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How do you manage to keep all these clematis looking so good?

24 Feb, 2010

 

Feed, water, prune and tie in. My husband Scott is the expert tier-inner!! He does a great job! I have a slightly acid soil, don't know if that makes a difference, and up here in Scotland we have less pests because it's that bit cooler, but I've never found them hard to grow - except the group 2's which I avoid because they wilt so readily.

26 Feb, 2010

 

What feed do you use please?

26 Feb, 2010

 

Hmmmm.....I don't remember the maker, but I buy it in a box in granular form and It's called clematis feed. I get it at local garden centre so it will be generally available.

26 Feb, 2010

 

Will have a look tomorrow, if mine will look like yours I shall be well pleased.

28 Feb, 2010

 

thanks Dotty! They're not all this healthy though, some of the group 2s really struggle!

28 Feb, 2010

 

Why do you think that is then?

1 Mar, 2010

 

I think group 2s are just more fragile. the stems are so brittle and perhaps its also the colder climate here. Then there's the clematis wilt....the mildew...and the fact that I sometimes snap them with the hoe!...shall I go on? The group 3s are just much easier and more reliable plants.

5 Mar, 2010

 

Enough said.......

5 Mar, 2010



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