Property News · November 12, 2016

Plant of the week: golden clematis


With seedheads that are fantastic dried, it’s the cream of the cropWhat is it? When it comes to pink or blue, there are hundreds of clematis to choose from. But yellow? Not so many. Clematis tangutica is the cream of the crop, offering sunshine yellow lanterns in late summer and autumn, followed by wonderfully tactile fluffy seedheads.Any good varieties? ‘My Angel’ has rusty red backs to its petals, ‘Lambton Park’ has longer, droopier petals, ‘Golden Tiara’ has prominent dark red stamens and ‘Helios’ is the baby of the bunch at 2m tall, making it ideal for smaller spaces. ‘Bill Mackenzie’ is a hybrid of C. orientalis and C. tangutica, and has larger lanterns. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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