Clematis: Pacific Northwest clem journey, 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
another purple and yellow green combo.....with this, i better get back to work. it was a GREAT TRIP. just being able to be able to ask questions at the mecca was inspiring. biggest take way besides mid season HARD pruning for 3's is soil improvement and the addition of more gravel to the mixture.

when i mentioned to deb that i sometimes used sand in my soil mixture i got a real ah ha......her response is that sand and clay are two of the ingredients in cement. it is a real no no as far as soil improvement in clay type soils such as central ohio. both joy creek and the brewster rogerson collection and ssv use a lot of gravel chips in the soil mixture. i have never gone crazy with sand, but have used it so i was especially grateful to get this information, which makes so much sense.

tomorrow, back to my own garden and there is a lot to do, but i have big motivation after being in these gardens!