Author Topic: More Clematis (Read 1602 times)

LeeAnne151 · « **on:** June 24, 2007, 10:18:48 AM »

Prince Charles

Venosa violacae

Etoille Violette

Juuli

LeeAnne151 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2007, 10:20:45 AM »

Trellis Bob made last year, there are two that match, the vines are young so not very impressive from a distance

Mikey · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2007, 10:52:05 AM »

Keep those photos coming!

maryvonne · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2007, 11:05:34 AM »

Very nice blooms LeeAnne. Bob did a nice job on the trellis. It will look great when the vines get established.

Maryvonne

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #4 on:** June 25, 2007, 10:41:39 AM »

Beautiful blue and purple shades and lucky you to actually have a handy man

LeeAnne151 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 25, 2007, 06:36:43 PM »

Yes, but he often seems to be doing things for others, not me..... $:-\$

tinkster · « **Reply #6 on:** June 25, 2007, 09:28:19 PM »

leeanne.. I would let others do his cooking then.. fast food is obnoixous after a while

hehehe.

I so envy you with your clematis.. I have tried to many times.. I have no clue what I am doing wrong.. one did winter over for me and started out like a sun of a gun then of the two climbing branches one turned totaly black and died.. the other is still green but the bottom of it is black like the other plant. I water them really good.. they are in very fertile good soil.. full sun with a small plant at base to shade the roots.. what else could it be any ideas??

tinkster

LeeAnne151 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 26, 2007, 05:49:54 PM »

Clematis wilt is a common problem but they do outgrow it. Remove anything that is black and dead. They are also heavy feeders like roses. Use rose or tomato fertilizer. Hard pruning in early spring and pinching out the tips a couple times also helps them grow more full. They tend to produce one or two really long vines that don't do squat until you cut them off.

tinkster · « **Reply #8 on:** June 27, 2007, 08:09:18 PM »

Thanks much.. did it today. I wasnt sure if I was suppose to prune it now as it only has one live branch

tinkster

LeeAnne151 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 27, 2007, 08:39:53 PM »

This is what I am doing after they finish blooming. This was after I did it in February and pinched too. I'll take a current pic tomorrow and post it.

LeeAnne151 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2007, 09:20:50 AM »

Royalty

Josephine, the is the one on the right above before I whacked it back.

Richard Pennell

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #11 on:** June 29, 2007, 11:56:08 AM »

I've never seen so many beautiful clematis and all in your yard

WOW!! Thanks for your experience my little clemi is doing better....next year should be better even.