Clematis: hf young, 0 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
the large flowered hybrids all pretty well get as big as you want them to. it will be over the top of the arch and because i prune, it will then get thicker but not taller.
however, i do think hf young could adapt to a container for a few years, and then go out in the garden, if treated well .
if the major problems that gardeners have with clems were them getting too big, the category would be a lot more popular. most clems do not reach their potential, and have a high mortality rate, through our errors, inexperience and in best case, learning curve.
hf young is a beauty and if you read the history of it on "clematis on the web" it has a great history.

for all you ramona fans, check out that history too. it has a deep back story on when it was developed .very interesting.
here is ramona 08. ramona is fussy for me, but the tropical beauty of it makes me tolerant of the plant!