Clematis ‘Duchess of Edinburgh’

The Duchess Rises

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Pity the poor ‘Duchess of Edinburgh’. She has been handled roughly and forced to make do without her accustomed level of support. But she is resilient, and like all true aristocrats, she has made a remarkable comeback from adversity. ‘Duchess of Edinburgh’, is a stupendous double white clematis that has grown in my front garden … Read more

Duchess of Edinburgh

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I frequently tell people that my garden speaks and sometimes even sings to me.  What I don’t say is that the voices are in many different languages.  Any given plant might have ancestry going back to one or more species native to Asia, Africa or one of the world’s many other cradles of botanical diversity.  … Read more