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Pink Rose and Purple Clematis Combination for June
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Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gardener
(IC: blogger)
June is underway and the roses are blooming here in Pennsylvania. Our Driveway Garden is covered in pink and blue this week, with a bit of white thrown in to lighten the color palette.
When we bought our home, we inherited an old rose bush by the back corner of our house... and one to match it across the driveway. It blooms its socks off once and year, and then needs quite a bit of pruning to keep it in line. A newer rose would give more for repeat bloom, but the light fragrance and pink color make it worth keeping. And even better yet is the combination that happens when Clematis 'Etoile Violette' blooms along with it. The clematis it is planted at the roses feet and it appreciates the cool shade the rose provides. It easily grabs a hold on to the rose brambles and pulls itself to the sun.
Around the perimeter of this rose, which is 5 feet high and 6 feet wide (1.6 m x 2m), there is ground cover of variegated deadnettle (Lamium maculatum), evergreen moss phlox (Phlox subulata), and yellow-blooming Sedum 'Acre'.
When we bought our home, we inherited an old rose bush by the back corner of our house... and one to match it across the driveway. It blooms its socks off once and year, and then needs quite a bit of pruning to keep it in line. A newer rose would give more for repeat bloom, but the light fragrance and pink color make it worth keeping. And even better yet is the combination that happens when Clematis 'Etoile Violette' blooms along with it. The clematis it is planted at the roses feet and it appreciates the cool shade the rose provides. It easily grabs a hold on to the rose brambles and pulls itself to the sun.
Around the perimeter of this rose, which is 5 feet high and 6 feet wide (1.6 m x 2m), there is ground cover of variegated deadnettle (Lamium maculatum), evergreen moss phlox (Phlox subulata), and yellow-blooming Sedum 'Acre'.
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Published June 13th, 2013 7:32 AM
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Athena Spanios-Tickner on Jun 20, 2013GORGEOUS.... I have pink and dark pink in a huge container at your step up to my stoop.... Would you consider sending out seeds???... Gosh, I would so love some!!!!
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Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gardener on Jun 20, 2013Thanks Athena! This clematis may not be hardy in your area. Some sources say it is hardy zones 4-8, and Jacksonville is listed as 9. I would recommend going to a local nursery and seeing what they have to offer! I remember that Douglas Hunt said that Clematis reticulata, crispa and baldwinii are good for FL gardens. Hope that helps!
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