I love clematis.
Crystal Fountain. lemon that looks a lovely one.
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I’m getting over the shock at losing such a magnificent honeysuckle and busy planning and spending?.
Decided I will take advantage of the extra light and so far have planned. A small honeysuckle (I hadn’t appreciated that they come in so many sizes. There is even one that is about a foot tall) that will be planted in a position to not cast shade. Then a Mahonia nitens “cabaret”. The honeysuckle is rhubarb and custard. And now that I have sun I’m going to make room for an Abelia “Sunshine daydream.”
I am gradually replacing any perennials as they die with shrubs to make life easier as we get older.
The roses next out are Gertrude Jekyll and Constance Spry.
Constance is my favourite. The fragrance is just the best and it is the most perfect rose. But it only flowers once. The climber looks fantastic for about a month and that’s it. But it is so worth it. The clematis is Piilu. Only a small clematis but get absolutely smothered in blossom year after year and totally neglected except it’s yearly mulch and feed.
Good weather forecast next week.
No, that rose isn’t scented J52.
It seems to be a good year for Clematis lemongrove
Lovely pics everyone, so nice to see what others have planted.
What a great shame WWM2 that your pergola came down along with the plants.We have a rather rocky old pergola covered in different types of clematis, I would be so sad to lose it ( but it will fall over at some time.)
The light mauve clematis on a wall is called Crystal (something or other) and the purple is The President.
I just yank flowers out (of their jug) if they flop, and plonk others in Namsnanny. I like a slightly sprawling cottage garden look in the garden and in bunches of flowers.
Lovely rose just come out - don’t know the name and it doesn’t repeat flower, but gorgeous just now. Two huge bushes of mock orange doing their thing just now too 
Lisagran … I love the colour combination of the honeysuckle and clematis.
Gorgeous jug(s)
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How long will the different flowers last do you think?
WWmk2 … Do you mean Monty's Nigel? It said in the paper he was 11 years old. As you say very sad.
Sounds like you had a busy Monday, clearing everything up?!
Isnt it always the way, just when a plant looks like bursting into flower something harms it?
Several trees were uprooted by the wind around here.
Big mature ones but they keeled over onto a field so no damage to anyone or thing.
So I expect you will be looking at gardening books to get ideas to fill the space left, now.
Oh, that’s a shame about your pergola, WWM2. I keep looking out of the window at the way the wind is blowing things around in our garden. We have a honeysuckle that’s certainly dancing about a bit just now.
Yes, poor Nigel 
I’m terrible at keeping labels / plant names! I found these.....
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