This is my first clematis bloom. I'm growing it in the house because it's been so hot and dry I'm afraid it will burn to a crisp. When the temperatures improve, I'll plant it outside.
My Indoor Josephine
How pretty!! I've never had one indoors....Jeanne
joespine needs a hard winter to bloom fully double so i imagine you will be planting it outside before oct?
TY Jeanne.
Niobe, Now that you've told me, I'll do just that. So I can expect an even better flower than I got in the house? Wonderful!
Thank you both for responding.
your bloom is beautiful. but once joespine is established outdoors you will have many, many more. joesphine can be very
floriferous. it will also put forth a second flush of fully double, but probably smaller , blooms in late summer.
Thanks all for responding. As soon as this tropical storm Hannah goes away, I'm getting out there and putting both Josephinie and Guernsey Cream in the garden. They're not liking these shorter days inside. I won't be able to give them permanent homes, but plan to put them in pots and sink them in the ground until spring. Not ideal but necessary because of lack of beds that need to be prepared over fall and winter.
i do not have a lot of experience with pots in the ground, but am wondering how you prevent the pot from heaving upward in the changing ground temp. in your area you get a lot of freezing and thawing, right?
does anyone know? it would be a shame for pam to get all inspired by our advice and then loose her plants due to this.
I could bring the pots into the garage for the winter if need be. My potted peony did great the past two years, first year outside all winter on an apartment balcony and last winter in the garage.
why can't you just plant them in the ground in their permanent position?
Niobe, Because the bed is not prepared. Everything is just grass on hard clay. My intention was to prepare a lasagne style bed over the fall and winter. Pam
got it. just make sure there are not gaps around the pot that will fill with water or fill with cold air. i would bury it several inches..maybe 5 under the soil line and mulch heavily. goo dluck. clems are so hardy i am sure it will be a big success.