Clematis viticella 'The President'

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These cheap supermarket clematises have sailed through the winter whilst the expensive ones turned to mush 🤷🏻‍♀️ #clematis #clematis-the-president

Lovely flower. I agree with you. My President is growing better than the more expensive ones. 🤔

I haven’t lost any thankfully but I know what you mean about the cheaper ones. This is gorgeous 💜💜💜

Beautiful 💜

It’s a beauty 🤗

Amazing 💙💜

@angiie @juliesgarden @godfreye @midnightgardener thank you ladies 😀 plenty of big flowers this year. Really showing off for once 😛

@hkyfvr @pelly it’s strange isn’t it 😕 you’d assume that premium plants would excel but maybe the cheapies have more fight in them 😅

They are working harder to be in the same category as the expensive ones 😅

@hkyfvr and putting them to shame 😉😛

(Excuse the bird 💩) #clematis #clematis-the-president

Well it’s allowed for #wildlifewednesay 💜💜💜

Very pretty 💜💜

Looking good 👍 💜

@pelly 🤣 that’s a very good point!

@hkyfvr @jeatacake thank you both 😄 been flowering for weeks now but they’re getting too high to photograph 😜

Always welcome. They are creeping upward. I hope I get a second bloom on mine. The foliage is growing though. 🤞🤞

@hkyfvr you should get more 😛 sounds like your first clematis is a success so far 😁

@gjones thank you Katy 😀 it’s performing far better than the others 🙈

I will next spring for sure. Not much left now. I did look though 👍😍

@hkyfvr 😂 I thought you’d look for more 😛

But of course. 😂😆

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Beautiful rich colour. 💜💜

@hkyfvr @gjones thank you ladies 💜 they’re big blooms too!

Always welcome. Hope my new one looks like this one day. Yours is awesome. 💜💜💜

@hkyfvr yours will look even better as it’s in the ground 🤩 you’ll see the glow it has when yours flowers too 💜💕

Thanks Kerry. Can’t wait for that. 💜💜

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The colour is beautiful 💜💜💜

Perfect purple 💜💜

Perfect time of year to have a big splash of purple in the garden 💜

Fab💜

Beautiful colours 😍

Joe Biden is looking well 😉 Mine's lagging way behind!

@pelly @hkyfvr @alan1111 @juliesgarden @anges @KOutdoors thank you all 😁 the flowers really are bright! Certainly stand out from the sea of greens 😂

@jeatacake healthier than his human counterpart 🤣🤣🤣 this is the only one in flower. All the others are keeping time with yours 😛

Always welcome 💜

Beautiful purple! 😍

@nix81 thanks Nicola 😁 it’s like a flowery shaped quality street 💜😋😂

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I see some purple in there. Clematis are so lovely. Excited to see this open up. 💜

It’s all getting exciting 💜

@hkyfvr @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom seeing all the different clematis buds is so exciting 🤗 they just take ages to open 😂 this bright purple one is usually last to flower but decided to be first this year 😜

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Perfect purple. May try these next year. 💜💜😊

@hkyfvr it’s so vibrant isn’t it 💜 had to be cut right back early in summer because of wilt. Wasn’t expecting any flowers so I’m extra happy to see them. I hope you give one a try! They’re amazing plants and so many different types to fit your needs 😛

It is very vibrant. I really like the purple but will check them out. My daughter is going to do one on her new wooden fence next spring. 💜👍

@hkyfvr it’s going to look lovely once it starts to scramble up the fence 😍

Joe Biden would be proud of it 👍💜

@jeatacake flowering far better this year too! Must like his new namesake much better than the last one 🤭

😂😂😂😂

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I got the same one

Beautiful

💜 looking great 👍🏼

Mr Trump!

@gjones thanks Katy 😀

@yogi 👍🏻

@debsgarden99 thank you Deb 😃

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom thanks Elaine 😄

@jeatacake it’s about as useful as a President 🤣🤣🤣

Donald trump.

Has something had it for dinner 🤔🤔

@sieveheadsarah I think earwigs as the foliage has little holes all over it 😔

They're so destructive 😖🙄

@sieveheadsarah they hide too, horrid gits!

Another good looking flower Kerry

I’ve had an issue with earwigs this year. Never really noticed them but this year found them everywhere!!!

Just like the vine weevils Kerry 😡😡

@alan1111 thank you Alan 😛

@bluefox23 same! Never noticed them before but every time I deadhead they’re living in every crevice of every plant 😡

@sieveheadsarah thankfully I’ve escaped them so far but no doubt they’ll come my way eventually 😔

I've found lots of dead ones in the birdbath Kerry, never have I been so happy to see dead insects!!

@sieveheadsarah 😂 they are awful though. Most insects you can find a positive but these don’t have one 😝

👍👍

@ublaszko looks like a pretty one, if I can get it to flowering stage 😂

😁😁 👍 I'm hoping my new winter flowering clematis will survive the move 😍😍

@ublaszko wisely cream 😍 I hope it’ll behave and give you flowers this winter 😋

It's put on a lot of growth but with the house move who knows what will mind being dug up and how long I will have to wait for the new garden to establish.

@ublaszko I forget you have pots and also plants in the ground 🙈 will be quite a job taking your garden with you but least you’ll have most of it ready to go

Luckily, most of my plants are in pots but will be fiddly to find and dig up spring bulbs from flowerbeds 😅 A friend of mine will help me pack and move the pots in her car.

@ublaszko will be like a pick n mix of bulbs 😜 least you have plant transport. That’s the most important job taken care of 😉

I labelled them to know where different bulbs are but I put labels around general area rather than individual bulbs and they're now smothered with perennials 😅😥

@ublaszko oh, ooops 🤣🤣🤣