This is a list of the clematis that have been planted during phase one of creating our garden. They were planted in the historic Farmhouse Garden. The RCC has a number of clematis remaining to plant in the Farmhouse Garden, so don’t be surprised if a classic you would expect to find (such as ‘Royal Velours’) isn’t on this list yet. There is room for more!

‘Alba Luxurians’ 1900
‘Ascotiensis’ 1871
‘Beauty of Worcestor’ 1886
‘Belle Nantaise’ 1887
‘Belle of Woking’ 1875
‘Candida’ 1862
‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’ 1900
‘Countess of Lovelace’ 1871 (2 plants)
‘Crimson King’ 1915
‘Daniel Deronda’ pre-1882
x diversifolia ‘Eriostemon’ 1838
x diversifolia ‘Hendersonii’ 1835
‘Duchess of Albany’ 1882 (2 plants)
x durandii pre-1870
‘Elsa Spaeth’ 1981
‘Empress of India’ pre-1914
‘Etoile de Paris’ 1885
‘Etoile Rose’ pre-1903 (3 plants)
‘Etoile Violette’ pre-1885
‘Fair Rosamond’ pre-1871
‘Fairy Queen’ 1875
‘Gipsy Queen’ 1877
‘Gravetye Beauty’ 1900 (2 plants)
‘Guiding Star’ pre-1873 (2 plants)
‘Henryi’ 1855
C. integrifolia species (5 plants)
‘Jackmanii’ 1858
‘Jackmanii Alba’ 1878
‘Jackmanii Rubra’ pre-1913
‘Jackmanii Superba’ pre-1880
‘John Gould Veitch’ 1867
‘King Edward VII’ 1902
‘Lady Betty Balfour’ 1910
‘Lady Caroline Nevill’ 1866
‘Lady Londesborough’ 1869
‘Lasurstern’ 1905
‘Lawsoniana’ 1855
‘Lord Nevill’ 1878
C. macropetala forma Farrer species
C. mac. ‘Mountaindale’ species selection* (2 plants)
‘Madame Baron-Veillard’ pre-1885
‘Madame Edouard André’ pre-1893
‘Madame Grangé’ 1873
‘Madame Julia Correvon’ pre-1900
‘Marie Boisellot’ 1885
‘Miss Cavell’ 1918
‘Miss Bateman’ 1869
C. montana var. wilsonii circa 1910
‘Mrs. Cholmondeley’ 1873
‘Mrs. George Jackman’ 1873
‘Mrs. Hope’ 1875
‘Mrs. Spencer Castle’ 1913
‘Nelly Moser’ 1897
‘Perle d’Azur’ pre-1885
‘Princess of Wales’ pre-1875
‘Prins Hendrik’ 1900
‘Proteus’ pre-1876
‘Ramona’ 1888
‘Sir Garnet Wolseley’ 1874
‘Sir Trevor Lawrence’ 1890
‘Souv. du Capitaine Thuilleaux’ 1918
C. spoonerii species
‘Star of India’ 1864
‘The Bride’ pre-1924
‘The President’ pre-1873
C. x triternata ‘Rubromarginata’ 1862
‘Venosa Violacea’ 1883 (2 plants)
‘Victoria’ 1867
‘Ville de Lyon’ 1889 (2 plants)
‘W. E. Gladstone’ 1881
‘William Kennett’ pre-1875

* We are including a Pacific Northwest selection of Clematis macropetala sold for many years locally, and thought by Brewster Rogerson to be a superior form of the species. This was named ‘Mountaindale’ for the area west of Portland where the RCC was housed for 20+ years. The registered name appears in the second supplement to the International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002. FRCC will also be adding the form of C. macropetala found in China by Raymond Evison to the Farmhouse Garden.

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You all did a fabulous job a couple of weeks ago. The landscape around the farmhouse at Luscher has been transformed and we are well on our way to creating a wonderful clematis garden landscape.

And since you did such a good job, I’d like to encourage you to do it again. We have another work party scheduled for Saturday, November 11th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00. We will be doing similar work, except for the grass removal which is complete, so bring shovels, spading forks, pruning shears, and other favorite tools.

We are getting another load of good quality topsoil, so we hope to see our wheelbarrow brigade again. We will be covering and smothering along the fence line between the farmhouse and the orchard and finishing up around the farmhouse. We also have more plants to put in the ground.

As last time, I will provide water, drinks, snacks, etc. Just bring a sandwich or whatever you need for fuel. I can’t promise that the weather will be as nice as in October, but we will work - rain or shine. We hope to see you there!!

Let me know if you can come.

Nancy Gronowski (nancyharveyg AT hotmail.com) or 503.697.3248

Also at Luscher Farm on that day:

FRCC is hosting a seed propagation workshop, at a cost of $10.00 for members and free to patrons. All materials will be provided. Some seeds will be started for the collection, some will be prepared to mail for seed exchanges, and some you will get to take home, all potted up and ready to grow. Included will be Clematis crispa, Clematis pitcherii, Clematis reticulata, Clematis stans, and a handsome C. texensis hybrid from Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery. You will learn how to judge when clematis seed is ready to harvest, what potting media works best for the broadest range of seeds, and how to be patient–most clematis seeds do not just leap out of the ground!

This class will run from 10 am to noon (plenty of time to help the work party in the afternoon), and is facilitated by Susan Toler, Sally Geist, and June Collins. Although registration for this event has been open since the last FRCC Newsletter was published, we are not full yet. Please register with Linda Beutler at either 503-869-1427 (cell #) or via clematis AT ipns.com

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