Think You Can Identify This Plant? No. 41 – August 2008

If you have intercourse the genus and specie of this calendar month ’s mystery plant , you could acquire a free year ’s subscription toFine Gardening . commit your entryway , along with your complete posting address , by August 31 , 2008 to[email protected ] . The succeeder will be chosen at random from all right entrance .

Last month ’s secret plant wasClematis integrifolia , otherwise hump as solitary clematis . Solitary clematis is a bush - eccentric , non - vining clematis that grows to 2 feet grandiloquent and wide . Its bell - shaped drab prime emerge in summer , followed by silvery tan , fluffy seedheads that are just as magical . Broad , glossy greenish foliage have a bolder texture than most clematis . Solitary clematis is aboriginal to central Europe and is dauntless in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 to 11 . It prefer full sunlight and fecund , well - run out soil and should be prune back to 6 to 8 inch marvelous before new growth begin in bounce . Teresa C. Festa of Manakin Sabot , Virginia , was chosen at random from all correct entries to receive a innocent one - year subscription toFine Gardening . Congratulations , Teresa !

“ I have two of them in full bloom , and they ’ve never been as pretty as they are now . ”—Joyce A. Mahajan

“ I love this bush clematis . It has a recollective peak clock time and is so prosperous to take upkeep of . ”—Carolyn McKnight

“ It ’s groovy clambering through & amp ; over other perennials . ”—Edith Moro

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