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| Hi, I would like to start a thread of photos and ideas you have implemented for great clematis combos. I'm especially interested in combining clematis with clematis, but also love the rose/clematis combo and other perennials as well. I just started collecting clematis in 2010, so most of mine are on the sleeping or creeping stage of things.
I saw the thread about "great clematis combos" and I was like, irish_rose_grower about being disappointed the photos were deleted. So, let us start a new thread filled with ideas and fantastic photos!! When deciding on what to pair up with each other, I always stick with the same pruning requirements (2's with 2's and 3's with 3's). I really love going for color contrast! Other ideas I have read about are: Combining to extend the blooming period (early with mid or late season). Also, planting the same color, but two different forms and or size of flower. A few that I am especially excited about having tried last year, but most I do not have photos of yet are: Forever Friends with Romantika
Just a few photos I have so far that show combos: Relections with Md Julia Correvon:
Emila Plater with Ville de Lyon:
Fireworks with Niobe blooming in liatris (blazing star):
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- Posted by irish_rose_grower z7 LI NY (My Page) on Fri, Jan 27, 12 at 21:42
| Oh what a great thread you started. Thanks:-) I am so happy to see this and hope some of the folks here will give us some pics so we can see how lovely the combos look. I'm going to pair: Huldine with Jackmanii as i saw a pic here on GW and it was stunning... I also read on GW that one person saw Hagley Hybrid and Rouge Cardinal and she said it was stunning. I have Ville de Lyon, it is probably my favorite clem (I grow about 10 different ones, but after this season i should have more like 25). There is a co-op on another garden website and the clematis are 3.90 ea. They are one year old sold in 2 1/2 " containers. I suppose they have to be babied the first year or two but i'm going to buy a bunch and pot them up and see how they do. I will then put them in the ground come fall. I'm so excited about the upcoming gardening season. I think it's 53 days till Spring..yay!! |
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- Posted by bonitamariposa 5 (My Page) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 9:59
Oooh, I'm excited about this thread...can't wait to see all the combos. My favorite is Huldine & Jackmanii. I also like Venosa Violacea & Comtesse de Bouchaud.  title="Comtesse de Bouchard & Venosa Violacea by cameragirl59, on Flickr"> 
Etoile Violette & Betty Corning |
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- Posted by plantloverkat 9a north Houston (My Page) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 11:20
| Pmermakov, yours are lovely combinations. My favorite is Emila Plater with Ville de Lyon. I love the liatris combination as well as I am starting to think more about combinations involving plants other than clematis. Bonitamariposa, I especially like the photo of Venosa Violacea with Comtesse de Bouchaud. Can you tell us which two varieties are in your last photo? |
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- Posted by bonitamariposa 5 (My Page) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 11:31
| Plantloverkat, I know for sure one of them is Comtesse but I'm not sure if the other variety is Ruutel or Rouge Cardinal. |
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| Had previously posted this under the wrong thread :( I've paired the following up and will post pictures this summer Viola with Princess Diana Barbara Harrington and Perle d'Azur Ville de Lyon and Prince Charles Perle d'Azur and Marie Cornelia Emilia Plater and Madame Julia Correvon, looks especially good! Ville de Lyon and Romantika Florida Sieboldii with Barbara Harrington Perle d'Azur with Comtesse de Bouchaud ... really prudy together! Terrance |
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| All these clematis are stunning. I have Huldine and Jackmanii and they are beautiful together. Last year, I received a lot of nice compliments from some of my neighbors. I don't think I've ever seen a combination I didn't like. I absolutely love clematis! |
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| I thought it would be fun if who ever posted on this thread would be able to update further with photos of their favorite combos of clematis. I was able to take photos of the following ones: Forever Friends with Romantika and blanket flower (my favorite combo): Happy Birthday with Blue Angel: Multi Blue with Liberation: Prince Charles with Royal Velours: Barbara Herrington with Luther Burbank: Emila Plater, Etoile Violette, Huldine Emila Plater with Ville de Lyon: Huldine with Etoilte Violette Daniel Deronda with Victoria Salvia: |
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| most of my clematis are too young to display what I was hoping for. Here is one that needs to grow more, especially the rose, it is a combo of Ghislaine de Feligonde and John Howells Clematis.on the opposte side of the arch is Dortmund rose and Guernsey Cream but I dont have a good picture of them. roseberri |
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| I'm really liking John Howell's. He's popped up several time here on the forum lately. Is it really that RED?. I don't have any reds. Thinking I need to add it to my collection.. |
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| Roseberri, your John Howells is beautiful! Sandyl, I just got John Howells last year, so only a few blooms. The color of red was similar to Gravetye Beauty. It is not a burgundy red or a fuchsia. I am looking forward to seeing it mature in my garden. |
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| Thank you ladies, all your combos are fantastic!, Yes my john Howells is that red I really like it because it blooms most of the summer, it a later type 3 in the picture it began blooming in june and was still blooming in Sept/ Oct! It was only 2yrs old there! I put together a combo this past summer but will have to wait and see how it comes out, Ramona, Clair de Lune and Varenne roseberri |
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- Posted by Ibanez540r 6 NE Ohio (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 5:50
| Etoile Violette and Don Juan CL |
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- Posted by paula_in_pa z6 SEPA ChesCo (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 8:25
| roseberri, where did you buy John Howells ? |
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Rose "New dawn" and clematis "amethyst beauty"  Rose "Graham Thomas" (yellor) and "St. swithun" (pink white), and clematis "Francisca Maria"
Peony and clematis "The president" Rose "Lady of shallot" and clematis "Daniel Daronda" |
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