Clematis: I finally have something to post!, 1 by revclaus

revclaus wrote:
Jeanne, both the Versailles and the Rosemoor bloom on old and new wood, so just a light pruning of dead stuff in the spring. Rosemoor is new this year, but with Versailles we had a killing freeze after it had started to leaf out and grow well, so I had to trim it way back, thus only one bloom. Now that I've cut off the seedhead it's beginning to sprout new leaves. Hopefully by the end of July it'll be a little fuller.

Shirley, the superba is in a 16" foam container which protects the roots pretty well, although I had the same problem with it as with the Versailles. It was growing well when the freeze hit. I didn't know whether it was going to come back or not. But early this week three shoots poked their way through the mulch and are actively growing now. This is only its second summer. Last year I made the mistake of planting morning glory seeds with it, and they took over, although superba did pretty well. This year only one volunteer MG, and the only reason I'm letting that grow is to show it on the morning glory forum.

The regular jackmanii is in its 6th year. It's in an old pickle crock. It had wilt one year, but came back from that. Then a couple of years ago when I was sick and let the thing dry out too much, it came back the next year, but greatly diminished. I babied it shamelessly last year, and this year it's doing very well.

Trellises are the usual 6'. The jackmanii just falls over and heads for the door, or doubles down, making it nice and full. They all do pretty well for containers! They get a lot of wind up here, but it doesn't seem to bother them. And all but the superba don't get a lot of sun. The superba gets early morning sun for a couple of hours and late afternoon sun from about 4 on.