Comments | curiouswombat: Identify that plant...

curiouswombat

Identify that plant...

Jul 12, 2020 22:04

I think I have identified the pink clematis. I watched Gardeners' World this morning whilst I ate breakfast, and there was a section on clematis. The presenter showed a very familiar one - many of the striped pale and deep pink flowers were simple ones, but some on the same plant had multiple layers, it does well in shady places... I am pretty ( Read more... )

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spikesgirl58 July 12 2020, 21:19:19 UTC

Cool!

curiouswombat July 13 2020, 18:16:59 UTC

I might be wrong - but for me, now it is Bees' Jubilee :)

spikesgirl58 July 13 2020, 19:58:56 UTC

I think it's a great name for them!

pondhopper July 12 2020, 22:11:10 UTC

Call me Doubting Thomas but after googling images of Bee's Jubilee clematis, it has a much more defined stripe down the middle of each petal and is not as beautifully ruffled as yours is.

https://tinyurl.com/y82zxxlv

Still, that name is wonderful!

curiouswombat July 13 2020, 18:15:57 UTC

Ah - but the reason I think it may be the right one is that most of the flowers, as they have opened, don't look much like that first one, but more as they have looked in the past - so this picture was taken a couple of hours ago, and it really is the same plant -

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pondhopper July 13 2020, 23:38:08 UTC

Now this is very interesting for me! Because your clematis has indeed transformed in the way it looks. Yes, you do have a good reason to think that is your clematis! I wish I knew more about botany and plant genetics but I don't.
I love stuff like this.

curiouswombat July 14 2020, 08:34:27 UTC

Isn't it interesting! On my other two clematis all the flowers stay the same, but this one has me slightly perplexed :)

sparrow2000 July 12 2020, 22:41:45 UTC

Whatever clematis it is, it is really beautiful! :)

curiouswombat July 13 2020, 18:18:15 UTC

It is a bit strange - only some of the flowers look like that, and the rest are much simpler - it is rather beautiful either way, though!

shirebound July 12 2020, 22:45:30 UTC

Look at all that gorgeousness!

curiouswombat July 13 2020, 18:32:07 UTC

The later blooms are not quite as spectacular, but still pretty.

thismaz July 13 2020, 07:36:07 UTC

Lovely, and a really nice photo of it.

curiouswombat July 13 2020, 18:33:35 UTC

I've just taken a couple more where the blooms are slightly less spectacular - but is still a rather extravagant flourish of Barbie Pink in a shaded corner!