Clamatis

I've got a clamatis, which I bought last summer (2006). It had quite a lot of new growth in the summer and climbed up the trellis. I didn't cut it back at all. I have noticed that new buds have started to form and also noticed that the roots are visible at the bottom of the pot (it is in the original pot I bought it in). Can anyone tell me when I can re-pot it and when it is safe to do so??.. I have protected the roots from the frost this week, by covering with a fleece. The roots are already covered with leaves and mulch, as I understand they like the dark.

 

Hello Boxergal and a very big welcolm to this great site ...Is that boxer as in fighting or Boxer dogs or something else?

To answer your question,clematis are pretty hardy and I would be quite happy to repot it now as long as your pot soil(compost) is not frozen.

Click on this link,it says it all...

http://www.rhs.org.uk/thegarden/pubs/garden_98-00/pubs_journals_garden_0300_growing.asp

 

Thanks for this Roders!!... as it is very icy here at the mo i'll leave it for another few weeks!.....I'm not a fighter :0), i'm a Boxer dog lover. Oh, and thanks for the link

 

Hi boxergal,

Really important to plant clematis nice and deap. At least two or three inches of stem underground. That way, if it gets "wilt" and dies back, the infection won't travel all the way down and kill the whole plant - it will be able to resprout from the stem just under the surface.

Happy weekend.