Do NOT buy a 'not very strong one', as that is asking for trouble!
Keith_treadaway
- Pembrokeshire,
Zone "8 - 9"
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Sunnyday2day
My Favorite Photo
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| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 12:36 am EST : |
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Very interesting looking bloom(s) Keith.
Sunnyday2day
- Michigan,
Zone "5"
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Sunnyday2day
My Favorite Photo
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| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:57 am EST : |
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My Pistachio Evirida is still green...so far. I'm hopeful it lives up to it's professed zone...supposedly as low as zone 4.
Sunnyday2day
- Michigan,
Zone "5"
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