Piilau--east side of porch



Piilau--west side of porch

That's one happy plant!!

Clematis 'Henryi' 5/2022 Clematis S1- (Clematis) Queen of the Vines Clematis, Mature plant size: 4-6ft., WHITE, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW20, In Garden Bed S1 for 5.0 YEARS (Bluestone). Planted in 2017.

Missouri Botanical Garden: 'Henryi' features profuse, showy, eight-sepaled, 6-8" in diameter, white flowers with purplish brown anthers cover this vine in summer. Bloom on this cultivar comes primarily from the previous year's stems in early summer, but also occurs in a second flush later in the summer on the new (current year's) growth. Spreading in 2021. Very early bloomer. Quite vigorous.

Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2018, 19, 20, 21, 22:

https://www.flickr.com/search/...

#week2, #early, #Vine, #Clematis, #White

A bunch from my garden. Some are so old the names are long gone.

Miss Batemen

Still so pretty!

Hi everybody!

My name is Rose and I'm new to this site.
I live in the Netherlands and I have a (very) small city-garden. I dó however have 3 walls and a wooden fence surounding my garden, so I dream of covering them in blooms
I hope to learn a lot from all of you about Clematis and which cultivar's are best for my place.
The picture is from Clematis 'Pernille'. I bought this plant last week and, even though it is still in the pot it came in, it is already flowering 😍

Rose!
This forum is not super active but we try! Posting photos sure gets things going, we love photos!

hi Sue,

Thank you for the warm welcome

I can't imagine someone nót loving Clematis (once you know about them, like me ) !
As far as I understand one can have a blooming Clematis literally áll year round, so what's not to like?

'Comtesse de Bouchaud'

Very nice RJ.

I never trim any of my clemetis.










Blooms along with wisteria

Blooms along with roses

Looks great Bea!

Stunning!

In spite of all the crazy weather we have endured this season, our clematis plants still surprise us with their ability to hang in and produce flowers whenever things get back to "normal". Not huge amounts of blooms, but we love whatever pops up.
Piilau didn't care that it was 28 degrees last Wednesday morning. As soon as the cold disappeared, it put out all of these.

Bernadine blooming in hot, dry September weather


Bernadine today managed one lovely large bloom, and there are some buds coming on.

Avedon said: In spite of all the crazy weather we have endured this season, our clematis plants still surprise us with their ability to hang in and produce flowers whenever things get back to "normal". Not huge amounts of blooms, but we love whatever pops up.
Piilau didn't care that it was 28 degrees last Wednesday morning. As soon as the cold disappeared, it put out all of these.

Bernadine blooming in hot, dry September weather


Bernadine today managed one lovely large bloom, and there are some buds coming on.

Very pretty to have rebloomers this late in the season.Bernadine- Just Stunnin.:hurray:

Amazing blooms & in cold weather!

Interesting facts about C. 'Piilu' that I never knew.

The name "Piilu" is an Estonian word meaning "Little Duckling". Some might say this beautiful cultivar deserves a better name. The 4-6″ (10-15cm) flowers are mauve-pink double or semi-double flowers with a purple red bar in May-June. and Single flowers in August and or September.

Being an early flowering clematis with large blooms, Clematis 'Piilu' falls into Pruning Group Two. This group of clematis doesn't require much pruning other than a little deadheading in summer, and removal of dead shoots in spring.

The compact and prolific nature of 'Piilu' makes it ideal for use on a small obelisk or trellis and it is also ideal for a small patio container. Being a very hardy plant it will not require any winter protection and can stay outside all year round even when grown in a pot.

Clematis Piilu is noted for being one of the heaviest blooming Clematis! Two sets of flowers grace this stellar performer. Last year's stems produce 3-4" double or semi-double light pink flowers with rose bars and full centers of ruffled petals. New (later) growth blooms with large pink single flowers marked with a deep rose bar. Blooms May through July and again in September.

More here, too. https://www.gardenia.net/plant...

I did not notice if it bloomed again this past fall, but here is a photo from June...

Clematis 'Piilu' 6/2022 Clematis V3- (Uno Kivistk, 1984) Queen of the Vines Clematis (Type2-DB-PK), Mature plant size: 7ft., PINK, Light pink with dark pink bar, double on old wood, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Month 6b, In Garden Bed V3 for 5.2 YEARS (Michigan). Planted in 2017.

Plant of the Show award at the Plantarium in Holland in 1998. It is a cross between Clematis 'Hagley Hybrid' and Clematis mahrouyi. Looks like a small version of nelly moser. A royalty-protected variety. The pink striped with purple 4-5in. flowers are double on the previous years wood in May and June then single on the current seasons wood in early fall. Mature height is 6'. Pruning group B1.

Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2017, 18, 20, 21, 22:

https://www.flickr.com/search/...

#Vine, #Piilu, #Clematis, #Type2, #Pink

to all of you for your interest and kind comments on my post. A very big THANKS goes to EscondidoCal for the two acorns, and I loved reading your follow-up article about Piilu--this is the correct spelling, apologies for my mistake on that. Frank, that is a gorgeous picture of Piilu, you should post it to the data base. How fortunate it is that we have many beautiful pictures of this clematis to enjoy.

Just found a thread from 8/15/2020 when my banner of Piilu was chosen.
https://garden.org/thread/view...
I had accidently cut a branch of Piilu that had a bloom & several buds.

I was horrified, but put it in a glass of water in the bedroom window that
catches afternoon sun (double pane glass, so not hot).

Here is a slideshow of images taken over the 2 weeks.

She bloomed & bloomed the next 2 weeks!

Cal, thanks for posting the slide show--it's lovely