Stephanotis floribunda vs Murraya paniculata

[khabbab]

Sara, are you sure Clematis will grow here?? I have been reading much stuff on it and many gardening friends in zone 10 & 11a told me that it wont survive in the heat.

There are some species which will grow in karachi and lahore for sure. I think we can get their seeds to start in fall. Adnan can input us on which species are most heat tolerant and easy to germinate as well.

By the way there is a lady in south africa growing more than 100 species of clematis in full sun having temps over 100F. Here is her link http://clematisbymarie.jimdo.com

[Izhar]

She lives near Johannesburg (Google maps) where maximum temperature recorded was 35C (according to Wikipedia) and average maximum temperature is 22C.

Today Karachi is 33C and Lahore is 39C.

[Izhar]

Her nursery is in Pretoria where average maximum temperature is 27.5C

[khabbab]

She lives near Johannesburg (Google maps) where maximum temperature recorded was 35C (according to Wikipedia) and average maximum temperature is 22C.

Today Karachi is 33C and Lahore is 39C.

Yap that is a valid point izhar

[khabbab]

What about this one. Arizona.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load ... 29069.html

[khabbab]

May be i am getting moved by that small clematis flower blooming on terrace of adnan last sunday:)

[Izhar]

Now that is interesting... thanks Khabbab bhai

[tweedle2009]

Be Patient friends.I imported 15 diff varieties of Clematis that include:

Viticella Royal Velours
Florida Sieboldii
Crystal Fountain
Gypsy Queen
Warsaw Nike
Ernest Markham
Montana Marjorie
Montana Mayleen etc.

I sold them away but kept 5 with myself and 15 are at my friend's home.We'll know by the end of July whether they can survive here or not.Mine are doing OK currently.

[tweedle2009]

any ideas where i can get my hand on some clematis seeds?or plants? been dying to get some especially the fire works one its really pretty !

Some nurserymen bought a few vines from an importer in Karachi.If you are interested let me know so that I can get his contact no. for you.I imported 500 clematis vines a couple of months ago but sold them right away.If they survived,i'll be importing more in august.

[tweedle2009]

Sara, are you sure Clematis will grow here?? I have been reading much stuff on it and many gardening friends in zone 10 & 11a told me that it wont survive in the heat.

There are some species which will grow in karachi and lahore for sure. I think we can get their seeds to start in fall. Adnan can input us on which species are most heat tolerant and easy to germinate as well.

By the way there is a lady in south africa growing more than 100 species of clematis in full sun having temps over 100F. Here is her link http://clematisbymarie.jimdo.com

They belong to colder climates so it's normal for a clematis seed to take anywhere from 1-3 months to germinate.You can always try cold stratification.Btw I ve small flowering sweet autumn clematis plants if someone is interested.