At the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, Thanksgiving 2012 finds us with much to be thankful for. We cannot let the holiday pass without first acknowledging our members and patrons, who with the gift of their membership materially demonstrate their support for the continued development of FRCC’s collection, gardens, and facilities. We thank the City of Lake Oswego Parks and Recreation department and staff, for their unfailing helpfulness, always a great team and a great attitude. To all of the donor’s of clematis and companion plants, especially the vendors at the Luscher Farm Open House in September, we thank you too. Thanks especially to the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust. It was through their generous grant that we were able to complete the installation of the orchard garden. Everyone who sees the work finds the transformation remarkable.

And we continue to cherish the contributions of Bob and Carol Gutmann, who give to FRCC in so many ways. They, along with Brewster Rogerson himself, continue to be our guardian angels and trusted advisers.

We wish everyone a joyful season of Thanksgiving.

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Good heavens! It might be easier to tell you what isn’t in bloom. In every part of the FRCC gardens there are many clematis in bloom, testament to the value of getting 65% of the collection into the ground. Of particular interest just now is the International Clematis Society Beginners’ Garden, where we have planted many of the clematis on their list of great plants recommended to gardeners unfamiliar with clematis. We have two island bed dedicated to the 60 or so plants on that list, and all of the clematis pictured in this post are from the eldest of these beds. Each of these clematis is proclaiming loud and clear its worthiness to be on the list!

Beginners’ Garden
‘Abundance’ (Viticella Group)
‘Alionushka’ (Integrifolia Group)
‘Arabella’ (Integrifolia Group)
‘Betty Corning’ (Viticella Group)
‘Bill Mackenzie’ (Tangutica/Orientalis Group)
‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’ (Late Large-flowered Hybrid)
x durandii
‘Emelia Plater’ (Viticella Group)
‘Etoile Violette’ (Viticella Group)
‘Hagley Hybrid’ (Late Large-flowered Hybrid)
‘Helios’ (Tangutica/Orientalis Group)
C. macropetala ‘Maidwell Hall’ (Atragene Group)
C. mandshurica (Flammula Group)
‘Markham’s Pink’ (Atragene Group)
‘Minuet’ (Viticella Group)
‘Piilu’ (Large-flowered Hybrid)
‘Prince Charles’ (Viticella Group’
‘Walenburg’ (Viticella Group)
WISLEY (Late Large-flowered Hybrid)

The Beech Tree’s Garden
C. apiifolia
‘Black Tea’
‘Fujimusume’
C. fusca
‘Hakuree’
‘Hayate’
C. hexapetala
‘Kirigamine’
‘Omoshiro’
‘Pinky’
‘Roguchi’
C. stans
‘Tateshina’
‘The Velvet’

Baltic Border
‘Darius’
x diversifolia ‘Olgae’
‘Eetika’
‘Entel’
‘Iubelieni-70′
‘Jorma’
‘Justa’
‘Juuli’
‘Kaaru’
‘Kaunitar’
‘Kommerei’
‘Mikelite’
‘Negritianka’
‘Pamiat Serdsta’
‘Romantika’
‘Tentel’
‘Trikatrei’
‘Tuchka’
‘Violetta’

Old Poland
‘Danuta’
‘Gizela’
‘Jan Pawell II’
‘Kardynal Wyszynski’
‘Magda’
‘Mikolaj Kopernik’
‘Monte Cassino’
‘Niobe’
‘Sylwia’
‘Sympatia’
‘Westerplatte’

In Steppe
‘Blue Boy’
CHINOOK
FASCINATION
INSPIRATION
‘Lake Baikal’
‘Miranda’
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
‘My Angel’
PETIT FAUCON
PRETTY IN BLUE
‘Rose Colored Glasses’
SAPPHIRE INDIGO ‘Cleminov 50′
SAVANNAH
‘Skylark’
C. tibetana subsp. vernayi ‘Orange Peel’

Via Atragene
C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’
‘Ballet Skirt’
‘Bluebird’
‘Broughton Bride’
‘Constance’
C. fauriei
‘Foxy’
‘Frankie’
‘Helsingborg’
I AM A RED ROBIN
C. ianthina var. kuripoensis BSWJ700
C. potaninii
‘Propertius’
C. rehderiana
‘Rosy Pagoda’
C. tubulosa ‘Wyevale’

Heirloom Garden
‘Alba Luxurians’
‘Colette deVille’
C. crispa
x diversifolia ‘Eriostemon’
‘Fairy Queen’
C. florida var. flore-pleno
C. integrifolia
‘Jackmanii’
x jouiniana
‘Lady Caroline Nevill’
‘Madame Edouard Andre’
‘Madame Julia Correvon’
C. occidentalis var. grosserata
‘Perle d’Azur’
‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’
C. recta
C. tangutica
C. urticifolia
C. viticella

Front Bank
‘Coerulea’
C. fremontii
‘Gravetye Beauty’
‘Hendryetta’
integrifolia ‘Hendersonii’
integrifolia var. nana
‘Little Belle’
MEDLEY
Mongolian Bells seed strain
‘Princess Diana’
‘Sonnette’
‘Swedish Bells’
C. viorna

Founder’s Garden
‘Blekitny Aniol’
‘Caroline’
‘Chalcedony’
‘Duchess of Waverly’
‘Esprit’
‘Fond Memories’
‘Huvi’
‘Jenny Keay’
‘Maria Cornelia’
‘Paul Farges’
‘Warsaw Nike’

On the Terrace in Pots
‘Aotearoa’
‘Bagatelle’
BIJOU
‘Blue Light’
BONANZA
CASSIS
CHANTILLY
CHEROKEE
‘Cicciolina’
CONFETTI
‘Dark Eyes’
‘Fairy Dust’
FLEURI
FRANCZESKA MARIA
‘Honora’
‘Jerzy Popieluszko’
JOLLY GOOD
JOSEPHINE
‘Mrs. T. Lundell’
‘Natascha’
‘Oberek’
PARISIENNE
‘Perrin’s Pride’
PICARDY
REBECCA
SUGAR CANDY
‘Solidarnosc’
SUMMER BREEZE
SUNNY SKIES
VANCOUVER ‘Danielle’
VERSAILLES
C. viticella ‘Lisboa’

Inside the Greenhouse
‘Andromeda’
‘Brewster’
‘Burma Star’
‘Horn of Plenty’
‘June Pyne’
‘Kiri te Kanawa’
‘Maureen’
‘Prince Phillip’
‘Sharpie’

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In an unprecedented display of precocious exuberance, several Large-flowered Hybrids living in the greenhouse have burst into bloom. We have ‘Mrs. P. B. Truax’ and ‘Wilhelmina Tull’ in full bloom (yes, we have taken cuttings of “Wilhelmina”, and will continue to do so), with ‘King George V’ and ‘Betty Risdon’ hard on their heals. The indoor Montanas are also in their glory. As gardeners, it is easy to forget that our perceptions and judgments of the weather are very different from those of our plants. The clematis at the Rogerson Clematis Collection are telling us that this was, in fact, a very mild winter, and in spite of the snow last week, they are looking forward to a fantastic blooming season.

Meanwhile, outside, the Cirrhosa Group along the Terrace Walk seems determined to stay in bloom to partner with the New Zealand Group, which are very near to opening.

What the Atragene Group is waiting for, we really cannot say. ‘Wesselton’ and C. macropetala ‘Mountaindale’ are covered with buds in the Founder’s Garden, and along Via Atragene the show is going to be spectacular any second now!

Montana Group in bloom in the greenhouse:
‘Alexander’
‘Elizabeth’
‘Fragrant Spring’
‘Freda’
‘Gothenburg’
montana ‘Superba’
montana var. rubens ‘Brewster’
montana var. rubens ‘Pink Perfection’
montana var. rubens ‘Superba’
‘Tetrarose’
‘Tsunami Child’ (first to bloom)

Cirrhosa Group on the Terrace Walk:
cirrhosa ‘Jingle Bells’
cirrhosa ‘Ourika Valley’
cirrhosa ‘Wisley Cream’
cirrhosa var. balearica
cirrhosa var. balearica ‘Early Times’
cirrhosa var. purpuracens ‘Freckles’
cirrhosa var. purpuracens ‘Lansdowne Gem’

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Season’s Greetings from the FRCC Board

It’s the time of year to be grateful for all that we have and to look forward to the future. For the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, this means saying thanks to all of you for your support (we couldn’t do it without you), and asking for your help as we continue to grow the collection and build the garden.

The collection is known throughout the country and the world, thanks to our founder and the efforts of our volunteers and our curator. The positive reports by visitors to our garden about their experiences confirm that.

Want to support your favorite clematis collection and win some very cool stuff at the same time? Participate in the Garden Fever! nursery holiday raffle. Check their website to see what the three packages include (basket #1 is pictured below). You could be the next proud owner of a ‘Duchess of Waverly’. Although you can’t order tickets online, you can call the nursery at 503-287-3200 to purchase tickets by phone with a credit card. Thanks to Lori and Richard and all their feverish crew!

Also, please consider making a tax-deductible donation before the end of the year to keep us moving forward. And come see us in a couple of months when the garden is waking up – there is always something in bloom.

Happy holidays,

Nancy G, Lucy, Rick, Susan, Larry, Sally, Marcia, Nancy S-C, and Linda

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Once again we take the opportunity offered by the American holiday of Thanksgiving to thank all of the donors who have so kindly given us companion plants, clematis and clematis seed this past year. Our gardens and collection would be a much poorer place without our legion of nursery and private garden “guardian angels.” We appreciate all of you, and hope that our Friends near and far will will take their earliest opportunity to thank these people and businesses as well.

Charlene and Bill Tuttle, Lake Oswego, OR
Cistus Nursery, Sauvie Island, OR (Sean Hogan)
Clackamas Community College, department of Horticulture, Oregon City, OR
Dancing Oaks Nursery, Monmouth, OR (Leonard Foltz and Fred Weisensee)
Denise MacDonald, Shortlands, Bromley, Kent, UK (all germinated, Denise, every single seed!!!)
Doris Starrett, Salem, OR
Dorothy and David Rodal, Sauvie Island, OR
Fancy Fronds Nursery, Bold Bar, WA (Judith Jones)
Far Reaches Farm, Port Townsend, WA (Kelly & Sue Dodson)
Garden Fever!, Portland, OR (Lori and Richard Vollmer)
Gossler Farms, Springfield, OR (Eric, Marj, and Roger Gossler)
Gutmann Nurseries, North Plains, OR (Bob and Carol Gutmann)
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon (grant and plants)
Heavy Petal Nursery, Moses Lake, WA (Bruce Bailey)
James Earl, Spokane, WA
Joy Creek Nursery, Scappoose, OR (Maurice Horn)
Linda Beutler, Portland, OR
Magnolia Manor, Lake Oswego, OR (Janes Coombes and staff)
Perennial Partners Garden Design, Portland, OR (Lucy Hardiman)
Rick Meigs, Portland, OR
Silver Star Vinery, Yacolt WA (Debbie Fischer)
Susan Toler, Aloha, OR
Woods Rooting Compound, Wilsonville, OR

And thanks also to the garden hosts for 2011’s Inviting Vines IV (best tour ever!)
Dulcy and Ted Mahar
JJ and Jose De Sousa
Linda and Larry Beutler
Lonesomeville Pottery (Danny Hills and Wayne Hughes)
Lucy and Fred Hardiman

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