Clematis: Spring is here!, 4 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Our grandiflora gets cut back weekly now that it's June so maybe you can view it as a fortunate error. It truly is a monster. It is beautiful but it's a lot of maintenance to keep it cut back and keep it out of C. Liberation, next to it. Some customers do tend to stick the name/care tag in the wrong pot so I like it when the label is stapled to the pot but I know that's not always an option. Even then I question if it has the right name. That led me to buying online since I have serious issues with nursery help telling me that Henryi comes in many colors.

I'm glad to hear you managed to bring the pink one back from nearly dead. I'm guessing you tried the expensive bloom product to encourage more blossoms.

http://www.jrpeters.com/Products/Jack-s-Classic/Petunia-FeED... That's the petunia I have now and the product I use. It's good and it works well to provide lush plants. I can attach a "before" picture now so we can compare in a month to see the (hopefully) lush plant.

Even with your citybusgardener name I think I may have been one guilty party to suggest "buy a few bags of compost" or some other thing, never realizing that you really do travel by bus to buy your gardening products. The name never struck me as you hiding anything but it never hit me as your mode of transportation. Many gardeners buy so much that a U Haul It could be useful.

Knowing that the montana class can get overwhelming didn't stop me from buying Mayleen (thanks to Annette's photos). I'll be planting it this week.