I went back to the local Home Depot early yesterday morning to pick up a few of those clematis that I mentioned. What a difference a day makes!!! On Saturday it was partly sunny and comfortable temps, and the crowds and checkout lines were crazy. Yesterday morning was bitter cold and windy, no crowds at all. They had all the plants covered up with plastic, but the plastic was blowing all over the place. The plastic was only partially covering the clematis so I was able to get at them. Most of the plants were just in the green, but a few had blooms on them. Unfortunately, the noid pretty pink stripey one that I had seen in bloom on Saturday was gone. What I did get were Dr Ruppel and Firworks. While I was picking them out and paying for them at the outdoor cash register, the wind picked up and was at its most bitter for the short 15 minutes I was out there - blowing the plants sideways, hands shaking so much it was hard to slide my debit card LOL.
Dr Ruppell
Fireworks
I noticed the Plant DB photos of Fireworks are really varied. The one I picked up is more of an overall light lavender with very subdued stripe markings - the one posted by victor is the most similar to what mine looks like.
