I planted the
white clematis 'Gillian Blades' in May 2014 and it is doing well. I just love the crimped edges to her petals, and the flowers are much larger than they appear in the below image. I have this climber growing on a more or less south-facing fence but its feet (roots) are in the cool shade of perennials and it makes sure itself that it has its 'head' in the sun by clambering up my summer-flowering
white Jasminum officinale and clinging onto the pink
David Austin climber 'Generous Gardener'.
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| White clematis 'Gillian Blades' - 2016 |
Sadly, I have had to say goodbye to the
white clematis, Arctic Queen'. I suspect my neglect of her over winter did her in! Arctic Queen was growing in a terracotta pot on my front porch which is rather exposed to the elements in winter. I moved the pot to a sheltered corner against my home's back wall, however, with the torrential rain we have been having I hadn't realised that the pot was getting more than it's fare share of water and when I checked to see what was going on, poor Arctic Queen had rotted away. Quite ironically, the last post I wrote about this lovely clematis was that if a plant isn't happy, move it.
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| White clematis 'Arctic Queen' - taken 2014 |
