Clematis: First bloom of the season, 1 by phughes

phughes wrote:
First clematis to ever survive; first bloom I've ever had . . . 'Asao' . . . don't you love the color pink!!!

any suggestions for it's upkeep would be appreciated; I'm definately a novice when it comes to clematis; I think the kill/survive ratio is probably around 5 to 1. I've killed about five in the last few years and had pretty much given up on growing clematis but I found this one at Lowe's last year and it was cheap so I succumbed to the old clematis temptation. They are so beautiful but I've never had any luck. Last year it did nothing and I pretty much thought it was a goner but it came back and now it's blooming. I'm amazed.

This message was edited Mar 31, 2007 1:20 PM