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Hi all can anyone help me my clematis is not flowering (Nelly moser), it has losts of leaves but no flowers. Last year it was planted in a pot in full sun, so I moved it to a shady position as the few flowers it had were pale.
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Is it still in the pot, or did you plant it in the ground? have you been feeding it, and if so, what with?

5 Jun, 2011

 

Isn't 'Nelly Moser' also an early flowering type, Bamboo?

6 Jun, 2011

 

Yes, Tug - I'm also curious about exactly when it was moved and whether it was pruned.

6 Jun, 2011

 

I moved it out of the pot and pruned it about October last year, I've fed it with slow release fertilizer and then with rose feed about February/March. I've now gone and bought blood fish and bone!!.. is it worth keeping?

6 Jun, 2011

 

Ah, now there's the explanation - you pruned it in October. Nelly Moser is one of those clematis which actually needs no pruning, produces large flowers roundabout May through to June, then produces a second crop of smaller flowers in about August/September. Your pruning in October means you cut off the wood which would have flowered in May - you should, though, get the second, later flowering. Don't prune it if you want the large flowers next year.

7 Jun, 2011

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