April 30, 2007 Bloom Report
Outside in the Garden
Around the farmhouse, C. macropetala ‘Mountaindale’ has been spectacular. We have two plants in the grounds around the farmhouse, and they were the first of last autumn’s transplants to flower. Following close on their heals is C. macropetala forma Farrer, which has lighter flowers. Brewster originally obtained this plant from Magnus Johnson.
Along the fence row, which houses mostly the montana group, we had to replace three of the 16 plants that went in last spring (’06). We believe that theses plant drowned during a broken sprinkler head incident. However we are all impressed with ‘Warwickshire Rose’, which grew vigorously and is now blooming vibrantly.
Outside in Pots
The atragenes have been marvelous (this group includes hybrids of C. alpina, chiisanenesis [not in bloom yet], fauriei, koreana, macropetala, occidentalis, and siberica, amongst others). Still in bloom are: ‘Blue Eclipse’, ‘Broughton Bride’, ‘Floral Feast’ (aka ‘Floralia’), ‘Francesca’, ‘Joe Zary’, koreana (from Dan Hinkley collections), koreana var. fragrans, ‘Propertius’, ‘Red Beetroot Beauty’ (formerly ‘Betina’, and we should mention is the our plant was obtained from its breeder Magnus Johnson, and the double form available in the trade called “Betina” is an imposter, although a beautiful one), and ‘Willy’.
Also in bloom are two variations of Clematis hirsutissima, both charming.
In the Greenhouse
Interesting species now blooming include C. williamsii, C. japonica, and a pinker-or two-toned-version Brewster obtained as seed.
Of the New Zealand tribe (hybrids created from NZ species) we have in bloom: Avalanche, ‘Hythe Honey Bells’, ‘Lunar Lass’, ‘Moonman’, and ‘Sweet Hart’.
The first of the North American vining natives to bloom is our very white form of C. crispa.
Of the montanas in the greenhouse, which started blooming very early, we still have ‘Jenny’, ‘Marjorie’, ‘Natalie Cottrell’, ‘Pink Perfection’, and ‘Vera’ looking quite good.
The large-flowered hybrids are, for the present, grouped in the greenhouse by nationality of the breeder (as opposed to the introducer-not always the same thing). We will list them here in these artificial groupings.
Denmark:
‘Maria Jouise Jensen’
‘Signe’
England:
‘Barbara Dibley’
‘C. W. Dowman’
‘Carnaby’
‘Charissima’
Claire de Lune
‘Dorothy Tolver’
‘Dr. Ruppel’
‘Edith’
‘Fond Memories’
‘Gillian Blades’
‘Guernsey Cream’
‘H. F. Young’
‘Helen Cropper’
‘Iola Fair’
‘John Warren’
‘Kathleen Wheeler’
‘Lemon Chiffon’
‘Liberation’
‘Louise Rowe’
‘Masquerade’
‘Mrs. p. B. Truax’
‘Niobe’
‘Parasol’
‘Richard Pennell’
‘Saturn’
‘The Vagabond’
‘Vyvyan Pennell’
Estonia:
‘Huvi’
‘Rüütel’
Germany:
‘Natascha’
Japan:
‘Asao’
‘Fujimusume’
‘Haku Okan’
‘Hanaguruma’
‘Haru Ichiban’
‘Kozo’ (Technically this should be in the U.S. group, as it is Brewster’s selection from a batch of seed of C. patens from a plant in the garden of Kozo Sugimoto’s garden, given to Brewster. This is “the pick of the litter”.)
‘Malaya Garnet’
‘Myoko’
‘Omoshiro’
patens, lavender seedling
‘Sano-no-murasaki’
‘Teshio’
‘Yamato’
Netherlands:
‘Multi Blue’
Poland:
‘Ania’
‘Baltyk’
‘Fryderyk Chopin’
‘Halina Noll’
‘Julka’
‘Kacper’
‘Matka Urszula Ledochowska’
‘Sympatia’
Sweden:
‘Corona’
‘Ivan Olson’
‘Kjell’
‘Moonlight’
‘Sixten’s No. 3′
Ukraine:
‘Ai-Nor’
United States:
‘Duchess of Waverly’
‘Pink Cameo’
