This clematis is doing so well this year it has taken off for me and is tempting to leave the bed.
I hope it will it has a bed of rock to ramble over,...I have a bed of white rock beside it in the hopes of having a clematis ground cover in that spot.
Never tried this before so i don't know if it will work,... but nothing ventured nothing gained.
here is another shot of it
Beautiful, RH!! Congratulations, that looks so wonderful. So it's not on a trellis at all, just growing across the ground? How long have you had it? I've heard that most clematis take a few years to get going!
Thank You!
this one is 3 yrs old the lady that lived here before me planted it,... i had it on a trellis last year and it did wonderful, but wanted to see if i could do something different this year.
It's growing up and over a small chair i had for an old vanity.
so i thought it would do the trick of keeping the first growth off the ground till it could spill over the top of the chair and cascade to the ground and fan out across the rocks.
so far so good it is doing just what i wanted it to do.
it's fuller than it was at this same time last year so the third year is a charm so far.
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rh
Interesting. I'm not familiar with that trick...do you happen to have a pic where you can see the chair?
I'll try and get one.
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rh
ok here you go,
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rh
here is another,
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rh
last one,
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rh
Wow, neat! Thanks for the pics.
It's amazing how full it is. Is this the kind that you have to cut back to 1 ft each year, or do you let it keep growing?
Such pretty flowers and it appears to be a vigorous grower too.
Very pretty!!..Isn't that clematis "Comtess de Bouchard"?...Jeanne
Thanks Wifeygirl,... I cut it back each year.
So i guess that's the trick but this is only my second year with clematis so I'm still learning.
I have a few kinds and this is the oldest the rest are small and not at all full.
Shirley1md, Thank You and yes it seems to be.
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rh
Thank's JeanneTX and yes it is "Comtess de Bouchard" .
I love the soft color its nice.
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rh
Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I was downloading your last photo my son who was trying to sleep came to me with the sloguns " beautiful flowers....beautiful flower".
These are really beautiful.
Kaleem
Thank You Kaleem and tell your son i said Thank You also.
It has been fun playing with my new camera I have taken all kinds of pictures.
I hope to get a few good ones for the plant files this year.
Well i need to get buisy around here got lots to do.
Take care and have a nice day!
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Robbie
