Clematis: Clematis beginner needs advice, 1 by fancyvan

fancyvan wrote:
Heres what I do to remind me to water the clematis rather more frequently than the rest of the garden!

The pic is something called an Aqua spike - it has several small holes . I get them from LeeValley but cant find them in this years catalogue so hope they still carry them

I sink the Aqua spike into the ground up to the lip, fill with fine sand and then a 2 litre pop bottle with the bottom cut off fits in the top. I use clear ones so they are not so noticeable but enough that I see them as I wander the garden and they remind me to water - frequently! I just fill up the pop bottle , sometimes every day and it seeps into the ground

I have one at the base of almost every clematis ( if the roots are close I might put it between them) and a few other things too that like to have wet feet.