uh-oh! better get things together. finally got an arbor for the entrance of the rose garden last weekend. brought it home, and the arbor is too narrow! really should have measured before purchasing... but i have to get this together. i want the clematis to grow with the roses. and now i have to make a decision about which clematis. i like so many --- was thinking of getting one for each side of the arbor, but would that look odd? thanks for the tip!!!!! --robbie--

Sharon, I was the one that posted originally, I think. I've since purchased some from Lindenburg Seeds. They were VERY inexpensive, but also very tiny! I potted them up for the summer, planted them last fall, and they've all come up this spring. However, here, patience is a virtue....I don't expect anything much from them for another year or so. I would be very interested to know of any other place that mail-orders larger plants also. I see so many on this forum that we just can't get in Canada (not even at Garden Import). Judith

Bobbygil, the easiest thing to do is not to prune at all this winter and then watch them next year. Check to see when they bloom, when they do bloom do they bloom on old or new wood, and take pictures of the clematis. If they bloom later in the season and bloom on new wood that comes out over the course of next growing season, they are probably type III. If they bloom on older existing wood from this year, they are either type I or II. Posting pictures of the blooms and the foliage will allow others on this site to help narrow down exactly what clematis you have.

Hi Helen, Nope, I didn't get your email. That happens here sometimes, when you send through GW. Here is a list of the clems they sell, in 3-l/2 inch pots, I think, at $9.49 each ($9.49 3 or more, $8.99 for 6 or more): 4445 - Bees Jubilee - mauve pink with deeper bar 4153 - Blue Dancer - nodding pale blue 4150 - Jackmanii - dark violet purple 4154 - Gillian Blades - wavy white, tinged blue 4151 - Abundance - reddish pink, veined 4450 - Mme Julie Correvan - wine red, star shaped 4444 - Paniculata - clusters of open white flowers 4152 - Pink Chiffon - pale mauve pink, purple antlers 4443 - Tangutica - yellow, lantern shaped blooms I will be planting mine in pots to grow on a little, and plant them in the garden late summer-early fall. It all depends on what they look like when I get them. Their phone number is: 204-727-0575, if you want to order that way, and also maybe if you need some information. Judith