Making notes for myself and thought I'd share since i did so much research the last 2 days.....
I ended up buying:
Polish Spirit (said to be good for beginners & is a viticella/resists wilt)
It's a dark petunia purple
Fairy Dust (a viticella/resists wilt)
A very very very light lavender
Happy Jack (an improved Jackmanii)
A violet purple
Minuet (another viticella)
Magenta edges with White centers
Montana Mayleen (Montana's resist wilt)
Soft baby pink
Rooguchi (Hardy & resists wilt)
Dark bluish purple
Sweet Summer Love (child of a viticella)
Magenta pink and violet purple combo with white stamens
Pink delight (a diversifolia that is said to be hardy b/c a viticella is a parent)
Mauve pink centers and light pink edges
I'll be running these Clems through the following climbing roses:
Iceberg (white)
Clotilde Soupert (Light porcelain pink)
Madame Alfred Carriere (Creamy White)
Sombreuil (Creamy buff white)
New Dawn (light blush pink)
Zepherine Drouhin (hot pink)
Peggy Martin (pepto pink)
Sally Holmes (White)
Prosperity (white)
Arctic Blue (lavender w/a frosty tint as blooms fade)
I probably won't get blooms for a few years but that's ok. I'll report back to say if they live, seem happy, or look miserable in case anyone in the humid South wants to give clematis a whirl.
Wish me and these little Clems good luck :)
Adding to the list for my notes. In March 2020 during the corona quarantine i was bored and spent too much money on more flowers. Two more clems were some of my purchases.
Piilu (little duck) clematis is very ruffled doubled mid pink flower in spring and single in late summer flush. Paired with New dawn to cover new dawns bare legs and nasty thorns
H.F. Young clematis is Light mid lavender bluish planted with my other new dawn
