Clematis: Still impressed with Jackmanii, 1 by hczone6

hczone6 wrote:
Shirley: I don't fertilize at all....or just a tiny bit. I throw down a little 10-10-10 sometimes in spring...but I'm not consistent with that....lol Also, I never cut my vine back...not at all. The only time I cut it back is to control it....keep it from getting too wild. And that's usually on the ends, not near the base. It just grew like that over time. new shoots come up every year from the base even though I don't cut it back. Honest :)

Osteole: (first...what does that username mean?...anything) If that balloon flower is like mine, it will grow mainly upright, but fall over if it gets wet or gets a little shade. The one you have in your picture will stand up when it gets in the ground and gets established a little. It's not a really stiff stemmed plant though...might flop over sometimes. Mine does. Mine has spread out, but it's not out of control....it just gets tall (about 4 feet or a little more). Here it is at the base of the clematis in early to mid spring, 2001

This message was edited Jul 29, 2004 8:18 PM