Clematis: A few pics...., 0 by JudyinGA

JudyinGA wrote:
Absolutely, on the thorny vines and poison ivy coming first. I have grandkids who play out there so I'll use whatever means necessary to to get rid of the poison ivy. I'm not going to plant anything near it until I get rid of it. It is toward the back closer to the fully shaded area.

I really appreciate your mentioning the mesh around the tree to support the clematis. I wondered if that was necessary, given the rugged nature of pine tree bark. I have some old pieces of fence I can wrap around the tree to give the clematis support. In one of your photos you have a clematis growing next to a small tree and I was trying to look close and see how you did it. I thought I saw a piece of green mesh back there but the foliage was so thick it was hard to tell.

Just to show you what a nice stand of trees that turned into, here's a photo taken about 1993, when the back was just starting to grow and look weedy. This is one of my show dogs, Simon, who can't seem to make up his mind whether to sit on the snow or not. Even though I kept a deep cover of cedar shavings in that area, the persistent Georgia red clay came through. I always had to hose the dogs down before I could bring them inside after a rain or, in this case, one of our rare snows.

(edited for those dratted typos)

This message was edited Oct 8, 2009 3:13 PM