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Digger Dave, I need your help again!

18 years ago

Hi Digger Dave,

I'm the one who asked about width of Miss Bateman. Your information was very helpful. I will plant 2 Miss Batemans on that fence. I found your photo album pictures of all your clematis plants and loved your Pink Fantasy clematis. I just ordered Pink Fantasy and Henryi through Brushwood Nursery. Can you tell me approximately how wide these two will grow, so I can figure out where to put them. White flowers seem to be my favorite. I planted 2 white flowering crabapple trees and 1 white flowering Dogwood tree. Will also order Mock Orange Snowbelle and Mock Orange Innocence (Both white flower bushes). I need to stop thinking white and find other colors. The only things I ordered with color are Joseph's Coat climbing rose, Chaenomeles 'Toyo Nishiki' and the Pink Fantasy Clematis. I love colors peach, coral, pink, pale yellow, orange, and mixed colors. Any suggestions on flowers or plants would be great. All of your clematis vines are beautiful!

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  • 18 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    I think 2 Miss Bateman will look great on that small a fence area. They may look lonesome the first couple years but not very :) This is how she looked the first couple years when she first began blooming in spring.
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    The pic is labeled Henryi. She was supposed to be our 5th one.... She kept blooming a month ahead of our other Henryi. She is the first clematis to bloom here. Foliage and blooms were a little different than our Henryi. Finally identified her as Miss Bateman. She is the only clematis blooming for us right now.

    Henryi gets to be huge here. You may want to do more checking about him. I've seen reports that he isn't very vigorous. That always surprises me. I don't doubt the accuracy of the reports. I just can't imagine the monster being a wimp.
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    that is our first (planted in 1999). I put a wire hoop on the fence to let him get taller. I don't want to let him spread much in that spot. He will shade too many roses.
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    That is of the same one (taken with the camera held at arm's length over my head). You can see some white blooms in the background by the gate. Two more Henryi are planted on either side of Ernest Markham.
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    They and Ernest are overwhelming the climbers Dublin Bay and Fourth of July. That is the only spot available to let clematis go crazy and climb to the eaves.
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    Deb loves it. You can see some white blooms. There are more high and right. That was a pic of Ernest and I left them out. That Henryi gets 10+ feet tall. He is just unreal for us. I don't spend a lot of time caring for clematis. I am a rose guy. The clematis were Deb's idea. Most of the time I spend with them is keeping them from wrecking the roses.

    Pink Fantasy is going to be moved. This is her 4th year and she needs more room.
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    There just isn't any room between Miss Bateman and Niobe. She grew a bit taller than the fence last year and I didn't have room to wind the vines along the fence. She does not want to stay 4 feet wide. I'll be moving her over on the west fence between Gillian Blades and Polish Spirit. Deb loves her. I like the clear pink of Hagley Hybrid blooms more than (what I call) the muddy pink of Pink Fantasy. I can only imagine how large she will get this year.
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    Had to toss that one in with HH in the upper right :)

    Yard photos
    That link will open a new browser, there are some yard pics in that section of our floribunda album if you want to see some overall ones.

  • 18 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    What a great combo of plants there Diggerdave. Thanks for the photos!

  • 18 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    My pleasure nckvilledudes :) I get carried away posting pics.

  • 18 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Don't worry. We love pictures on this forum! Keep them coming!

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