Members CLEMATIS 2024..

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Discussion advice, recommendations, problems - all welcome..

'Wesselton'.. a macropetala.. from Westleton, Suffolk, given a phonetic spelling..

 

Clematis armandii, might be 'Apple Blossom' but it's been around a long time now and memory is short

 

That is looking fabulous @Angie Jones (nut) Last time I saw it, it had succumbed somewhat to bad weather. What a renaissance!

 

It's been cut to ground level twice in its time Dove, there must be a huge root under there now. Cut by me that is, weather never kills it, just makes it look awful

 

What a stunner, @Angie Jones (nut)

 

Has anyone successfully grown clematis Rooguchi? I put a small one in last year, it put on healthy growth and produced a few flowers, but then became badly mildewed in late summer. I cut it right back and moved it to an airier spot last autumn; it started to grow again a few weeks ago, quite vigorously but now the mildew is back.... I have sprayed it but am wondering if the mildew is always going to be a problem, in which case maybe I should harden my heart and take it out! That'd be a pity, as it's such a pretty variety, but my garden is well sheltered with little wind passing through, so maybe it's just the wrong spot for it.

 

@Mrs Hillard how do you upload your pics so they're a screenful rather than mini like mine?

 

@Angie Jones (nut)

..well, if it's not your camera settings, then perhaps you didn't click on 'full image' [not thumbnail] before posting reply ? that's all I can think of..
Your clematis is a sight for sore eyes.. I'm surprised it has survived for so long in your location.
I've just noticed your photo file size is only 127kb, which is very small indeed, so I think it's a setting on your camera that needs adjusting. My photo is 2.9 MB, and I think it can go up to around 4 MB before needing downsizing.

@Clare G
I've no idea why your Rooguchi has not thrived and gets mildew. I've not seen that in my plant. The only one of a similar type that mildewed for me was 'Arabella'..

'Rooguchi' last summer.

 

Thanks @Mrs Hillard I'll check what I'm doing next time. 'Rooguchi' is lovely

 

Here you go @Angie Jones (nut)

When you upload a picture it will give you the option, choose the one that says Full Image.

Here's a screenshot, if you like ask the Mods to remove it once you've got it so it doesn't clutter the thread

 

I would never use slug pellets here, so everything takes its chances. Most survive quite happily.. One of my favourites is 'The Vagabond', a gr. 2/3 but I treat as herbaceous, cut to ground level each Spring. Really vigorous, and flowers from May to November..


.. has a somewhat Gothic appearance I feel..


'Westerplatte' is another cut to ground level as it's full of vigour..


..this was a small, first year plant, last summer..


'Princess Diana' grows in an unlikely spot surrounded by boulders. You would think it would be eaten alive, but it grows away with gay abandon..


..starts to flower in early June..

 

Thanks @Sheps

 

2 new Clematis with their first flowers..
'Propertius'.. a koreana type..


..and 'Miss Bateman'.. early large flowered..

 

@Mrs Hilliard, you may remember that I had cut back my Miss Bateman earlier this year, which I now know I shouldn't have. Well, it still had two buds, but I managed to knock them both off when i was trying to tie it in! Oh dear - better next year hopefully.
May I ask, if I am trying to tie in my clematis and the stems are all knotted together, will it hurt the plant if I snip the tendrils that are holding them together?

 

It won't damage them, but it can be tricky to do it without snipping the wrong bits @katecat58 .
Not that I've ever had that problem of course...