Flowers and foliage- Now- November 2007

[Maggi Young]

Novemeber starts a little late but with some interesting things... this Clematis makes huge amounts of growth each year  and gives lots of welcome flowers at this time. We just can't remember which it is!?

There are pix of similar Clematis elsewhere on the sitebut this didn't strike us as being exactly the same as those!
 So, Clematis sp. .....

 
Close up of flowers.... each flower is about 1.5cm across and nearly 2.5 cms long

[Maggi Young]

Hamamelis leaves make good yellow shades...


Acer leaves on the ground between rhodos...

[Maggi Young]

Acer griseum makes very pretty reds and salmon shades, here's a leaf on a piece of Aberdeen silver granite..

[David Nicholson]

Hamamelis leaves make good yellow shades...
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Nice Hamamelis-I was going to buy one yesterday but the price put me off-£30.00

[Joakim B]

Nice pics and lovely to have colour this time of the year Maggi.

David do You not have sales in the Autumn in the UK?
We have sales in Sweden and we got a Magnolia korbus for 13€. (Less than 10£)
That was a great present for my father.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Maggi Young]

I was lucky with the Hamamelis in a sale many years ago when a local nursery was changing hands and they were selling off their field grown stock.... at the time it was about £18 or £23  for a plant but I got three, a yellow and two reds, for £7.50,( around 11 euros!) Gave one of the reds away, now got two lovely shrubs that give me extra pleasure every time I look at them because they were such a bargain !
I know, I am SO Scottish 

[shelagh]

Hi Maggi, could your Clematis be cirrhosa (you know the one with liver problems  )?

[Paul T]

Sheilah,

Maggi's clematis is different to cirrhosa as far as I can tell.  Both the leaves and flowers are wrong for that species, at least they're very different to everything we have under that name here in Aus).  I really like cirrhosa and grow a few different named cultivars.... none have the turned back tip or flower shape and they hang in the leaf axils rather than standing up on flowering stems together.  The leaves are much "thinner" than Maggi's, which I don't think would come down to climate?  I must say I rather like the look of Maggi's one, whichever it is.  Nice substance to the leaves.  Is it one of the herbaceous varieties Maggi?  Sort of looks like it could be that type of plant, but there are LOTS of species of Clematis I haven't yet been fortunate enough to see, so I could be completely wrong!! 

[David Nicholson]

Nice pics and lovely to have colour this time of the year Maggi.

David do You not have sales in the Autumn in the UK?
We have sales in Sweden and we got a Magnolia korbus for 13€. (Less than 10£)
That was a great present for my father.

Kind regards
Joakim

We do have sales Joakim and, being a Yorkshireman (ie a Scotsman with his pockets sown up!) that is where I buy most of my plants.

[mark smyth]

David B&Q has lots of them

[David Nicholson]

David B&Q has lots of them

Mark, I resolved at the beginning of the year never to buy plants from B & Q or any of the Shed outlets and I am seriously considering adding Garden Centres to that List (apart from the occasional bag of compost). In future I want to buy all my plants from small nurseries. Not only will I get better plants, and on many occasions better prices, I will most certainly get a far better choice. If we don't use small nurseries many of them will go the wall and it will be too late. End of rant!!

[ChrisB]

Is Maggi's clematis C. rehderiana?  Has pale yellow flowers, fragrant?

[Paul T]

Chris,

I'd wondered the same thing, except it didn't look as yellow as pics posted a little while ago by someone.

[Brian Ellis]

Someone here!  I don't think it is as the flowers on our rehderianna are much more in 'bunches', not only are they more yellow, but I think more delicate looking than this one.  The fragrance on rehderianna is reminiscent of primroses.

[Rob]

Some colour from the garden today