What's in Bloom?
There are always clematis blooming in the garden! See below for a complete list of this week's blooms, plus a map to help you find each theme garden and bed number.
Errata: on the map above, Beds 6 and 7 are switched. Bed 6 rounds the corner of the farmhouse to its west-facing red cement porch. Bed 7 is across the path and runs along the old wire farmhouse fence.
Faster than we can count! June 21, 2026
We have 364 varieties and species in bloom! And that’s probably not peak bloom. The complete list of what is in bloom where is below.
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The Entry Border greets you with the pink, non-climbing clematis ‘Carol Klein’ leaning into the deep plum ‘The Heroes of Warsaw’.
West of the Greenhouse and our Sales Terrace is the Mt. Cuba Area, where newly documented vining species of the Viorna (summer bells) Group of clematis are displayed. This is Clematis cumberlandensis.
In the Heirloom Garden Bed 10, look for the tower of ‘Little Nell’ in full bloom. This old cultivar (from 1915) is in the Viticella Group.
In the Beginner’s Garden, home to the clematis on the International Clematis Society’s Recommended List, we grow ‘Piilu’ (syn. LITTLE DUCKLING) in a container with pink annuals. Bed 21
OTHER PLANTS
Part of Bed 23 stays consistently wet. Lilium ‘Profusion’ and Kniphofia galpinii both flower well with full sun and consistently wet feet.
the Modern Garden
At the end of each row along the center aisle is a modern non-climbing hybrid or very short-growing vining cultivar.
In the Modern Garden most of the double-flowered clematis are in Row 8. This is ‘Zodaque’ DANCING QUEEN, a hybrid from The Netherlands with always double flowers produced on short climbing stems.
ROW 1, Profuse summer bloomers related to C. viticella and some summer urn/trumpet hybrids related to C. texensis
‘Aotearoa’, ‘Amanda Marie’, ‘Zo09085’ ASTRA NOVA, ‘Zo09088’ SUPER NOVA, ‘Black Prince’, Brocade’, ‘Charlie Brown’, ‘Chatsworth’, ‘Cornish Spirit’, ‘Dark Eyes’, ‘Elvan’, ‘Fairy Dust’, ‘Zoiamladyq’ I AM LADY Q, ‘Hagleby Pink’
Reddish' ‘Sodertalje’ with the little purple pagoda-roofs of ‘Tim’s Passion’, both in the Viticella Group, Row 2
ROW 2, Profuse summer bloomers and Pink large-flowered cultivars
‘Sodertalje’, ‘Tim’s Passion’, ‘Zo09073’ WONDERFUL, C. viticella ‘Hanna’, C. viticella ‘Lisboa’, ‘Vitiwester’ (syn. BURNING LOVE), ‘Zosusk’ SUNNY SKY, ‘White Magic’, ‘Margaret Hunt’, VANCOUVER ‘Morning Mist’, aisle end: ‘Lord Herschell’
RAYMOND EVISON HYBRIDS (Rows 3-7)
Bred by Raymond Evison, this is ‘Evipo111’ TRANQUILITÉ, making a floral column from the ground up.
ROW 3, Evison Hybrids
‘Evipo027’ ABILENE, ‘Evipo078’ ACROPOLIS, ‘Evipo043’ AMETHYST BEAUTY, ‘Evitwo’ ACRTIC QUEEN, ‘Evipo033’ AVANT-GARDE, Evipo017’ ANGELIQUE, aisle end: ‘Evipo014’ JESSICA
ROW 4, Evison Hybrids
‘Evipo038’ BIJOU, ‘Evipo021’ CHANTILLY, ‘Evipo041’ OOH LA LA, ‘Evipo022’ CHARMAINE, ‘Evipo040’ CHEVALIER, aisle end: ‘Evipo004’ HARLOW CARR
ROW 5, Evison Hybrids
‘Evipo026’ CONFETTI, ‘Evipo063’ CORINNE, ‘Evipo073’ (THE) COUNTESS OF WESSEX, ‘Evipo083’ DAIYU, ‘Evipo074’ EDDA, ‘Evipo076’ ENDELLION, ‘Evipo048’ ESME
ROW 6, Evison Hybrid
‘EVIPO055’ INES, ‘EVIPO084’ JIE, ‘'EVIFIVE’ LIBERATION, aisle end: ‘Evipo079’ NUBIA.
ROW 7, Evison Hybrids
‘Evipo099’ OLYMPIA, ‘Evipo024’ PICARDY, ‘Evipo035’ REFLECTIONS, ‘Evipo026’ SHIMMER, ‘Evipo077’ SALLY, ‘Evipo114’ VICKI, ‘Evipo069’ TEKLA, ‘EviGsy151’ TUMAINI, ‘Evipo110’ TSUKIKO, ‘Evipo077’ SARAH ELIZABETH, ‘Evipo111 TRANQUILITÉ
Clematis with a lot of C. florida genetics can be miffy, but ‘Evipo110’ TSUKIKO has been not only beautiful, but tough.
ROW 8, Double large-flowered clematis
‘Belle of Taranaki’, ‘Zodaque’ DANCING QUEEN
ROW 9, Profuse flowering clematis (C. viticella and C. texensis hybrids)
‘Zoiamhappy’ I AM HAPPY, ‘Purple Haze, ‘Lavender Twirl’, ‘Luxuriant Blue’, ‘Zogojo’ JOLLY GOOD, ‘Little Butterfly’, ‘Killifreth’, ‘Zomibel’ MEINE BELLE, ‘Little Bas’, ‘Mrs T Lundell’, ‘Pagoda’, ‘Piskey’, ‘Peveril Profusion’, ‘Zo09087’ ROSALYN, ‘Zoprika’ PRINCESS KATE, ‘Prince George’, ‘Poldice’, ‘Ruby Wedding’, aisle end: ‘Lathkill Dale’ and Pangbourne Pink’
We believe ‘Zoprika’ PRINCESS KATE is a modern classic. Both unique and garden worthy, gardeners will still be asking for this in 100 years.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HUMBLY REQUEST THAT, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, CLEMATIS BREEDERS HOLD A MORATORIUM ON NAMING C. viticella and C. texensis HYBRIDS WITH CULTIVAR NAMES BEGINNING WITH ‘P’. WE CAN’T FIT ANYMORE IN THE ALLOTTED AREA, AND IT’S PLAYING HAVOC WITH THE ALPHABET. Thanks ;-)
SZCZEPAN MARCZYNSKI HYBRIDS (Rows 10 & 11)
Szczepan Marczynski’s hybrid ‘Beautiful Bride’ won this year’s “Iva Biggun'“ contest, setting a new record for the Rogerson Clematis Garden with a flower measuring 11.75 inches in diameter.
ROW 10, Marczynski Hybrids
‘Beautiful Bride’, ‘Innocent Glance’, ‘Mazurek’, ‘Oberek’, ‘Hania’
ROW 11, Marczynski Hybrids and White large-flowered cultivars
‘Viva Polonia’, ‘Snow Queen’
ROW 12, Red large-flowered cultivars
‘Corona’, ‘Hainton Ruby’, ‘Regency’, ‘Remembrance’, ‘Rouge Cardinal’, aisle end: ‘Elegant Rhythm’
ROW 13, Red large-flowered cultivars and Purple large-flowered cultivars
‘Burma Star’, ‘Zojapur’ HAPPY JACK, ‘Kjell’, ‘Suzy Mac’, ‘Tie Dye’, ‘The Vagabond’, VANCOUVER ‘Deborah Dahl’, aisle end: ‘Zoexci’ EXCITING
ROW 14, Lavender/Blue large-flowered cultivars
‘Miguel Viso’, ‘Eyer’s Gift’ ‘Jenny’, ‘Natascha’, ‘Zostiwa’ STILL WATERS, aisle end: ‘Pink Delight’
ROW 15, Lavender/Blue large-flowered cultivars and Striped/Barred large-flowered cultivars
‘Adam’s Courage’, ‘Andromeda’, ‘Bees’ Jubilee’, ‘Festival’, ‘John Warren’, ‘Killian Donahue’, ‘Mexican Beauty’, ‘Fireworks’, ‘Candy Stripe’, aisle end: ‘Violet Stardust’
ROW 16, Striped/Barred large-flowered cultivars and Late Adds
‘Zolaka’ MORNING STAR, ‘Zo09113’ PERNILLE, ‘Zo09124’ PICOTEE, ‘Zostiwa’ STILL WATERS, VANCOUVER ‘Daybreak’, aisle end: ‘Floris V’
Beech Tree's Garden
The Beech Tree’s Garden is where the Japanese clematis species and cultivars predominate. Bed 4: ‘Haizawa’ is a cultivar developed by Kazushige Ozawa using Clematis versicolor as a parent.
BED 1
‘Omoshiro’
BED 2
Nothing in bloom
BED 3
‘Little Artist’, seedling of ‘Hakure’, ‘Sophie’, ‘Roguchi’, ‘Cat’s Eye’, ‘Shibori Blue’
BED 4
This is one of our largest beds, starting across the paths from Bed 3 and Heirloom Garden Bed 5, continuing along the west boundary fence of The Antipodes beds, and the gravel path towards the chicken coop. Step down to the greenhouse level and walk back toward the farmhouse, which will end the Bed 4 loop.
‘Pinky’, ‘Kagayaki-no-mai’, ‘Sano-no-Murasaki’ (in a container planting), ‘Omoshiro’, ‘Sho-un’, C. fusca, ‘Yaichi’, ‘Mrs. Yuki’, ‘Toltae’ TAE, ‘Kasumi-no-Kimi’ (three plants in different locations within this bed), ‘Roguchi #2’, ‘Oshikiri’, ‘Andante’, ‘Taiga’, ‘Hanajima’, ‘Odoriba’ (three plants in separate locations within this bed), ‘Roguchi, ‘Spark’, ‘Tomoshibi’, ‘Kahori-no-kimi’, ‘The Velvet’, ‘Alba Chirifu’
Subtle ‘Kasumi-no-kimi’ flowers in three locations in Bed 4.
Coop Border
Along the west side of the chicken coop and run, this bed faces due west, so the clematis planted here are sun-lovers, along with their herbaceous perennial companions.
C. integrifolia ‘Ozawa #1’ “Big Blue”, ‘Yufune’, ‘Little Belle Sumire’, ‘Shikon’, ‘Utsusemi’, ‘Oborozukiyo’
Clematis ‘Yufune’ has a unique form and a wonderful sky blue color. It is a non-climber.
Entry Border
‘Gipsy Queen’, ‘Zoprika’ PRINCESS KATE, ‘The Heroes of Warsaw’, ‘Carol Klein’, C. integrifolia ‘Blue Ribbons’, C. integrifolia ‘Psharlan’ MONGOLIAN BELLS lavender form, ‘Pink Pinwheel’, C. integrifolia ‘Psharlan’ MONGOLIAN BELLS pink form, ‘Raspberry Beret’, ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘Lord Herschell’, ‘Raindance’ PPAF
This new feature of the Rogerson Clematis Garden is a long perennial border opposite the Coop Border. It begins with an anonymously donated metal arch with waving stems of reeds on which large-flowered hybrids climb, greeting visitors with that which they expect to see. But beyond the arch are the other forms of clematis most people don’t know about. Large flat panel trellises are populated by clematis that get big. They are fronted by clematis that cannot climb, in all of their wonderful colors and flower forms. A series of urns house draping clematis from the Atragene section (this is the section with C. macropetala and C. alpina, among many other species), which start flowering in April and repeat bloom through the summer. We have some woody shrub clematis here, too! Into all of this celebration of the variation within the genus Clematis, we have added an array of herbaceous perennials from groundcovers to tall summer-blooming plants, including lilies and repeated stands of Celtica gigantea (syn. Stipa gigantea, stipa grass). We have carefully selected a few shrubs into which the non-climbing clematis may loll if they choose.
Heirloom Garden
In Bed 12 of the Heirloom Garden, C. ‘Star of India’ greets visitors along the driveway. This antique from 1867 has adapted well to this shaded position.
BED 5
‘Jackmanii Superba’, C. otophora, ‘Blue Belle’
BED 6
‘Duchess of Edinburgh’, x durandii
BED 7
‘Nelly Moser’, ‘Lady Northcliffe’, ‘Alba Luxurians’, ‘Lazurstern’ (in a variegated Kerria japonica), C. glaucophylla, ‘William Kennet’, ‘Etoile Violette’, ‘Jackmanii Alba’ (single form flowers), ‘Victoria’, ‘Blue Belle’
BED 8
‘Madame Julia Correvon’, C. viticella ‘Rubra’, C. x diversifolia ‘Hendersonii’, ‘Etoile Violette’, C. integrifolia, C. x diversifolia ‘Eriostemon’, ‘Jackmanii Rubra’, ‘Praecox’, ‘Huldine’
BED 9
‘Jackmanii Rubra’, ‘Ville de Lyon’, ‘Lady Caroline Nevill’, ‘Henryi’ (on Buxus ‘Graham Blandy’), C. x diversifolia ‘Eriostemon’
BED 10
‘Guiding Star’, ‘Madame Edouard André’, ‘Perle d’Azur’, ‘Jackmanii Superba’, ‘Minuet’, C. integrifolia, C. integrifolia ‘Alba’, ‘Little Nell’, C. viticella var. flore-pleno (syn. ’Mary Rose’), ‘Star of India’, C. recta, C. x diversifolia ‘Hendersonii’, C. florida var. flore-pleno ‘Plena’ (easily seen in the Rosa ‘Mutabilis’ from Bed 14 public pathway), ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’
BED 11
‘Etoile Rose’ (best seen from bed 14), C. heracleifolia, ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’, ‘Madame Julia Correvon’ (best seen from Bed 14), ‘Gravetye Beauty’ (best seen from Bed 14), ‘Madame Grangé’, C. viticella, C. urticifolia, ‘Mevrouw le Coltre’, C. reticulata, ‘Guiding Star’
BED 12
‘Perle d’Azur’, ‘Star of India’, C. crispa
BED 13
‘Star of India’, ‘Minuet’
The Front Bank
Clematis texensis (Austin Form) does well at the shaded end of the Front Bank, but it gets a nice blast of hot sun late in the afternoon and into the evening.
BED 14
C. morefieldii, ‘Queen of Holland’, C. texensis (Austin form), C. addisonii, ‘Zoqum’ QUEEN MOTHER, ‘Sonnette’ (two plants), ‘Princess Diana’, C. albicoma, ‘Hendryetta’, ‘Swedish Bells’, ‘Happy Diana’, C. versicolor, ‘Buckland Beauty’
What is a shale barren? Thousands of years ago, Virginia was underwater. As the inland seas retreated, the layers of compressed silt formed these massive walls of quite fertile crevices, if you have roots that know how to exploit the nutrients. The little mounds of green at the upper right and at the bottom of the shale scree are clever Clematis coactilis.
The Baltic Border
BED 15
‘Romantika’ and ‘Jorma’ (best seen from Bed 7), ‘Stasik’ (two specimens), ‘Entel’, ‘Tentel’, ‘Trikatrei’, ‘Kommerei’, ‘Pamiat Serdsta’ (3 specimens in this bed), ‘Eetika’, ‘Juuli’, ‘Kaunitar’, C. x diversifolia ‘Olgae’ (2 specimens), ‘Darius’, ‘Ekstra’, ‘Semu’ (three specimens), ‘Ilka’, ‘Silmakivi’, ‘Girenais’, ‘Ashva’, ‘Viola’ (3 specimens), ‘Mikelite’, ‘Saalomon’, ‘Roogoja’, ‘Anna German’, ‘Iubelieni-70’, ‘Minister’, ‘Nikolai Rubstov’, ‘Sizia Ptitsa’, ‘Ristimagi’
The Founder’s Garden
Clematis ’Barbara Houser’ blooms off and on throughout the growing season in a huge pot. Barbara and David Houser were great friends of our Founder, Brewster Rogerson, and this unusual garden seedling was named for her.
BED 16
‘Jenny Keay’, ‘Carmencita’, ‘Arabella’, ‘Miniseelik’ (in planter), ‘Duchess of Waverley’, x durandii, ‘Mrs Robert Brydon’ (best seen from west end of the Front Bank), ‘Paul Farges’, ‘Julka’ (in planter), ‘Barbara Houser’ (in a large planter), ‘Huvi’ (in three locations), ‘Rüütel’, C. stans, ‘Maria Cornelia’, ‘Caroline’, ‘Fond Memories’, ‘Daihelios’ HELIOS, ‘Evipo037’ KINGFISHER in a planter, ‘Honcho’, ‘Fujimusume’
‘Fujimusume’ is quite blue when grown in partial shade. No filters, honest. Founder’s Garden, Bed 16
The Steppe Garden
The French have produced the non-climbing Saphyra™️ series. This is ‘Cleminov27’ SAPHYRA DOUBLE ROSE, in Bed 17.
BED 17
This bed wraps around both sides of the old Gravenstein apple tree and includes the stock plants at the south end of the Mt. Cuba Project.
C. x diversifolia ‘Blue Boy’, ‘Evisix’ PETIT FAUCON, ‘Cleminov27’ SAPHYRA DOUBLE ROSE, ‘Evipo015’ SAVANNAH, ‘Swedish Bells, ‘Skylark’, ‘Evipo014’ GAZELLE, ‘Zoin’ INSPIRATION, ‘Zo086137’ HUDSON RIVER, ‘Natalie Cottrell’ (look near the ground), C. integrifolia ‘Psharlan’ MONGOLIAN BELLS white form, ‘Golden Harvest’, ‘Zo04045’ BLUE OCEAN, ‘Zostarri’ STAR RIVER, ‘Zoblupi’ BLUE PIROUETTE, Radar Love (seed strain), ‘Cleminov 51’ SAPHYRA INDIGO, ‘Zomisri’ MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ‘Bill Mackenzie’, C. x diversifolia ‘Heather Herschell’
Old Poland (the Polish Beds)
In Bed 21 Clematis ‘Sylwia’ cavorts with Eryngium ‘Big Blue’. The deeper purple clematis flowers are ‘Marcelina’.
BED 18
‘Syrena’, ‘General Sikorski’, ‘Monte Cassino’, ‘Polish Spirit’, ‘Kacper’, ‘Westerplatte’
BED 19
‘Monte Cassino’, ‘Dominika’, ‘Ania’, ‘Niobe’, ‘Maksymilian Kolbe’, ‘Mikolaj Kopernik’
BED 20
‘Marcelina’, ‘Gizela’, ‘Kryspina’, ‘Westerplatte’, ‘Danuta’, ‘Monte Cassino’, ‘Sylwia’
The Beginner’s Garden
‘Gravetye Beauty’: this durable and beautiful clematis will bloom until August.
BED 21
C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’, ‘Hagley Hybrid’, C. mandshurica (syn. C. terniflora var. mandshurica), ‘Evipo001’ WISLEY, ‘Bill Mackenzie’, ‘Abundance’, ‘Alionushka’, ‘Piilu’ in planter (syn. LITTLE DUCKLING), ‘Emilia Plater’, ‘Daihelios’ HELIOS, ‘Walenburg’
BED 22
‘Warszawska Nike’, ‘Arabella’, ‘Betty Corning’, ‘Prince Charles’, ‘Gravetye Beauty’, ‘Minuet’, ‘Madame Julia Correvon’, ‘Victoria’, C. integrifolia, ‘Etoile Violette’, ‘Venosa Violacea’, ‘Princess Diana’
The Hedges
BED 23
In planter: ‘Ruby Wedding’ and LITTLE LEMONS. C. heracliefolia ‘Alblo’ ALAN BLOOM, C. heracleifolia
BED 24
‘Pauline’, C. crispa ‘Rick’s Choice’, C. crispa var. rosea, ‘Josie’s Midnight Blue’, C. recta, C. florida var. florida ‘Seiboldiana’, ‘Venosa Violacea’ (in container)
C. ‘Pauline’ likes shaded feet, but is in full sun most of the day. Bed 24
Winter Bloomers
Inside the Sales Terrace, these clematis are growing on 4’ wide by 10’ tall flat panel trellises. During the winter when we have volunteers on hand (Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 10-2), the gates to the Sales Terrace are unlocked for easier viewing.
Nothing in bloom
Troughs
No clematis in bloom
Subtropical Shade Porch
All specimens have been moved outside.
The Antipodes
The unique clematis native down under, in Australia and New Zealand, have many unique attributes. Even Australia’s island-state, Tasmania, has a clematis all its own. Here you will find the world’s smallest clematis (C. marmoraria), as well as a clematis with no leaves (C. afoliata). This quadrant of the world is often referred to as The Antipodes, meaning the ‘opposite’.
Nothing in bloom
Mt. Cuba Project Area
Clematis cumberlandensis was given species status in the 1880s, but later lumped into C. viorna. DNA analysis has reestablished it as a species in its own right.
Rows 1-3, foundational species and those not covered in the Estes et al study: C. beadlei, viorna, crispa (from Horning seed), C. pitcheri (Texas), C. versicolor (Tennessee), C. pitcheri (Austin TX area), C. vinacea. Rows 4-9 newly documented species: C. arenicola (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana), C. flaccida (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee), C. ouachitensis (Arkansas, Oklahoma), C. ozarkensis (Arkansas), C. subreticulata (Alabama)
CONTAINER DISPLAY AREA
Two planters with swirled metal supports contain clematis ‘Mrs N Thompson’ and ‘Evipo097’ KITTY, seen here showing off its clean little white flowers. Container Display Area
This area, between the Bob and Carol Gutmann Greenhouse and The Antipodes will be increasingly populated by a display/demonstration area for growing clematis in containers. We imagine a continually changing, slowly evolving space where those with small gardens will find suggestions and inspiration. Seating is coming soon, too! The broad pale green bowl in the container area will be used to make floating arrangements of clematis.
‘Royal Cascade’, ‘Mrs. N Thompson’, ‘Evipo097’ KITTY, ‘Clochette Pride’
The Egg
‘Vitiwester’ (syn. BURNING LOVE)
The Egg has undergone a major replanting to remove Agastache ‘Little Adder’, which ran amok. The more refined cottage garden plants return, along with the hybrids and species selections of the late Ton Hannink of Holland, a past president of the International Clematis Society. What better memorial to the man than his plants?
Artist James Harrison donated a handsome structure he created using the proportions of a Fabergé egg; hence we call it The Egg. It occupies the round foundation of the long-gone Luscher Farm silo. The cottage garden herbaceous perennials and volunteer annuals (the sunflowers are full of American Goldfinches nearly all day, every day) make a mad display at the feet of the clematis climbing The Egg through the spring and summer.
Mr. Western Bluebird is a frequent percher on The Egg, reminding humans that the mealworm feeder is a thing that exists and always needs replenishing.
