Clematis: Recommend Quality mail order source for Clematis Plants, 0 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Please don't plant it directly in the soil: I'd definitely pot it up! For me life is too short to buy their clem's. Sorry if that sounds nasty but they have a much rougher start than any other clematises. I've lost more of theirs than any others and that includes the Walmart ones sold in a green plastic package in February and March.

Here's a sampling to show you roots that will give you results the year after planting, sometimes the year of planting, and you won't have a three or four year wait for blooms. I did loosen the roots on the two that I allowed to get potbound (not on purpose) and planted them 3" deep, as usual, with bone meal, compost and manure along with water crystals and a lot of mulch. The one with the huge roots was a wonderful gift from a friend, Louise.