Clematis and tomatoes are two exceptions to the usual rule, and are best planted 6 inches deeper than the soil level in the pot. This protects the stem bases from mechanical damage, and helps prevent clematis wilt, whose fungus enters where there's damage. It also helps keep the roots cool.
Many small-flowered hybrids are spectacular in flower, and long-blooming. I consider them indispensable, especially the viticella hybrids. I've given up planting large-flowered hybrids, except for 'Jackmannii', which seems to be somewhat wilt resistant.
I planted this spring of 2011. I got in from an online nursery and it looked broken and dead when I planted it. It eventually grew and I ...Read Moretrained it to grow up our porch stairs. It blooms in zone 6a May through June. The flowers seem to dry on the vine and just stay there for awhile in the heat of summer.
I usually cut it to the ground in the fall and it grows back in the spring. I'm not sure if this is the right way to do it, but it always comes back.
This wonderful vine is perfectly hardy in my zone 6a garden. In fact Bluestone Perennials, where I bought mine two years ago, lists its ...Read Morezones as 5-9.
Mine blooms prolifically in very early summer. I've had no late summer repeats--as those in warmer zones are reporting.
My apt complexes 'lawn maintenance' people took a weed whacker to this early in the spring this year reducing it to maybe 18". As of toda...Read Morey (2 May 09) it has 5 vines (as opposed to the two it had last year, it's first year here) reaching 4 or so feet, and there seem to be a lot of buds.
UPDATE: as of June 2010 my clematis is still going strong. She survived the blizzards this past winter just fine. Actually I layered her and now have two plants side by side. I have lost track of how many vines I have. The longest ones are maybe 5-6'. She bloomed for a solid 6 weeks from the beginning of May until mid/late June.
Saint Clair Shores, MI (Zone 6b) | June 2005 | positive
I planted this plant last spring in an area that is well protected from the winter winds, but is probably not ideal as it is rather shady...Read More below five feet. I was worried about it returning (I am in zone 6), but it came up at the same time as many of my other clematis.
It has just started blooming this week (June 20th) and Iove added a second one to a much more sunny area. Everyone who sees it asks about it.
Hardy to Z6. Has a reputation for being miffy.
Blackened crispy leaves are often due to a common fungal disease called cle...Read More
I planted this spring of 2011. I got in from an online nursery and it looked broken and dead when I planted it. It eventually grew and I ...Read More
This wonderful vine is perfectly hardy in my zone 6a garden. In fact Bluestone Perennials, where I bought mine two years ago, lists its ...Read More
My apt complexes 'lawn maintenance' people took a weed whacker to this early in the spring this year reducing it to maybe 18". As of toda...Read More
One of the best performed clematis I planted this spring. Striking, unique, exotic flowers. LOVE IT!!!
A fantastic Clematis for the warmer zones
Seems a little demanding - I bought one for my mother and it just didn't want to grow. Will see if I have any more success soon..
I planted this plant last spring in an area that is well protected from the winter winds, but is probably not ideal as it is rather shady...Read More