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| Clematis 'Betty Corning' hovers over the Pool Terrace. |
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| Clematis 'Betty Corning' climbs up and over a shrub rose, Rosa 'Louis Riel'. |
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| Clematis 'Betty Corning' has a little fragrance, adding to its appeal in small bouquets. |
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| The first flower on a young plant of Clematis 'Bonanza', a Viticella Group cultivar from the breeder Raymond Evison. |
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| Two clematis climbing through a shrub, Rosa 'Corylus': Clematis 'M. Koster' in rich solid pink, and Clematis 'Minuet with white flowers edged purple-red. |
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| In this bouquet dark pink Clematis 'M. Koster' reappears,along with white-centered Clematis Minuet'. Light pink Clematis 'Pagoda' and light blue Clematis 'Prince Charles' are here and in the next photos. |
Clematis 'Prince Charles' in in its second season in the garden, already generous with bloom. Its support is from a rebar tripod with bits of twiggy brush tied to the rebar-- so that the fine petioles of the clematis have something smaller to grab.
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| Clematis 'Prince Charles' seen closer and in softer light. |
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| Clematis 'Pagoda' is a subtle mauve-pink-- lovely in small bouquets, perhaps too subtle to show up well on its own in the garden-- even on a mature plant like this one. We have added a purple flowered clematis for contrast, but that plant is too small yet to show in the photo. |
Clematis 'Pagoda'
I love these clematis with nodding flowers. Here, the first flower on a young Clematis 'Odoriba' offers a much brighter pink (on an even smaller flower) than Clematis 'Pagoda'.
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| Older flowers of Clematis 'Odoriba' develop a more purplish pink, retaining their bright white interiors. The larger flowers in this bouquet in an old salt shaker are Clematis 'Minuet'. |
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| A young Clematis 'Maria Cornelia' climbs a small winterberry holly-- eventually, we hope, into the big Hydrange paniculata 'Pink Diamond' above. |
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| Clematis 'Galore', another Raymond Evison bred clematis from the Viticella Group. |
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| Clematis 'Galore' |
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| An unnamed clematis seedling from Debbie Fisher of Silver Star Vinery, now in its second season here. The nodding flowers and slender pedicels show Clematis viticella ancestry; the emphatically twisted sepals are something extra. |
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| Clematis 'Perle d'Azur' on the gateway to the fenced garden. (The smaller, darker flowers below the rest are from a young Clematis 'Galore'.) |
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| Clematis 'Perle d'Azur' has flowers facing just a little downward, a trait derived from some Clematis viticella ancestry, and adding greatly to its charm. 'Perle d'Azur' has been called the world's favorite clematis. |
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| Clematis 'Betty Corning', again. Clematis 'Perle d'Azur' may be the world's favorite clematis, but if we had to choose just one I think this would be it. | ' |
Coming soon...
Non-vining clematis
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