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BCS Journal due out this coming week.
Alternate-foliage seedling. A seedling which has not yet flowered. You can see from the old wood that it bore alternate foliage last year, too.
I am fairly sure it will flower this season. It came into active growth a little later, after winter, than some others. Now that it is producing extension growth I can do lots of cuttings. The early foliage is trifoliate, but only until it gathers itself (or from where it has been trimmed), then the trifoliate leaves give way to simple leaves and the plant is very beautiful and symmetrical when fully clothed. Obviously the flowers will be terriby exciting even if only to confirm the id. If it is something different, it would be...interesting!
Needless to say, I cannot wait to see
flower buds beginning. I am expecting something like this:
Hope I'm completely wrong!
What could be better than this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
More new plants developing toward their first flowers:
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Paul, foliage of 'Reverie' |
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Some new plants as they develop toward first (or second) flowers:
BCS Seed Exchange list February 2009. The excellent seed list is produced each year to benefit Society members firstly, after which seeds can be purchased at shows attended by the BCS, throughout the year. I have converted the booklet into separate pdf documents that can be printed directly from your browser - click to open (pages will open in a new window) and, when the page opens, follow the usual menu instructions to enlarge, print etc.
Click to open the documents. Page 1; Page 2; Page 3; Page 4
The British Clematis Society annual Journal, The Clematis, is now ready for posting to all members and should be received during the course of next week. Overseas members will receive shortly after, by Air Mail
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Contents |
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Section I: Your Society |
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From Your Editor
.Brian
Collingwood |
1 |
Join us in the BCS
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2 |
Who Does What in the BCS 2008
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3 |
From Your Chairman
David Victor |
6 |
Treasurers Report
.Charles E.
Hills |
7 |
Minutes of the 18th Annual General Meeting |
9 |
BCS International Trials Results: Year 2006
Planting
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14 |
Section II: Clematis for all |
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The Clematis Year.................................................................................Stuart
Pereira |
16 |
View from Clematis Corner
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Mike
Brown |
17 |
Clematis Meanderings and Musings
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Mary Toomey |
19 |
The Best of the Bunch
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..Glenis
Dyer |
25 |
Clematis at The Orchards
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..Joyce Humphries |
26 |
Group 2 vs Group 3
Clematis
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...Everett Leeds |
30 |
Thoughts from the Other Side of the Pond
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Richard Huff |
31 |
The North-South Divide
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33 |
Clematis for Mediterranean
Climates
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..Mike Brown |
36 |
Clematis
Adrian James
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.... Carole Scholes |
40 |
A |
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Section III: Mini-Symposium in the style of John howells: Culture |
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Tips on Buying
Plants and Gardening with Clematis.............................Finn
Rψsholm |
48 |
The Culture of Clematis
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...
Hugh
Leader
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49 |
Notes for Beginners
...Roy Nunn
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53 |
Why on Earth Did You Do
It?...................................................................Sue
Reade |
57 |
Clematis and Friendly
Fungi
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Helen Hadley |
59 |
Some Notes on To Prune or Not to
Prune?
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60 |
Hosts and Combinations
Penny
Vogel |
64 |
A Garden Full of Clematis on Clay
Soil?................................................Helen Hadley |
70 |
Clematis
lanuginosa
from Les Clιmatites ΰ Grandes Fleurs (1883) Lavallιe |
74 |
Section IV: Propagation and Hybridisation |
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Watkinsons Clematis
Nursery
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.John Skill |
75 |
Clematis from Seed
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.Bernard
Allen |
80 |
Growing Clematis from Seed, My Experiences in |
82 |
Hybridisation with Clematis alternata
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Ton
Hannink |
89 |
In the Bag an Alternative Germination
Method
...Kristl Walek |
93 |
Vermiculite Germination Method Observations &
Experiences
....Alison Merritt |
96 |
Section V: Clematis Species |
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Ever Thought About a C. fusca?..............................................................Josie
Hulbert |
102 |
Clematis indivisa
or
Clematis paniculata Bodnant?...................................Ron
Kirkman |
105 |
Interesting species I have grown Clematis
napaulensis
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...Shannan Read |
107 |
Clematis
smilacifolia
Wall. Section
Naraveliopsis
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..Guy Sisson |
109 |
Clematis patens
in
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113 |
Clematis
rehderiana
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...........Kristl
Walek |
118 |
Section VI: Clematis in Focus |
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The Montana Group at By the Way
.................................Val
Le May Neville-Parry |
119 |
Jackmans C.
Prince of Wales
or Just a Pretender
to the Throne?..........Paul
Margot |
128 |
Colour Problems Why I Changed to
Digital
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Roy Nunn |
134 |
The Role of the International Clematis
Registrar
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.Duncan Donald |
141 |
Rhapsody Blues?
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.Duncan
Donald |
147 |
Potential for Biocontrol of Wilt with
Trichoderma, a Friendly Fungus....Paul Margot |
149 |
Biological Control of Sciarid
Flies
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.Jude Bennison |
159 |
Section VII: Special Feature Magnus Johnson |
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Background to the
Book
Slδktet
Klematis
The
Genus Clematis
..Bengt
Sundstrφm |
161 |
My Thoughts on
Slδktet
Klematis
The
Genus Clematis
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....Various Contributors |
173 |
Clematis
viticella
from Les Clιmatites ΰ Grandes Fleurs (1883) Lavallιe |
185 |
Section VIII: Subgenus Viorna |
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From the Past: The Scarlet Lady and Some of Her Relations .... .John Treasure |
186 |
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190 |
My Favourite Clematis Clematis hirsutissima
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.Kristl
Walek |
197 |
Searching for Clematis baldwinii
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....Denise
MacDonald |
203 |
Clematis fusca
and
Clematis ianthina Species and Hybrids
.
Keith Treadaway |
212 |
Five
cleaned scans of plates; orientalis, viorna, campaniflora, crispa,
patens from Lavallιe |
222 |
Section IX: In Memoriam |
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John Howells
Wim Snoeijer |
227 |
John Howells
.Josie Hulbert |
233 |
Gillian Brown
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.. |
234 |
Robin
Fountain
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..Ron Kirkman |
235 |
Concluding Items |
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Book Review Clematis and Climbers Simple
Steps to Success:
RHS....Brian Cromie |
236 |
Book Review Clematis for Small Spaces:
R.J.
Evison
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..Mike Brown |
237 |
Very Best Wishes to Sheila Chapman
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.Roy Nunn |
238 |
International Clematis Society 2008
Report
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..Ken Woolfenden |
240 |
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241 |
Glossary
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243 |
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245 |
Acknowledgements |
246 |
Errata 2007 |
247 |
I should like to thank all contributors and everyone else who has assisted me with its production. I very much hope you enjoy this edition.
Item 13th January 2009
Val has asked me to post details of the Wessex BCS Members and Friends Spring
Meeting, which will take place on 21st February 2009.
Here is a link http://www.bcollingwood.com/images/BookingForm.pdf
- click to download the details and booking form (pdf format - you can print
the form and details straight from the image when it opens). If for any reason
you cannot open the file, please just
email me and I will gladly return your mail with the document attached as a
WORD file.