-If you were one of my recent purchases… The other day I saw a clematis The President for just under 10US$, and I had to buy it for my husband. He’s coming to Denmark for a 2-week holiday tomorrow that will include a stint at the summer house, so I figured he’d like to plant something new, and The President has the most amazing dark blue colour so I figured he’d like it. (And we both like clematis…)
And then… Today I came across a clematis Multi Blue. Most of its brothers and sisters were blooming, but with a much deeper blue than in this image, so it’s even prettier, and the small petals inside the flower are slightly wider and bluer than in the picture as well, so it’s actually a real stunner. And I couldn’t help myself.
I know these purchases are a bit too similar for the casual and mixed effect we’re aiming for in the garden, but if they’re placed either right next to each other as an ensemble or in different parts of the garden I’m thinking it will be just perfect. Each is pretty, and each grows to 2.5-3 meters with a fairly narrow spread (about 1 meter), so they will be easy to position in the garden or even in large pots in the courtyard.
Also, these plants came in relatively decent-sized pots, considering they’re cheap super market plants, and this seems to indicate that the grower might actually have cared at least a little for them. They look and feel healthy, and with the rather damp and temperate summer we’re having they won’t be scorched when brought out into the “wild”.
At some point, though, I also – desperately – want a white clematis Montana, possibly to grow up into the open crown of the blood mirabelle tree; the dark-red foliage of the tree would look stunning accompanied by green foliage and white flowers. (I might end up with a rambling rose multiflora instead, though, as I have a couple of off-shoots of that standing around in various spots. Same look, though!)
Have you guessed that I like climbers?
Soren, I spent quite a bit of time recently looking for just the right blue Clematis. I looked at both The President and Mutli-blue; but I decided that I wanted something in a more medium-blue shade and ended up with Arabella. But I agree that both of your choices asre beautiful.
The arabella looks beautiful, but since I didn’t actually go looking for a clematis but just ran into them by chance, I guess I would have taken almost anything that could be classified as “pretty”…
Anyway, my husband has now seen the purchases and seems happy, so that is of course the main success criteria fullfilled.