It's just a clematis.
This is Clematis Arctic Queen, purchased three year ago from Raymond Evison Clematis. It is described as one of the most free flowering double clematis. And you're probably thinking it doesn't look very double. I'll try another photo:
You're right, definitely not double, at least not yet anyway. Many doubles do produce a flush of single blooms. I'm hoping that's the case with this one, otherwise the labels have got mixed up. Oops. I'll keep an eye on this one to see if it produces double flowers later.
You'll be pleased to know that a number of those plants stranded in the greenhouse have now been moved into wall baskets outside. Don't know if the plants are very pleased though, what with the thunderstorms and all. Whilst I was in the greenhouse I noticed something hiding amongst the plant pots on the shelving. I presumed it was a snail, but snails don't have tails, do they ? Yes, it was a little mouse. Didn't even move when I lifted the plant pots up. I went back later when the mouse had gone, and removed a snail from the same area. Guess what ? The mouse had been building a little nest in there. Now I've no objection to the frogs that live in the greenhouse, but a mouse ?
The photos above were taken before today's thunderstorms. That heavy rain reminded me of the Sheffield floods five years ago this month. At the time I worked in an office quite close to the River Don near Meadowhall shopping centre. Most of us managed to get home okay, but some who stayed behind were trapped by the floodwater, and spent the night in the town hall. I remember looking at the traffic cameras when I got home. Couldn't understand why they were pointing them at the river. Then I realised, we don't have traffic lights and street lights in the middle of a river, do we? Sheffield escaped the floods today. But that 'once in a hundred years' event could so easily happen again.
Powojnik, mimo iż nie podwójny, i tak jest śliczny. Uśmiałam się z opisu ślimak, a mysz :-). Oj to lato , jest jak na razie za mokre u nas tez. Pozdrawiam.
ReplyDeleteClematis, although it does not double, and so it is pretty. I laughed from the description of a snail, a mouse :-). Oh, this summer, is far too wet with us too. Yours.
We've had the wettest June for a hundred years, and it's still raining.
DeleteWhat a lovely clematis! I hope you get a flush of double flowers soon, as often is with clematis. I saw you have had lots of rain on the news, we have been spared the latest deluge down here in the South East the last couple of days, lovely weather today! Just wish it could last a bit longer...
ReplyDeleteThankfully we didn't get as much rain as Newcastle did
DeleteI love the purity of white flowers - they have to be white-white though not a dirty white. Your clematis flowers look spectacular - are they white-white - they look pink-blush white in the photo. We never seem to get two days the same weather-wise. We didn't have the storms yesterday but my husband who works a few miles away had floods in the area where he works. I definitely think we have had enough rain for this year, don't you.
ReplyDeleteThe clematis has a very pale pink blush when the flower first opens, but it becomes pure white as the flower ages.
DeleteAnd yes, I think we've had enough rain now, but Mother Nature doesn't agree with us.
Hi Crystal,
ReplyDeleteLove that white clematis. I personally would not worry if it is not a double, it is beautiful :) That is a definate for my wish list.
Poor mouse, how could you :)
I didn't hurt the mouse, honest. Just moved its house whilst it was out.
DeleteMe again, so pleased you were okay in the floods. Watched them on the news last night, horrendous. They look exactly like the floods we had in the South last month.
ReplyDeleteWe were lucky, this time.
DeleteHello!
ReplyDeleteYour clematis is beautiful!
In Poland it is rainy, and this is not conducive to the plants.
I laughed. Funny story.
Sorry to hear you're getting the rain too.
DeleteIt's been a roaster down south this week, hope you're OK up there!
ReplyDeleteI come bearing gifts ...
http://www.tidygardensbyjane.co.uk/2012/06/pour-moi.html
Ooh, thanks for the nomination. For a moment there, I thought you were sending me an ark.
DeleteI ended up moving many of my vegetable plants to containers because they were being eaten by deer in the garden. I have to remember to water them, a lot, because it is hot and dry here in my neck of the American woods.
ReplyDeleteJust been hearing on the news about your heatwave. Hope you've not had any of those thunderstorms.
DeleteIt may not be quite what you expected but that Clematis is beautiful, really pretty!
ReplyDeleteFor a long time I thought I was feeding Wrens, Dunnocks and Robins by putting seed in a very small container pushed into a Clematis but late one evening found I was actually feeding a little mouse, I still put food in for it or probably its grandchildren by now :-)
Checked the greenhouse yesterday and there wasn't one mouse. No there were two of them this time.
DeleteI would be happy with the single blooms, the darker centre makes them really stand out. Glad you missed the floods.
ReplyDeleteI personally wouldn't encourage mice to stay because they might move into your house next.
That's just what I thought. I'm hoping that by constantly disturbing them, they'll leave the greenhouse. Just hope they stay away from the house though.
DeleteI think that's one of the prettiest clematis I've seen!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's really pretty, but it took a few years to get established.
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