Clematis: Pinching Belle of Woking, 0 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Updating the Belle of Woking experiment with Epsom Salt - no further shoots emerged. Yesterday I finally gave Belle a new home with lots of manure and compost. I'm hoping she puts on a grand show next year. Considering that she was just a cheap plant from Walmart, I don't know how much to expect but I'm hoping for the best.

Once I put Belle outside for the summer I neglected to keep pinching it. As much as some of us wish we could keep up with pinching/feeding/tending/pruning our clematises, it's just not always possible to ignore other demanding gardening jobs.