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Author Message   Bcollingwood  My Garden Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 07:41 am EST :    Amazing!! I had a quick wander around the garden tonight at sunset; I noticed (even though it is late November) a bloom in the process of opening and suddenly realised, 'Hang on, there is no cream-coloured clematis here!' I traced the vine back to the ground and realised my Daniel Deronda has produced a 'sport', here it is, plus the normal flowers from this spring: I very careful traced the vine back to the origin. I've never had a 'sport' before. Hopefully the mild weather will continue over the next day or so, then the flower should be able to open fully! Bcollingwood - Manchester, Zone "UK"   Ingwe4  My Favorite Photo Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 07:58 am EST :    Thrilling! Your 'sport' is not at all like its parent and has a very marked under surface! Due to the very late flowering season? Look forward to see more pictures! Ingmarie Sweden Zone 1   Ton_hannink  My Garden Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 08:23 am EST :    I like to see the flower in open position. Ton_hannink The Netherlands   Karalyn  My Weather Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 09:09 am EST :    Wow, that is great! I can't wait to see it opened! Karalyn Idaho Zone 6   Scilla  Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 09:20 am EST :    Neat, Brian, and in checking on Daniel's parentage - "Fortunei x patens) x lanuginosa" -- I can see how you get such a neat sport. This is exciting!!! I have not had a sport that I know of in my clematis, either, but do have a luscious one in my roses. Yes, as Karalyn voiced, am looking forward to seeing it open. C. lanuginosa can be pale lilac to white -- maybe that is what you have. Hope you take the cutting and root it. Scilla - Washington State, Zone "5"   Suzymac  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 09:56 am EST :    Oh WoW, that's exciting ! Please tell us how you can separate a "sport" safely from the parent for propagation. Would you wait until the spring and try cuttings ? This is so unusual, that we want to hear what you will do with this sport ! Suzy Suzymac - Massachusetts, Zone "6-7"   Bcollingwood  My Garden Posted on Monday, November 24, 2003 - 07:54 am EST :    So near, and yet...we had our first proper frost last night, -5C. That's ice on the sepals, at 8 this morning. Maybe tomorrow. http://www.btopenworld.com/weather Suzy, I'm not sure, yet. I'll have to see what happens over the next few days. Bcollingwood - Manchester, Zone "UK"   Bcollingwood  My Garden Posted on Monday, November 24, 2003 - 11:18 pm EST :    Great to be up before sunrise...essential to make the 25th of November last as long as possible. Maybe today? Or tomorrow. Bcollingwood - Manchester, Zone "UK"   Scilla  Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 03:14 am EST :    I'm not that confident of waiting myself. If this happened on one of mine, I'd be taking the cutting now instead of waiting. Our winds do so much to "prune" my clematis that I'd have no confidence this portion would remain intact by next Spring. Please keep us updated. This is so interesting! Scilla - Washington State, Zone "5"   Karalyn  My Weather Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 03:37 am EST :    Brian, it is looking very interesting! I just can't wait to see it open all the way! Please, clemmy, please open for us. We admit we are truly addicted to the mighty clematis and we have to get our fix! Karalyn Idaho Zone 6   Gardenbug  Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 08:29 am EST :    I love your Nov 24th shot Brian! May today be loooong and wonderful! What a present this is! Don't you think it's name is decided already? Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b   Bcollingwood  My Garden Posted on Friday, November 28, 2003 - 01:40 am EST :    Mmmmmm.... Bcollingwood - Manchester, Zone "UK"   Gardenbug  Posted on Friday, November 28, 2003 - 05:11 am EST :    Oh please flower, DO IT! I should be more patient I guess, especially after starting clematis seeds! Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b   Scilla  Posted on Friday, November 28, 2003 - 05:26 am EST :    Brian, it is happening -- don't you just LOVE the shadings!! You have such a gift for mystique. I love murder mysteries and how they unfold little by little -- you are doing that to us now. Don't you dare stop! We want to read the end of this story! Scilla - Washington State, Zone "5"   Karalyn  My Weather Posted on Friday, November 28, 2003 - 06:38 am EST :    OPEN, OPEN, OPEN.....and so forth. Karalyn Idaho Zone 6   Roelie  My Garden Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 10:07 am EST :    It is cold in Holland Brian so will it be with you I believe it will be Monday. Can you see the colour of the stamens and anthers ? Roelie - overijssel, Zone "holland"   Suzymac  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Sunday, November 30, 2003 - 05:24 pm EST :    The suspense is killing me ! Please take daily pictures for us. Do I see a tinge of pink or mauve at the edges ? So much fun to see unfold ! Suzy Suzymac - Massachusetts, Zone "6-7"   Bcollingwood  My Garden Posted on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 03:30 am EST :    Today. Maybe I'll have to wait until next season. Time to try emergency measures. Bcollingwood - Manchester, Zone "UK"   Kvb  My Favorite Photo Posted on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 04:42 am EST :    Poor thing - it really is doing its best, but if the weather up with you is anything like it is with us I really don't blame it for not unfurling. I didn't feel much like unfurling myself this morning. Good luck with the emergency measures, whatever they may be. Kate in Suffolk Zone 8   Zeger  Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 04:52 am EST :    Brian, could it be possible your clematis has a lack of color due to cold weather. Sometimes cold weather has an influence on flower color. Hopefully your branch will not freeze to deep, so you can take some cuttings. Than these cuttings will prove next year whether this is a new sport or just a joke of nature. Very interesting. Last tuesday I visited Mr Westphal in Germany and he told me some years double flowers occurred when he had a very long though not very cold winter. This sounded very interesting to me. He found this in his Ville de Lyon, Piilu and others I forgot the name of. We will see what happens next year. Keep us informed about this. Kind regards, Zeger. Zeger   Roelie  My Garden Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 02:21 am EST :    Brian How is the White Flower ?? Greetings Roelie Roelie - Overijssel, Zone "Holland"   Scilla  Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 03:18 pm EST :    Zeger, true? double flowers in Ville de Lyon? Oh, I love her, and to think of her with double flowers. Smashing!!! So far our winter hasn't been below zero, so maybe we'll have more doubles this next year. Interesting how that goes. And as Spider said he had yet to see his Patricia Ann Fretwell bloom double (but that was last year), I hope he posts if she has changed her mind yet and flounces about his garden in a double tutu! Scilla - Washington State, Zone "5"

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