The longest lasting Clematis bloom?

[Deanneart]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!! Fabulous photographs of these lovelies!

[Malgorzata]

Thank you Deanne for stopping by!

Originally Posted by peer_nz A little bit of spraying goes a long way to protect them.

Peer, it did not work this year. I really went out of my way to prevent this season. After two weeks absence I came back to the beginnings of mildew and nothing short of pruning worked to get it under control on texensis types. But if I compare to neighbor's garden... I am still the lucky one. Mildew took over everywhere this season. Just the favorable conditions I guess and luck of right product to get rid of it. Last year was very good... the prevention worked very well. Oh, well ... gardening would be not fun if there was no challenge involved, right?

[Patrick]

thats easy, huldine lasts a loooooooooong time when it flowers!

[jameslb]

Originally Posted by Malgorzata I was getting bored

HUH?! Malgorzata... please tell me we aren't losing you to other interests?! These magical vines are hard to get bored of, as you've found

[chriscdavidt]

I don't have a lot of experience growing Clematis but of the 19 different varieites that I have I would say my longest lasting show isMadame Julia Correvon

[Luiza]

I setup up a spreadsheet back in '07 to keep track of the length each clematis bloomed. I was really into gardening then :P
For some I indicated when the bloom appeared but too bad I didn't capture the re-bloom. I'll try to do this again this year. Some plants were new so the shorter bloom periods may not reflect a more mature plant.

[Malgorzata]

Thank you Luiza for sharing with us your Calendar! Well done! Love it!!! Wish I was taking the notes too! Wishful thinking!

[CLematisGuru]

american clematis society has a bloom tracking chart that is easy to use also. they used to collect them from members and i laboriously tracked many many clems and sent the sheets in, but i do not know what they did with the information. tracking bloom times has been useful as to pinpointing when the gardens will look their best for visitors, that is the main benefit i have had from it. i usually track every few years. also tracking first emergence of shoots or growth in the spring is interesting.
some clems appear so late in the spring that it is good to know that it is a trait of that variety in your garden vs indicating trouble.

[Weather]

This is excellent and very useful! I agree that it's beneficial to know if late blooming or date of final blooming is a trait. I'll try to track my plants, too. I do plan to prune the Gravetye Beauty twice - once Feb/March and again about 4-6 weeks later. The goal is to 1) increase the number of stems and 2) to make sure the bloom is later than the appearance of Japanese Beetles. We'll see.

[cmmwiebe]

This has been a great post Malgorzata. Lots of good input.
I was so impressed with the blossoms on my new seedlings of Wada's Primrose. They are so bright and seemed to last a very long time. My second choice is a Harlow Carr seedling which bloomed right under the snow in the fall.

And this little viorna made it right till frost among the last blossoms on the plant.