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Item 29th November 2009  

 

BCS Journal due out this coming week. 


Item 1st May 2009

Alternate-foliage seedling. A seedling which has not yet flowered. You can see from the old wood that it bore alternate foliage last year, too.

               

I am fairly sure it will flower this season. It came into active growth a little later, after winter, than some others. Now that it is producing extension growth I can do lots of cuttings. The early foliage is trifoliate, but only until it gathers itself (or from where it has been trimmed), then the trifoliate leaves give way to simple leaves and the plant is very beautiful and symmetrical when fully clothed. Obviously the flowers will be terriby exciting even if only to confirm the id. If it is something different, it would be...interesting!

 

Needless to say, I cannot wait to see flower buds beginning. I am expecting something like this: Hope I'm completely wrong!


 Item 20th April 2009   

What could be better than this?

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY


 Item 12th April 2009

More new plants developing toward their first flowers:

Paul, foliage of 'Reverie'

A new viorna-group plant just getting going.

 
Some new large-flowered plants, and others.  
Some more new large-flowered hybrids and one or two others.  

Item 6th April 2009

Some new plants as they develop toward first (or second) flowers:

 

A new montana, first flowers forming on the old wood from last year. It is very exciting to raise some new Montanas as these will be the first I've raised from this group, from seed.
Two plants of C. fusca var. Kamtschatica, the two cuttings are in perfect condition and the foliage is very attractive. The plants will soon produce numerous brown furry urns which I will use in this season's hybridising efforts. I will cross it with C. patens and a few other large-flowered plants.
A new patens x coactilis cross. The plant has patens-like overall form but with coactilis-like modifications and characteristics. The plants is about to produce lots of flowers as can be seen. Some of the sisters of this plant have produced tubular flowers in white. I do not know as yet what the form of this one's flowers will be.
A cross of C. patens x C. texensis. You don't always get it right, and although I could be wrong, this one looks like a failure, as it is a typical young patens plant and the flowers, which you can clearly see, look like standard patens flowers in form. The foliage is not modified to any obvious extent. I hope I am wrong, and that the flowers show some altered characters, but I don't think it is likely. Must have been self-fertilised before I emasculated the parent patens.
This one, however, is a completely different kettle of fish. From the same batch of seed, however, this one shows distinct foliar modification and I am sure this is a successful cross. Therefore, the flowers will be terribly exciting in due course, and I can't wait to see them.
This one is a definite hybrid, between a large-flowered hybrid and C. campaniflora. The foliage is highly modified and the flowers will be an absolute thrill. There are three sisters and the first-born flowered last year: the new flowers were extremely interesting and different altogether. So I am hoping for similar excitement this time around, and I am certain the plant will be a joy to watch as it comes to fruition.
Another exciting cross between a large-flowered hybrid and C. campaniflora. Again, the foliage is completely different and I expect super-interesting flowers some weeks from now. A reasonable picture and a better, closer picture.
The third of the group of large-flowered hybrid x C. campaniflora. This one flowered last year for the first time. The flowers were wonderful - large versions of the campaniflora flower, starting purply and then immediately fading to 'washed denim', and lasting for ages. It will be fascinating to see if the flower colour alters, this year. In clematis, where new seedlings are concerned, you sometimes don't get the definitive bloom until year two or three.
Another patens x coactilis. This one produces a delightful small clump of foliage at the base which immediately goes on to flower early in the season. The plant is compact, attractive, interestingly intermediate in form. Once the flowers are formed and open, the plant then produces a mass of new vines which extend rapidly and flower again later in the season.
Another patens x coactilis. This one is larger again, with beautiful, pleasing foliage, coming to flower early - you may be able to see the flowers at the terminals. This one has tubular flowers which are terribly exciting and different. The white flowers later open out more, but still retain a tubular appearance.
A new C. texensis seedling. The parent was a beautiful scarlet lady which I sadly lost a few years ago due to an infection in the root. However, although this one does not appear to me to be 100% true, it looks good, and the flowers will be very exciting indeed. I expect the flowers to start forming in the next week or two. So she should be in bloom some time in May.
Another patens x texensis hybrid, and this one will definitely be terribly interesting, as the foliage modifications clearly indicate a successful hybridisation. Therefore the flowers will be wonderfully exciting and special, so, very much looking forward to seeing flowers begin to form, in a couple of weeks from now.
Another new montana. This one is keeping me waiting - really - as it is now three years old and still no flowers. Since it has produced extension growth from the buds again this year, it looks like I may have to wait until next spring, another full year, before seeing the new flowers. However, even these plants can surprise, and I wouldn't be shocked if it produced a few flowers at the other end of the season when the day-length begins to shorten.
Ianthina var. kuripoensis - flowers forming, a little late this year, but looking good all the same. The flowers are a lovely blue, and I will use them in hybridising once the patens and some large-flowered plants are available. This plant flowers over a long period and produces copious pollen.
The same new montana at the top of this table, the flowers a few days older, as development slowly takes place.


Item 6th February 2009

BCS Seed Exchange list February 2009. The excellent seed list is produced each year to benefit Society members firstly, after which seeds can be purchased at shows attended by the BCS, throughout the year. I have converted the booklet into separate pdf documents that can be printed directly from your browser - click to open (pages will open in a new window) and, when the page opens, follow the usual menu instructions to enlarge, print etc.

Click to open the documents. Page 1; Page 2; Page 3; Page 4


Item 5th February 2009

The British Clematis Society annual Journal, The Clematis, is now ready for posting to all members and should be received during the course of next week. Overseas members will receive shortly after, by Air Mail

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Contents

 

 

 

Section I:  Your Society

 

From Your Editor……………………………………………….Brian Collingwood

  1

Join us in the BCS…………………………………………………………………..

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Who Does What in the BCS 2008…………………………………………………..

  3

From Your Chairman…………………………………………………David Victor

  6

Treasurer’s Report………………………………………………….Charles E. Hills

  7

Minutes of the 18th Annual General Meeting………………………………………

  9

BCS International Trials Results: Year 2006 Planting………………Everett Leeds

14

Section II:  Clematis for all

 

‘The Clematis Year’.................................................................................Stuart Pereira

16

View from ‘Clematis Corner’……………………....…………….…..…Mike Brown

17

Clematis Meanderings and Musings……………………… ……….…Mary Toomey

19

The Best of the Bunch…………………………………………. ….…..Glenis Dyer

25

Clematis at ‘The Orchards’………………...……………..…….... ..Joyce Humphries

26

Group 2 vs Group 3 Clematis……………...…….…………………...Everett Leeds

30

Thoughts from the Other Side of the Pond ………………….....…..…Richard Huff

31

The North-South Divide………………………………………….…...Garry Gaunt

33

Clematis for Mediterranean Climates……………………………….…..Mike Brown

36

Clematis ‘Adrian James’… ……………………...………………….... Carole Scholes

40

A Private Garden in Rural Ontario……………………………………... Marie Holt

41

Section III:  Mini-Symposium in the style of John howells:  Culture

 

Tips on Buying Plants and Gardening with Clematis.............................Finn Rψsholm

48

The Culture of Clematis ……………………….…………………...…Hugh Leader

49

Notes for Beginners……………………………………………………...Roy Nunn

53

Why on Earth Did You Do It?...................................................................Sue Reade

57

Clematis and ‘Friendly Fungi’…..……....…………………………..…Helen Hadley

59

Some Notes on ‘To Prune or Not to Prune?’………...…………….Margaret Morris

60

Hosts and Combinations………………………………………………Penny Vogel

64

A Garden Full of Clematis on Clay Soil?................................................Helen Hadley

70

Clematis lanuginosa from Les Clιmatites ΰ Grandes Fleurs (1883)  Lavallιe

74

Section IV:  Propagation and Hybridisation

 

Watkinson’s Clematis Nursery……...………………………………….….John Skill

75

Clematis from Seed………………………………………………..….Bernard Allen

80

Growing Clematis from Seed, My Experiences in Canada, Zone 4B...…Joan Dupuis

82

Hybridisation with Clematis alternata……...…………………………Ton Hannink

89

In the Bag – an Alternative Germination Method……………………...Kristl Walek

93

Vermiculite Germination Method – Observations & Experiences…....Alison Merritt

96

Section V:  Clematis Species

 

Ever Thought About a C. fusca?..............................................................Josie Hulbert

102

Clematis indivisa or Clematis paniculata ‘Bodnant’?...................................Ron Kirkman

105

Interesting species I have grown – Clematis napaulensis……...………...Shannan Read

107

Clematis smilacifolia Wall. Section Naraveliopsis………...………………..Guy Sisson

109

Clematis patens in Japan………...……………………...…………..Mariko Nakanishi

113

Clematis rehderiana ………………………………………..……...........Kristl Walek

118

 

 

 

Section VI:  Clematis in Focus

 

The Montana Group at ‘By the Way’….................................Val Le May Neville-Parry

119

Jackman’s C. ‘Prince of Wales’ – or Just a Pretender to the Throne?..........Paul Margot

128

Colour Problems – Why I Changed to Digital………………..………..…Roy Nunn

134

The Role of the International Clematis Registrar…………..……….Duncan Donald

141

‘Rhapsody’ Blues?…..……………………………………...……….Duncan Donald

147

Potential for Biocontrol of Wilt with Trichoderma, a ‘Friendly Fungus’....Paul Margot

149

Biological Control of Sciarid Flies………….…………….………….Jude Bennison

159

Section VII:  Special Feature – Magnus Johnson

 

Background to the Book Slδktet Klematis – The Genus Clematis……..Bengt Sundstrφm

161

My Thoughts on Slδktet Klematis – The Genus Clematis… ..…....Various Contributors

173

Clematis viticella – from Les Clιmatites ΰ Grandes Fleurs (1883)  Lavallιe

185

Section VIII:  Subgenus Viorna

 

From the Past: The Scarlet Lady and Some of Her Relations…....….John Treasure

186

Smith County, East Texas Home to Clematis reticulata & Clematis carrizoensis..Sonnia Hill

190

My Favourite Clematis – Clematis hirsutissima….……………..……….Kristl Walek

197

Searching for Clematis baldwinii……………………………..…....Denise MacDonald

203

Clematis fusca and Clematis ianthina – Species and Hybrids…….……Keith Treadaway

212

Five cleaned scans of plates; orientalis, viorna, campaniflora, crispa, patens  from Lavallιe

222

Section IX:  In Memoriam

 

John Howells…………………………………………………………Wim Snoeijer

227

John Howells………………………………………………………….Josie Hulbert

233

Gillian Brown…………………………………………………….…..Everett Leeds

234

Robin Fountain………………………………………………...……..Ron Kirkman

235

Concluding Items

 

Book Review – Clematis and Climbers – Simple Steps to Success:…RHS....Brian Cromie

236

Book Review – Clematis for Small Spaces:…R.J. Evison………...….…..Mike Brown

237

Very Best Wishes to Sheila Chapman ………………………...………….Roy Nunn

238

International Clematis Society 2008 Report……………....……..Ken Woolfenden

240

Clematisword…………….. ……………………………..…………………………Editor

241

Glossary……………………………………………………………....Everett Leeds

243

Clematisword solution

245

Acknowledgements

246

Errata 2007

247

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I should like to thank all contributors and everyone else who has assisted me with its production. I very much hope you enjoy this edition.


Item 13th January 2009

Val has asked me to post details of the Wessex BCS Members and Friends Spring Meeting, which will take place on 21st February 2009.
Here is a link http://www.bcollingwood.com/images/BookingForm.pdf    - click to download the details and booking form (pdf format - you can print the form and details straight from the image when it opens). If for any reason you cannot open the file, please just email me and I will gladly return your mail with the document attached as a WORD file.