Wonderful pictures, Miguel!

Katie

WoW Miguel, you have a wonderful collection and the plants all look so happy and colorful. If I had to pick just one favorite it would be Rooguchi for it's unusual bells of blue...and on such good sized plant! It's always nice to see other peoples gardens. You have done a fine job there ! My own clematis are just starting here. My first bloom of the season opened today, an Asao. I am in heaven to see the season finally get started up here !
Suzy

WOW..I love that Obelisk in pic #4..your gardens are just so alive with Clematis everywhere and so beautiful...you really have a green thumb when it comes to those beautiful vines...I can't wait till mine are so mature!!..GORGEOUS MIGUEL!!>..Jeanne

Wow Miguel. What a lush bunch of clematis. I too like Rooguchi very much... which surprises me, as my first love was the large flowering kind. Your C Florida Sieboldii is gorgeous. I keep checking my pots, but none of them yet.

I was hoping that you'd post more pictures, Miguel! You truly have the right touch with clematis. I don't know how you do it! I have 4 different vines now and I love them all. I think you've inspired me to try some of the smaller varities next. Mine are all the large flowering variety. Please keep the pictures coming all summer long!
Shirley

Miguel your clematis are gorgeous and inspiring!!!

They're just lovely Miguel. You're so far ahead of me. I can't wait to start seeing lots of blooms.

Thanks everyone. Sometimes I wonder if I don't bore people with my pictures but now I know that at least some people enjoy them. Will try and keep more pictures coming as the clematis go into bloom and I have time to post them.

Hi Miguel,
Beautiful pictures!...I'm especially enamoured with your Petit Faucon and Rosea combination. I am pretty new to clematis and initially was drawn in by the large flowered type...but those photos are broadening my wish list. I started out three years ago with Rhapsody and Star of India. My Star of India disappeared last year without a trace but my Rhapsody is really leaping this year!!! I probably have 25 - 30 buds on it!! This year, I have already purchased Ville de Lyon, HF Young, Ramona, Henryi, Dawn and Piilu. All still in their pots for now, but I hope I can eventually arrange things much like you have!

Patty

Well done Miguel. Your Clematis collection has come a long way! I love the ones climbing the brick wall.

Thank you for the wonderful tour Miguel. I have some of the same plants and get a thrill out of seeing how someone else groups them! Yours are way ahead of mine, but I'll catch up! Can't wait to see how it all progresses at your place.
CHIRP!
:-)

Wonderful pictures Miquel!

I'm like Marie and love seeing how others group their clematis and also what supports they use. How closely do you space your's? I have a deck load of clems to plant and I'm wondering how close I can place some of them. They're all group 3s.

Where in NC are you? I just returned from my daughter's wedding in Wilmington. I've been there several time to visit. Lovely area!

Marcia

Thanks for the additional comments all. Marcia, I am in Kernersville which is a small town located between Greensboro and Winston-Salem--an area a little to the west of the central part of the state.

I am probably not the right person to ask how closely I space my clematis Marcia. I tend to cram mine together pretty closely--some as close as a foot together and some even closer. The combo of Julia Correvon and Purpurea Plena Elegans on the tree trellis in picture 2 are probably within 6 inches of each other and they have been in place for four years now. I can't see how the close planting has hurt them. I also have quite a few in the back yard planted within a foot or two of each other but they haven't been in for as long so don't know if the closer planting is going to keep some of them from maturing into plants as big as they should be or not. I am limited in space for the clematis I have so it is either cram them together or not have as many. Guess you know which option I have chosen!

Hi Nckvilledudes

Do you by any chance plant roses and clematis that close? I have a space issue too and I'm wholeheartedly tempted to plant a rose and a clematis in each of my 52X52X52cm pots. I'm sure technically this is ill advised but I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has been known to do this and what the results were. I also have some clems in the front that are in wildly too small pots (not room for bigger pots without ousting our bikes from the front yard). I figure that I'll treat them as annuals and start replacing them when they start dying.

Esthomizzy

Esthomizzy, I really don't do roses. The only ones I have are two flower carpet roses that anyone can grow. Hopefully someone else can give you advice as far as how close they can be planted to clematis.

mckvilledudes, such an incredible clematis garden! you probably took quite some time to take all those pictures.

you give me the dream that someday, my clematis addiction will yield some truly spectacular results! thanks for sharing the pictures, i look forward to seeing more!

Hi Nckville.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful clematis....What an inspiration to us all...love the arbor in no 4.

Hi Miguel!

Well, you're in just about the opposite part of the state. I forget that NC is pretty big.

"I am probably not the right person to ask how closely I space my clematis Marcia."

Actually you are because that's just what I wanted to hear :-) I probably won't go quite as close, but around 2' maybe a bit closer. I have a small yard too and want to get as many in as I can. Luckily I have a great fence and raised deck for Clematis.

I've looked at your other post with all of the clematis too, but I have dial-up and so far I haven't had the time to let the entire page load. From what I've seen though... stunning pictures! You have a lovely Clematis collection!

Thanks for sharing, Miguel!
Marcia

Esthomizzy
I have several Climbing Roses that I have companioned with Clematis and plant them about 6 inches to a foot from the Rose...Jeanne

Great collection, Miguel.

Just inspiring to look at! And thank you for sharing.

Your photos had me seeking out Harlow Carr. :)

Beautiful! Just beautiful! I think Southern Living should do an article on your garden....if they haven't already!
Who would ever get tired of seeing these beautiful photos? Thank you for sharing!
Gayle