Collector's Corner Sales
Updated April 17, 2024
Purchase ONSITE Monday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday, 10:00am-2:00pm. To order ONLINE: Select plants from the list below and email your name, phone number, name(s) of the clematis desired, quantity of each, and the date you will pick up to FRCCsales@gmail.com. We will respond within 12 hours by email and will send you an invoice for online payment. After receiving payment confirmation, we will send instructions for pick-up of the plants at the garden. Pick-up is only available on Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 10:00am-2:00pm. We cannot hold plants or soil for more than two weeks. We do not ship plants.
We’ve MOVED! The Collector’s Corner plants have moved to a cozy corner of the sales Terrace, where we are sure they will be much happier, as well as easier to admire.
Prices are the same as last year, $45 for a fully rooted, 1-gallon specimen, and $55 for clematis in 2-gallon pots.
We are delighted to report that our introductions Clematis ‘Sixten Widberg’ and C. ‘Twist and Shout’ are now available through Brushwood Nursery. They are also offering ‘Duchess of Waverly’. If they are currently out of stock, add them to your wishlist there for future notification.
https://www.brushwoodnursery.com/collections/clematis-in-stock
Available in 2024
Clematis florida var. flore-pleno ‘Plena’
TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT This variant of Clematis florida is in many ways more durable than its fragile but flashy kissing cousin C. florida var. florida ‘Seiboldiana’. The blooms will be entirely green when the weather is cold, creamy green in a warm spring, and summer flowers are more white. It is always double, so it doesn’t matter when or how hard you prune it. It may be grown in partial shade or full sun with shaded roots. We have more young plants that will be offered as soon as they root out.
C. macropetala ‘Wesselton’
We honor Clematis macropetala ‘Wesselton’ as the last introduction by nurseryman and author Jim Fisk, who had the added distinction of being one of Brewster Rogerson’s favorite clematis people. It is extremely winter hardy, and we help it adjust to our heavy soil by adding pumice to its planting holes to improve drainage. Light shade, and definitely protection from hot afternoon sun. Our sale specimen has already bloomed, and will certainly bloom again. Currently we have one 2-gallon specimen available for $55.
‘Maksymilian Kolbe’
In Poland, ‘Maksymilian Kolbe’ is the patron saint of journalists and political dissenters. It was bred by Wladislaw Noll, who along with Brother Stefan Franczak, used the naming of clematis to keep Polish history and culture alive during the USSR occupation. This clematis is at its best scrambling through viburnums and hydrangeas, making beautiful paintings with plants several times through the growing season. In partial shade the flowers will appear generally more blue, but the bar always emerges as the flowers mature. We have one 1-gallon plant for $45, and one 2-gallon plant for $55.
‘The Bride’
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This large-flowered hybrid is celebrating its centenary this year. It was introduced by Jackman’s Nursery (of Clematis ‘Jackmanii’ fame) in 1924. One would think its name and pristine white color would have kept it alive in the trade, but it is rarely offered. We grow it in Bed 12 along the driveway, next to the farmhouse, where it gets dappled morning sun and afternoon shade. It has been very successful in this low-light situation, looking elegant paired with Himalayan maidenhair fern (Adiantum venustum). Flowers twice for us, spring and late summer. We have one 1-gallon plant at present, $45.
Coming soon: ‘Sharpie’, ‘Clochette Pride’, Clematis wareii, C. crispa ‘Rick’s Choice’