tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post5937758887016730108..comments2024-03-28T01:32:46.604-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): Clematis - going upMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-2476056365453725192013-09-09T17:18:54.153-04:002013-09-09T17:18:54.153-04:00So lovely. I accidentally killed my clematis this ...So lovely. I accidentally killed my clematis this year and miss it dearly. Beautiful!Jillhttp://www.fortheloveofbrooklyn.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-26506576816090336832013-08-30T15:01:10.283-04:002013-08-30T15:01:10.283-04:00Well, perhaps I don't feel too bad then. I go...Well, perhaps I don't feel too bad then. I got two rounds of bloom out of my Diana's Delight with minimal pruning, so I guess I have nothing to complain about. And I always chop my vines down to about 18" on March 1. When I do that, I feel it's the "opening" of the gardening season. Sort of like cutting a ribbon at the entrance of a new building or something. And the end of the season is signaled by the blooms on the Clematis Paniculata in November. That's when I know it's time to top off the pots with a little mulch, wrap the fig, and start looking through seed catalogues for next year!Terrace Gardener, WEAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621293038245664336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-20645206622174709012013-08-30T14:09:34.673-04:002013-08-30T14:09:34.673-04:00Wish I had remembered to keep track of what Group ...Wish I had remembered to keep track of what Group my clematis' are, so I would know when to cut them back. And, even more I wish i had just cut them back and hoped. Guess that's a winter research project.<br /><br />Yours are lovely.webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-50706222204113006472013-08-30T12:36:53.770-04:002013-08-30T12:36:53.770-04:00Not sure how I do it. The Bee's Jubilee looked...Not sure how I do it. The Bee's Jubilee looked terrible in the spring. Puny, so I cut it back and fed it and this was its first bloom.<br /><br />The Ramona lurked all season, and bloomed this once. The Etoile Violette is irrepressible, and I hacked it right down to the soil line after it had finished its first bloom, and it came back to flower again. <br /><br />I think one can be fairly brutal with them. They do all have shaded lower regions, as is so often advocated. Maybe that helps.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-43600880017365103862013-08-30T11:54:10.693-04:002013-08-30T11:54:10.693-04:00Beautiful! Thanks for the pictures. My Diana'...Beautiful! Thanks for the pictures. My Diana's Delight and Dr. Ruppel gave up their last blooms a couple of weeks ago. Your vines seem to be going strong. How do you do it?Terrace Gardener, WEAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621293038245664336noreply@blogger.com