Clematis stans
1st September 2016
I was given a seedling and potted it up, stood it by the greenhouse door and promptly forgot it was there. A couple of years later I was mystified by a spray of
pale blue flowers. Fortunately it was labelled with its origin or I would have assumed that the Clematis pixies had been playing jokes on me.
7th September 2017
8th August 2020
One of the strange herbaceous/shrubby species producing fresh stems every year that sprawl upward for a few feet if there is some support available. Introduced from Japan in 1860
and slightly scented . I don't notice it as I walk through the door - yes, it is still there.
I like it, but Christopher Lloyd didn't. He described it as a floppy species "carrying flowers of a spitefully non-contributory off-white, skimmed milk colouring."
I like it more than that but I still haven't found anywhere better to plant it.
References:
http:www//clematisontheweb.org
Christopher Lloyd - Clematis, Collins 1977.