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Plant: Clematis "Kakio"
Quantity: 1
Source: Garden Crossings
Planted: 10/22/03
Blooms: Late April
Notes: Moved into sunnier location
while dormant in March 2004. It is located on the street side of the front lamp post. This is the first clematis to bloom each year. It is paired with its lighter and larger sibling, Asao, on the lamp post.
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Plant: Clematis "Asao"
Quantity: 1
Source: Garden Crossings
Planted: 10/22/03
Blooms: Late April
Notes: Planted around lamppost in front yard. In this photo, the blooms that fade to white at the center are Asao, and the darker blooms are Kakio.
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Plant: Clematis "Miss Bateman"
Quantity: 3
Source: Lowe's
Planted: 5/3/04
Blooms: Early May
Notes: Purchased small plants which were eaten to the stems, blooms and all, the day after we bought them. Moved to the new gazebo on 2/27/05. Added a third plant from Lowe's on 4/10/05. In spring 2007, these little vines have an insane number of buds on them.
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Plant: Clematis "Multi Blue"
Quantity: 3
Source: Garden Crossings
Planted: 10/15/04
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: Planted on trellis in side garden; moved to base of rose of Sharon on other side of house on 6/2/07. When the blossoms first open, this looks like any medium-sized purple-blue clematis bloom, but after several days, the inner petals open to form the unusual bloom. The big petals drop and the inner blue pompoms last another week or two.
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Plant: Clematis "Dr. Ruppel"
Quantity: 4
Source: Lowe's
Planted: 5/3/04
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: The rabbits are
having mercy on these, and they are thriving. Some of the blooms are double with very dark pink petals, and look very different from the other blossoms.
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Plant: Clematis "H. F. Young"
Quantity: 2
Source: Lowe's
Planted: 5/3/04
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: These are doing
very well, with lots of new growth. These are absolutely gorgeous and look great in a vase with Snow Queen blossoms.
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Plant: Clematis "Nelly Moser"
Source: Sundown Gardens, Altum's
Quantity: 2
Planted: 6/01/03
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: Moved to back yard 4/3/05. Purchased a second plant from Altum's on 4/17/05.
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Plant: Clematis "Snow Queen"
Quantity: 2
Source: Lowe's
Planted: 5/3/04
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: These were originally planted next to an ugly bush to grow through it. Rabbits ate all of the leaves at the bottom of the plants, and earwigs ate the blooms. Moved to a sunnier position with other young clematis plants on 6/6/04. The blooms look white in sunshine, but remain a very pale blue-pink when displayed in a vase under office lights. The later flush of blooms in June were much more pink.
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Plant: Clematis "The President"
Source: Sundown Gardens
Quantity: 2
Planted: 6/01/03
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: Moved to back yard 4/3/05 when our mailbox was replaced. These are very large purple flowers, much more purple than shown here.
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Plant: Clematis "Henryii"
Quantity: 2
Source: Menard's
Planted: 3/14/04
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: Purchased bare-root plants. Growing on a trellis with Dr. Ruppel.
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Plant: Clematis "Scartho Gem"
Quantity: 3
Source: Lowe's
Planted: 9/26/04
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: Moved to spa garden 9/12/05. These are really pretty blooms. Moved to base of mock orange bush in spring 2007 and it looks gorgeous there.
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Plant: Clematis "Marie Boisselot"
Source: Lowe's
Quantity: 3
Planted: 7/13/03
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: This is an amazing plant. Terrific growth, endless blooms, sturdy flowers. Succumbs to wilt often, but recovers quickly. |
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Plant: Clematis "Fireworks"
Quantity: 3
Source: Garden Crossings
Planted: 10/15/04
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: Planted on round trellis around a drain pipe in the kitchen garden. This flower is just as large and beautiful as I had imagined.
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Plant: Clematis "Carnaby"
Source: Lowe's, Sundown Gardens
Quantity: 3
Planted: 8/02/03
Blooms: Late May
Notes: Both of our Carnaby plants from Lowe's developed clematis wilt immediately and had numerous problems before moving them to a trellis in the side garden on 4/8/05. Added a third plant from Lowe's on 4/16/05. They continued to be extremely susceptible to wilt, and only one plant is still alive. It just keeps on regrowing, developing wilt, and looking bad. It's a shame, because the blooms are beautiful.
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Plant: Clematis "Piilu"
Quantity: 2
Source: Garden Crossings
Planted: 10/22/03
Blooms: Late May
Notes: Moved to grow into our birch tree in the back yard on 4/3/05, then moved the birch and the clematis as a set to the front yard in 2006, where Piilu is very happy. The blossoms are fairly small but plentiful with ruffled edges.
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Plant: Clematis "Daniel Deronda"
Source: Completely Clematis
Quantity: 2
Planted: 4/30/05
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: Its very first bloom was immediately nibbled by a rabbit but it is thriving. Moved from a trellis to base of flowering almond bush in June 2007. |
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Plant: Clematis "Mme. Le Coultre"
Quantity: 3
Source: Garden Crossings
Planted: 10/15/04
Blooms: Late May
Notes: Some books list this as identical to Marie Boisselot, but others claim it is slightly different. It sure looks identical to me, but I'll keep it in a separate category for now. Growing on a trellis with Multi Blue; moved to Rose of Sharon on other side of house on 6/2/07.
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Plant: Clematis "Maria Louise Jensen"
Quantity: 3
Source: Lowe's
Planted: 4/10/05
Blooms: Late May
Notes: Planted on gazebo trellis. Sold under the synonym "Marie Louise Jensen."
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Plant: Clematis "Arctic Queen"
Source: Lowe's
Quantity: 2
Planted: 7/13/03
Blooms: Late May
Notes: This plant has some stems with an odd feature: most clematis stems have pairs of leaves on them. These stems have pairs of leaves, then suddenly switch to 8 leaves, which circle the stem like octopus legs. Click here to see it. This vine is heaver and stiffer than our other clematis, probably due to the heaviness of the blooms and the unusual leafing/branching that it does. This means that it requires more help to keep it attached to a trellis. The blooms also look terrible when they're fading, so it's a fair amount of work to keep this vine looking good. |
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Plant: Clematis "Bees Jubilee"
Quantity: 3
Source: Menard's
Planted: 3/06/04
Blooms: Late May
Notes: Purchased small bare-root plants. Moved to grow into Rose of Sharon bush on 2/25/06. These don't look very much like other photos I've seen so perhaps this isn't really Bees Jubilee.
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Plant: Clematis "Andromeda"
Source: Spring Hill Nursery
Quantity: 3
Planted: 5/7/05
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: These were $13 each, and came in tiny 3" pots, which makes these the poorest value in clematis I've ever gotten. However, I fell in love with this flower from a picture in a book and hadn't been able to find it anywhere else in the US, plus I have faith in Spring Hill, so I'm okay with it. One of the three plants was wilted and completely dried out, but it came back to life again, and all three plants are now thriving. The blossom looks very similar to the photo in the book except the petals aren't as angular. |
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Plant: Clematis "Rüütel"
Quantity: 2
Source: Lowe's
Planted: 4/10/05
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: Planted on gazebo trellis. Sold under the American spelling of "Ruutel." This has amazing bright pink/red color and I simply can't do justice to it. So, gaze on this photo, and imagine that the blooms are a thousand times brighter and prettier than what you're seeing..
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Plant: Clematis "Charissima"
Quantity: 2
Source: Garden Crossings
Planted: 5/11/06
Blooms: Mid-May
Notes: Planted in back garden at base of gutter. It's getting established nicely for being in such an awful location. The blooms start out pink and fade to white quickly.
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Plant: Clematis "Comtesse de Bouchaud"
Source: Sundown Gardens, Lowe's
Quantity: 3
Planted: 7/10/03
Blooms: Late May
Notes: Bought two from Sundown Gardens, then bought a third plant for $1 at end-of-season clearance at Lowe's in November 2003. These plants bloom profusely all summer long. Moved to our new mailbox on 4/16/05 where they put on a very impressive show. We cut them back to about 8 inches from the ground every winter.
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Plant: Clematis "Warsaw Nike"
Quantity: 3
Source: Menard's
Planted: 6/6/04
Blooms: Late May
Notes: Planted in far back garden after several moves. It is growing up our Cleveland pear tree and doing quite well.
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Plant: Clematis "Hagley Hybrid"
Quantity: 3
Source: Lowe's
Planted: 9/26/04
Blooms: Early June
Notes: Moved to spa garden 9/12/05, then to base of Kwanza cherry tree in spring 2006.
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Plant: Clematis "Polish Spirit"
Source: Lowe's, Altum's
Quantity: 4
Planted: 6/22/03
Blooms: Early June
Notes: Purchased three plants from Lowe's, then one very large plant from Altums. After several moves, they were planted under the magnolia bush on 4/8/05 and they grow through the bush each year. The foliage makes the magnolia bush look especially full. I cut this back somewhat each year, but not completely to the ground.
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Plant: Clematis "Sweet Autumn"
Quantity: 5
Source: Lowe's, Avon Gardens, Langeveld
Planted: 11/09/03, 4/14/04, 4/4/06
Blooms: Late August
Notes: Grew up our gazebo in 2004, then into pine trees in 2005. Moved to spa garden 9/12/05. Added three more from Langeveld on 4/4/06. Moved to base of pine trees in spring 2007 where they can grow and spread to their heart's content.
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Plant: Clematis "Venosa Violacea"
Source: Bluestone Perennials
Quantity: 3
Planted: 4/27/06
Blooms: Mid-June
Notes: Planted in far back garden to grow through our Kousa dogwood tree, but the lack of light and constant rabbit nibbling were rough on it, so we moved it to the base of our new mimosa tree in the back garden on 5/29/07.
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Plant: Clematis "Gravetye Beauty"
Quantity: 3
Source: Bluestone Perennials
Planted: 6/15/06
Notes: Planted at base of Bartlett pear tree in far back garden, where it gets very little sun. It finally bloomed for the first time in August 2007.
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Plant: Clematis "Miniseelik"
Quantity: 1
Source: Lowe's
Planted: 6/8/06
Blooms: Mid-June
Notes: This vine has numerous tiny pink-purple blooms with lighter centers. Moved to base of honeysuckle bush in June 2007.
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Plant: Clematis "Florida Sieboldii"
Quantity: 3
Source: Bluestone Perennials
Planted: 6/1/06
Notes: Planted at base of plum tree in far back garden. They weren't doing well and it's all my fault because they were in a terrible location that gets very little sun. I moved them in spring 2007 to the base of my weigela bush instead so they'll get more sun and fewer rabbit attacks.
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