Clematis Blue Angel
Today’s featured plant is in the only spot where I feel a Wisteria would thrive in the garden, don’t have the heart to remove Clematis Blue Angel though.
If you see Clematis as a plant that is just a bit too much hard work to get good results, check out the Viticella group.
Completely unaffected by Clematis wilt, and pruning could not be easier, end of February simply cut back all the stems to approximately 18 inches from ground level.
Feed your Clematis in mid March with a general garden fertiliser, then from early April feed fortnightly with liquid tomato fertiliser. At the first sign of flowerbuds appearing cease all feeding.
The back of these Clematis flowers even look good from indoors.
Blue Angel is a very healthy Polish cultivar,raised by Stefan Franczak and introduced in 1988. The pale blue flowers with a slightly ruffled look are produced freely from late June till late August. Looks great grown over trellis, arbors and pergolas, sometimes grown through shrubs or small trees to give natural support.This is a method which previously I was not very keen on always had a feeling that the appearance and condition of the host plant suffers, coming round to the idea now.
Blue Angel has been in our garden for 14 years and flowers with the same profusion every year.
Our not so attractive 1970s style flat roofed extension becomes a little more pleasing to the eye with the help of Blue Angel.
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The fun which I am having with blogging has brought to mind what I would call the original English blogger, (Samuel Peypys). Famous for his Diaries which he kept between 1659 and 1669. He wrote in a form of shorthand for fear of his writings falling in to the wrong hands in such dangerous times, with Charles 2nd being placed on the throne after the death of Oliver Cromwell.
Peyps diaries were lost and rediscovered in Victorian times, translated with apparently some of the bawdy language tempered. I have been reading this daily for the past five years, a single entry is placed each day on this site Samuel Peypys Here we also have information about the man from the BBC
If you happen to leave a comment I will be sure to visit your site and do the same
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Beautiful clematis! I love the color. I’ll have to check whether that’s available around here.
Yes it really is a great colour, may be available under another name in your part of the world
Lovely clematis and so its name. I would love to add this to my garden.
Thanks for the link on Samuel Peypys blogs. It will be a nice winter read. I am looking forward to your future plant features.
It is a clematis worth looking out for Lily.
Hope you ducked in time when the router exploded! We have a surge protector on the main electricity board. With sometime power cuts, surges are something we need to be prepared for here. Going to look at the first blogger …
It was a helluva explosion, expected more damage.
Hi Alistair, that’s a heavenly blue. Aberdeen is only for the hardy folk so look forward to what grows in your garden
Laura
p.s.A friend lost his router last week so must be a current problem!
p.p.s Very interested in the Pepys link – a man with as many afflictions as talents.
Yes Laura, Aberdeen is for the hardy, however in my case it must be the love of the area.
Dear Alistair, I am a great fan of Clematis and agree with you that the Viticella varieties are very easy and useful in the garden, especially when adding colour to trees or shrubs which may flower at a different time.
I am sorry to hear of your computer woes and, indeed the awful weather in Scotland.
Thank you Edith, weather for the time being has settled down.