Re: [gardeners] harison's yellow rose
penny x stamm (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:56:06 -0400
Hello there, Dick Tripp!
After about 15 years with no clematis at all, I bought a trellis
and went hunting, armed with the old Steffen's Clematis
catalog, now defunct. It's a bit late for purchasing first rate,
healthy clematis, and obviously, NO ONE had ever seen that
catalog before -- but I stumbled upon a huge cache in an
out-of-the-way Flower Time, and bought two:
viticella 'Polish Spirit', 9ft vine, 3" purple-blue, May/Sept
-- prune in March --
and
Niobe, 8ft vine, 4-6" ruby-red, June/Sept
-- prune lightly, but I don't know when! --
The company is Iverson's, unknown location. Very healthy plants.
I presume that since they have a long season of bloom, they should
both be pruned in March, with new flowers coming on new wood only.
Am I correct?
Penny, NY zone 6
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