Clematis: I've got clem blooms (beginner's glee!!!), 0 by BlissfulGarden

BlissfulGarden wrote:
One of the things I have really loved about the clems is the duration of the blooms. I started this thread by posting a photo of Prince Charles on August 5... and some of the blooms are STILL going on that young plant, 3 weeks later. How many perennials do you see with that duration for the flower flush?! Acanthus is about the only one I can think of... though I am sure there must be others, perhaps in the more northerly regions?

Here are the last of the Prince Charles blooms, fading away but still hanging on! I plan to change out this wire for the cattle fence at the end of the season. Even though I have it planted out predominantly with Group 2, I am going to follow the advice I've seen in several books about a hard prune to first leaf set for all clems except Montanas (even Group 2) after their first short season.