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. 

Updated August 11, 2025: We have 209 clematis in bloom, even though not long after Peak bloom in early July, we begin cutting back clematis that had either begun a post-blooming pout, or were looking rather over-worked, like the herbaceous perennial clematis. Here we are in mid-August and those cut back in mid-July are already back in bloom.

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Clematis otophora from China has begin its bloom season and will continue until late autumn. Bed 5

Bed 23 is in its full glory, with wands of Clematis tubulosa and heracleifolia hybrids and selections in full and fragrant bloom, interspersed with fluffy mounds of long-blooming Aster x frikartii ‘Jungfrau’. The main clematis here is C. heracleifolia ‘Blue Mood’.

In Bed 16, the Founder’s Garden, ‘Chalcedony’’ is showing us why it was a favorite of Brewster Rogerson’s.

Clematis ‘Anna Karolina’ wanders through our native pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea. This native is extremely popular with our native pollinating insects. Bed 20.

A clip-on macro lens allows us to capture both intimate details of Clematis glaucophylla flowers as well as busy pollinators, like this Yellow-faced Bumblebee. Bed 7.

OTHER PLANTS

We have just a handful of daylilies in the Rogerson Clematis Garden, and most are heirlooms, such as Hemerocallis citrina, also known as the lemon lily (but more than one daylily species has this common name). It has a long period of bloom and a wonderful scent. This specimen has ‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’ in the background. Heirloom Garden Bed 10.

The Modern Garden

The seed heads of ‘Beautiful Bride’ give witness to how many flowers this cultivar can produce early on, and the plant is still going! Bred by Szczepan Marczynski, Row 10.

At the end of each row along the center aisle is a modern non-climbing hybrid or very short-growing vining cultivar.

ROW 1, Profuse summer bloomers related to C. viticella and some summer urn/trumpet hybrids related to C. texensis

Many of the viticella-type clematis in Row 1 have been cut back to encourage autumn rebloom, but ‘Fairydust’ starts a little later than the others and is still in bloom.

‘Aotearoa’, ‘Zo09085’ ASTRA NOVA, ‘Zo09088’ SUPER NOVA, ‘Fairy Dust’, and at the aisle end the short-growing ‘Elf’

ROW 2, Profuse summer bloomers and Pink large-flowered cultivars

Nothing in bloom for now.


RAYMOND EVISON HYBRIDS (Rows 3-7)

‘Evipo039’ DIAMANTINA starting a new cluster of puffball flowers, Row 5.

ROW 3, Evison Hybrids

‘Evipo033’ AVANT-GARDE, at the aisle end ‘Evipo014’ JESSICA

ROW 4, Evison Hybrids

‘Evipo021’ CHANTILLY, ‘Evipo022’ CHARMAINE, ‘Evipo090’ CHIE,

ROW 5, Evison Hybrids

‘Evipo026’ DIANA’S DELIGHT, ‘Evipo039’ DIAMANTINA, 'Evipo011’ EMPRESS, ‘Evipo076’ ENDELLION,

ROW 6, Evison Hybrids

‘Evipo042’ FLEURI, ‘Evipo084’ JIE, ‘Evijohill’ JOSEPHINE, ‘Evifive’ LIBERATION, ‘Masquerade’, at the aisle end ‘Evipo079’ NUBIA

ROW 7, Evison Hybrids

High, overcast light deepens the luster of ‘Evipo002’ ROSEMOOR. Row 7.

‘Evipo034’ PALETTE, ‘Evipo099’ OLYMPIA, ‘Evipo002’ ROSEMOOR, ‘Evipo077’ SALLY, ‘Evipo075’ SAMARITAN JO, ‘Evipo114’ VICKI. ‘Evipo111’ TRANQUILITE, ‘Evipo082’ YUAN

ROW 8, Double large-flowered clematis

‘Blue Light’, ‘Kiri te Kanawa’, ‘Samatha Denny’ (single), ‘Zodaque’ DANCING QUEEN

ROW 9, Profuse flowering clematis (C. viticella and C. texensis hybrids)

Barry Fretwell’s ‘Ruby Wedding’ may be cut back in midsummer, or let it continue to ramble along producing random new flowers, as seen here in Row 9.

‘Lathkill Dale’ is on the aisle end. ‘Little Bas’, ‘Poldice’, ‘Pendragon’, ‘Zoprika’ PRINCESS KATE, PRINCE WILLIAM, ‘Ruby Wedding’


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)

‘Cloudburst’ and ‘Krakowiak’ (pink bells) against a threatening sky. Row 10.

ROW 10, Marczynski Hybrids

‘Beautiful Bride’, ‘Diamond Ball’, ‘Cloudburst’, ‘Krakowiak’ PINK MINK, ‘Maria Sklodowska Curie’ MADAME MARIA, ‘Mazurek’, ‘Morning Sky’, ‘Mazowsze’

‘Mazowsze’ is yet another beautiful red clematis from Szczepan Marczynski. Row 10.

ROW 11, Marczynski Hybrids and White large-flowered cultivars

‘John Huxtable’, ‘Snow Queen’

ROW 12, Red large-flowered cultivars

‘Remembrance’

We welcome the long midsummer bloom period of ‘Remembrance’. Row 12

ROW 13, Red large-flowered cultivars and Purple large-flowered cultivars

‘Tie Dye’

ROW 14, Lavender/Blue large-flowered cultivars

on the aisle end: ‘Pink Delight’. ‘Eyer’s Gift’, ‘H F Young’ ‘Rhapsody’, ‘Silver Moon’ (flowers are smaller than normal), ‘Mexican Beauty’

ROW 15, Lavender/Blue large-flowered cultivars and Striped/Barred large-flowered cultivars

at the aisle end ‘Violet Stardust’, ‘Andromeda’ (single flowers), ‘Bees’ Jubilee’, ‘Candy Stripe’, ‘Doctor Ruppel’,

ROW 16, Striped/Barred large-flowered cultivars and Late Adds

at the aisle end ‘Floris V’, ‘Zo08095’ LIBERTY, ‘Zo09067’ LUCKY CHARM, ‘Zo09113’ PERNILLE, ‘Donaros’ ROSALIE,


Beech Tree's Garden

‘Hayate’ is planted in a difficult location, yet always manages to produce stunning blooms. Bed 3

BED 1

Nothing in bloom

BED 2

Nothing in bloom

BED 3

‘Toki’ is back in bloom in one of the Bed 3 containers with it’s pot-mate, Fuchsia ‘Ocean Spray’.

‘Toki, ‘Hayate’, ‘Cat’s Eye’, ‘Sophie’ (‘Sophie’ was getting too much sun in the Coop Border, so it was pruned and transplanted three weeks ago during mild weather, and is already reblooming!)

BED 4

‘Malaya Garnet’ has wandered some way to climb the bed surround nearest the entry to the chicken run. Bed 4 extension.

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.

‘Yaichi’, ‘Sano-no-murasaki’ in container, ‘Yuguri’, ‘Hanajima’, C. integrifolia ‘Ozawa Number 2’, ‘Haizawa’, ‘Kaen’, ‘Roguchi #2’, ‘Malaya Garnet’, ‘Rooran’, ‘Kahori no Kimi’, ‘Spark’, ‘Odoriba’ (three specimens)

‘Haizawa’ continues to grow and flower, even as it produces seedheads. No need to prune during the growing season. Bed 4

Coop Border

‘Yufune’ has been in bloom for over 8 weeks! 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’, ‘Watayuki’, ‘Yufune’, ‘Ryuran’

Entry Border

‘Raspberry Beret’, ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘Psharlan’ MONGOLIAN BELLS lavender, ‘Pink Pinwheel’, ‘ZoOct’ SPARKY PURPLE, ‘Carol Klein’, ‘Raindance’ PPAF, ‘Natalie Cottrell’

Clematis ‘Natalia Cottrell’ is the best rebloomer of all of the montana group. Entry Border.

This new feature of the Rogerson Clematis Garden is a long perennial border opposite the Coop Border. It begins with an anonymously donated metal arc with waving stems of reeds on which large-flowered hybrids climb, greeting visitors with that which they expect to see. But beyond the arc 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.

Our non-climbing introduction ‘Twist and Shout’ is sprinkling itself through Salvia ‘Nachtvlinder’ in the Entry Border.

Heirloom Garden

Clematis ‘Praecox’, a non-climber but big scrambler, helps support Lilium henryi in Bed 8

BED 5

Clematis otophora

BED 6

x durandii

BED 7

‘Lady Northcliffe’, ‘Alba Luxurians’, C. glaucophylla, ‘Sir Trevor Lawrence’ (has grown through to Bed 15 path, so look for it there; ‘Jackmanii Alba’ (single), ‘Blue Belle’

BED 8

C. x diversifolia ‘Hendersonii’, C. viticella ‘Rubra’, x diversifolia ‘Eriostemon’,

BED 9

‘Ville de Lyon’, ‘Ascotiensis’, C. jouiniana, x aromatica.

BED 10

‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’, ‘Mrs George Jackman’, ‘Perle d’Azur’, ‘Star of India’, ‘Lord Nevill’, ‘Little Nell’, C. viticella ‘Flore-Pleno’ (syn. ‘Mary Rose’), C.integrifolia ‘Alba’, C. recta, C. florida var. flore-pleno ‘Plena’ (flowering in VIP pot), ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’, x diversifolia ‘Hendersonii’, Clematis macropetala, x aromatica

BED 11

C. heracleifolia, ‘Blue Belle’, ‘Madame Julia Correvon’ (best seen from bed 14), ‘Elsa Spath’, ‘Etoile Rose’ (best seen in the crabapple from Bed 14), C. urticifolia, C. viticella, C. reticulata best seen in Bed 13,

BED 12

nothing in bloom

BED 13

‘M Koster’


The Front Bank

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.

Clematis coactilis is back in bloom after being hard pruned at the end of June.

BED 14

C. albicoma, coactilis, ‘Hendryetta’, C. versicolor, ‘Gravetye Beauty’ (two of them), ‘Duchess of Albany’

The Baltic Border

BED 15

‘Tentel’, ‘Jorma’, ‘Kaaru’, ‘Pamiat Serdsta’, ‘Sizia Ptitsa’, ‘Ristimagi’,


The Founder’s Garden

Clematis ‘Sharpie’ is one of many clematis in the Atragene section of the genus Clematis, proving we can have April blooms in August. Bed 16 container.

BED 16

‘Gypsy Queen’, ‘Arabella’, ‘Paul Farges’, ‘Miniseelik’ (specimen in the ground), ‘Mrs Robert Brydon’ (best seen from public pathway), ‘Barbara Jackman’, ‘Sharpie’, C. stans, ‘Daihelios’ HELIOS, ‘Chalcedony’, ‘Barbara Houser’, ‘Gipsy Queen’, ‘Evipo073’ KINGFISHER,

‘Evipo037’ KINGFISHER is just as blue as the American species we have around Lake Oswego. Bed 16 container.


The Steppe Garden

Clematis ispahanica is a true child of the Steppe regions of eastern Europe and Asia. The flwoers are tiny, but produces in great masses. 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 Test Garden.

‘Sundance’, ‘Golden Harvest’, ‘Evisix PETIT FAUCON, ‘Swedish Bells’, SAVANNAH, ‘Pangbourne Pink’, ‘Bill MacKenzie’, C. integrifolia wild-collected by Denver Botanic Garden, ‘Coerulea’, ‘Zo09045’ BLUE OCEAN, C. ispahanica, ‘Kugotia’ GOLDEN TIARA, ‘PSHarlan’ MONGOLIAN BELLS white, ‘Zoin’ INSPIRATION, Radar Love (seed strain), ‘Zoblueriver’ BLUE RIVER, C. tibetana subsp. vernayi var. vernayi, C. tibetana subsp. vernayi var. vernayi ‘Orange Peel’, ‘Stand By Me’ PPAF, ‘Cleminov 51’, SAPHYRA INDIGO, x diversifolia ‘Heather Herschell’

They do this every year: C. x diversifolia ‘Heather Herschell’ (pink) gets tall enough for a meet up with ‘Bill Mackenzie’. Bed 17


Old Poland (the Polish Beds)

Deep purple ‘Marcelina’ was named after a Polish River by its breeder, Brother Stefan Franczak. Bed 20.

BED 18

‘Polish Spirit’, ‘Halina Noll’

BED 19

‘Dominika’, ‘Agnieszka’

BED 20

‘Aleksandra’, ‘Marcelina’, ‘Dominika’, ‘Kryspina’, ‘Anna Karolina’

We are happy to see ‘Kryspina’ begin to climb the Gingko ‘Swirling Butterflies’ we planted just for this purpose. Bed 20.


The Beginner’s Garden

Clematis alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’ is on the International Clematis Society’s list of Recommended Clematis. It is extra winter hardy, produces masses of flowers, and reblooms easily. Bed 21

BED 21

C. mandshurica, C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’, ‘Daihelios’ HELIOS, ‘Bill MacKenzie’, ‘Alionushka’ (reblooming after mid-July hard prune).

BED 22

‘Victoria’ is a classic early hybrid of C. ‘Jackmanii’. We love how it opens dark and brightens to a lovely shade of lavender. Bed 22

‘Betty Corning’, ‘Gravetye Beauty’, ‘Victoria’, ‘Princess Diana’


The Hedges

Again, we have April bloomers in August, ‘Zocoro’ SPARKY Pink. Bed 23

BED 23

Container to the right of the Terrace entrance: ‘Zo14100’ LITTLE LEMONS, ‘Ruby Wedding’; C. texensis, heracleifolia ‘China Purple’, C. heracleifolia ‘Alblo’ ALAN BLOOM, ‘Zocoro’ SPARKY PINK, ‘Joe Zary’, C. tubulosa ‘Blue Mood’, C. tubulosa, C. heracleifolia

Because of its placement, this container combination is hard to photograph, but it looks great in person. Clematis ‘Ruby Wedding’ (reblooming after hard prune in late June) with a flouncy skirt of ‘Zo14000’ LITTLE LEMONS

BED 24

‘Carol Lim’ is a lighter color than ‘Josie’s Midnight Blue’, but probably from a similar cross. Bed 24

C. crispa ‘Rick’s Choice’, C. crispa var. rosea, ‘Pauline’, ‘Elegant Rhythm’, C. recta, ‘Carol Lim’, ‘Josie’s Midnight Blue’


Winter Bloomers

Inside the Sales Terrace, these clematis are growing on 4’ wide by 10’ tall flat panel trellises.

Nothing in bloom


Troughs

In trough 2, Clematis hirsutissima var. scottii.


Subtropical Shade Porch

We are encouraging Far Reaches Farm to further develop their delightful green form of Clematis finetiana, which they collected in North Vietnam.

Clematis alternata, C. aff finetiana NV001 FRF green form.


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



Test Garden/Mt. Cuba Project New Species

C. beadlei, viorna, crispa, pitcheri, warei, vinacea, reticulata, versicolor, kirilowii (our dark-leaf form), ‘Genie Brannon’, viorna seedling from Powell River TN




CONTAINER DISPLAY AREA

RAVEL (lower purple) and LINDSAY in bloom in our impromptu waiting area.

‘Zo14100’ LITTLE LEMONS, ‘Royal Cascade’, ‘Evip0118’ DUCHESS OF CORNWALL,

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’ with a heavy skirt of Diascia ‘Lucy’.

‘Evipo118’ DUCHESS OF CORNWALL draping with its pot-partner, Fuchsia ‘Autumnale’



The Egg

‘Vitiwester’ (also sold as BURNING LOVE’ scrambling amid Helianthus flore-plena. This perennial sunflower is a naturally occurring double form that pollinating insects actually like. American Goldfinches feast on its seeds to prepare for their autumn migration.

‘Vitiwester’

The Egg is undergoing a major replanted to remove Agastache ‘Little Adder’, which has run amok. The more refined cottage harden plants will 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.