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Clemetis

CLEM e tis

cle MAT is

Which is right?

Christopher Lloyd, British gardener and writer, would select the first version. Brits place the accent on the first syllable. Most of us on this side of the big puddle accent the middle one.

Here is my 15 year old classic purple Jackmanii clematic smothering the valiant azalea in front of the door.  Wow. the red Crockie sandal misses its mate, hiding about a foot down in the vinca (blech) and the happily shaded roots of the clematis. (faces to the sun; feet in the cool humus)

Now, a moment for Christopher Hamilton Lloyd (not the Taxi/Back to the Future Chris L.): Lloyd wrote, among others,  The Mixed Border  (1957), followed by Clematis (1965), The Well-Tempered Garden in 1970, and Foliage Plants (1973). In his nineties, Lloyd was working on a book focused on exotic plants and tropicals in British gardens. When when he died in 2006, his gardening friends and colleagues wrapped up and published Exotic Planting for Adventurous Gardeners, in 2007.

 

 

Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 at 09:03AM by Registered CommenterMinxterBloom | CommentsPost a Comment | References4 References

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