The Rogerson Clematis Collection was formed over a long period with an eye to preserving historic clematis as well as the newest. The collection includes plants that are unique or exceptionally rare. At approximately 500 taxa and just under 900 individual plants, it is one of the largest assemblage of clematis in the Western Hemisphere. Approximately 30% of the taxa in the collection are not currently available in the “trade.”

Although a growing number of clematis are now easier to obtain by the general gardening public, and accurate information about them is increasingly available, the clematis in the Rogerson Collection are of singular value because they constitute a unique whole. The collection has a balance not found in private gardens nor in institutions of botanical learning because it embraces both the species and their cultivars and the more widely known race of large-flowered hybrids.

“The specialist garden has always been of primary importance in preservation, from the standpoint of taxonomic and historical reference, in addition to basis conservation. The benefit we receive, as generalized horticulturists, from those who have committed their energies to a single genus is staggering.” Daniel J. Hinkley

The collection is located at Luscher Farm in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and is under the care of the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection (FRCC). The mission of FRCC is to promote and advance the joy of growing the genus clematis through education and the preservation of the Rogerson Clematis Collection.

FRCC Board Of Directors and Officers

Sally Geist, President
Howard [Howie] Geist, Treasurer
Lucy Hardiman, Vice President
Susan Toler, Recording Secretary
Doris Starrett, Volunteer Coordinator
Nancy Gronowski, Director
Rick Meigs, Director
Marcia Apperson, Membership Secretary
Linda Beutler, Curator

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