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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Climbers => Topic started by: Daisy on December 28, 2011, 08:50:49 AM
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This clematis grows in profusion in my neighbourhood.
It looks to me to be Clematis cirrhosa.
It started to bloom in October, and is still going strong.
Here it is yesterday.
Daisy :)
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/ray3027.jpg)
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/dec2011010.jpg)
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/ray3025.jpg)
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Yes, that's C. cirrhosa Daisy: lovely pictures, I can almost smell the flowers!
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Wonderful!
Here it is also in bloom in many places.
I took some cutting to plant in my garden.
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A good friend of mine in Mallorca has just sent me some lovely pictures of a special sub species of Clematis cirrhosa that grows wild in the Balearics. It's called Clematis cirrhosa subsp balearica. It is characterised by shades of pink in the flower and some petals are spotted.
I wish I could grow this native of the islands in my garden near Montpellier, next to the one Olivier Filippi gave me a few years ago and which is now also in bloom.
Here are two of Marianne's pictures:
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http://www.gardeninginportugal.com/?page_id=116
Hi there, enjoyed the posting about clematis. Wonderful plants for the winter and absolutely no water needed during the summer months. The link above is to an article written by the UK National Plant Collection Holder, Mr Mike Brown. He came to Portugal to talk to us about clematis for mediterranean gardens and there is some good advice here for anyone wanting to experiment with these lovely climbers.
This is Clematis cirrhosa 'Landesdowne Gem' (http://)
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v. interesting Rosie - thanks