Seed Propagation Workshop

Posted by clematis on Saturday, September 29, 2007

November 18, 2007
Seed Propagation Workshop
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Luscher Farms will be the site of this workshop. Linda Beutler, Sally Geist & Susan Toler will be presiding. You will be guided through the Rogerson Clematis Collection to collect seed from species plants. There will be demonstrations and hands-on training on when & how to collect seed, plant, and care for seedlings. Space is limited to 20 people (class will cancel if less than 5). There is a $10.00 fee except to Patrons of FRCC.

Register with Susan Toler. Contact here at: sst0916 AT hotmail.com or 503.642.5528.

Luscher Farm is located at the corner of Stafford Rd and Rosemont Rd in Lake Oswego/West Linn.

September 4, 2007 Bloom Report

Posted by clematis on Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Here is what’s is in bloom at the collection on September 4, 2007.

Will Goodwin

In the greenhouse:
‘Bells of Emai Shan’
‘Carnival’
Cezanne
‘Duchess of Waverly’
Fredyrik Chopin’
‘Fujimusume’
‘Gekkyuden’
‘Ivan Olsson’
‘Kathleen Dunford’
‘Kirigamane’
‘Lady in Red’
‘Lambton Park’
‘Louise Rowe’
Rosemoor
‘Saturn’
‘Tateshina’
‘Warsaw Nike’
‘Will Goodwin’ (See Photo)

Outside Holding Areas:
‘Alblo’ (Allan Bloom)
C. heracleifolia
C. heracleifolia ‘China Purple’
‘Mrs. Robert Brydon’
C. pitcheri
C. reticulata
C. versicolor
C. viorna
‘Caroline’
‘Hagley Hybrid’

Atragenes:
‘Frances Rivis’

Integrifolia Group:
‘Andante’
‘Arabella’
‘Hanajima’
‘Roguchi’
‘Zoin’ (Inspiration)

C. viticella
‘Blekitny Aniol’
Bonanza
‘Miniseelik’
‘Neodynamia’

‘Ai-Nor’
‘Etoile de Paris’
‘Huvi’
‘Iubeleinoi-70′
‘Lawsoniana’
‘Marmori’
‘Ramona’
‘Vostok’

W. E. Gladstone

In the Historic Garden
‘Alba Luxurians’
‘Daniel Deronda’
‘Gipsy Queen’
‘Gravetye Beauty’
‘Jackmani Superba’
‘Lady Caroline Nevill’
‘Madame Edouard André’
‘Madame Julia Correvon’
‘Mrs. Spencer Castle’
‘Perle d’Azur’
‘Proteus’
‘Sir Garnet Wolesley’
‘Sir Trevor Lawrence’
‘Star of India’
‘The President’
C. x triternata ‘Rubromarginata’
‘W. E. Gladstone’ (See Photo)

FRCC Annual Meeting

Posted by clematis on Wednesday, September 5, 2007

October 2, 2007: FRCC Annual Meeting

Location: Sellwood Moreland Improvement League’s SMILE Station, 8210 SE 13th Ave, Portland OR 97202 Doors open at 6 PM for a catered social hour.

Business meeting begins at 7:00 PM. At 7:30 PM Dave McCoy of McCoy Family Nursery, wholesale suppliers of clematis, will be our featured speaker.

For several years Dave has been the principal supplier of clematis for FRCC and PNCS to sell at the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon sales. Dave will share with us some of the new cultivars on the market, and some of his favorites.

Bring your check book, there is rumor he will bring plants to sell.

Directions: From downtown Portland, take HWY 43 (Macadam Ave.) south toward Lake Oswego. Stay in the left hand lane so that you can cross the Sellwood Bridge, which becomes Tacoma Ave. At the first intersection with the traffic light, turn right onto 12th , and go one block to the SE corner of 12th and Tenino.

If you have questions about this event, contact Linda Beutler at clematis@ipns.com or 503.869.1427