Texas Gardening: Clematis - am I wasting my time?, 1 by rjuddharrison

rjuddharrison wrote:
knolan, where you been!? I miss you. We gotta get together sooner than later!


Clematis do grow here, although it's taken me a while to figure out their requirements.
They like sun, but their root area does not like it, even below the ground. If you can find a place that the roots are shaded, but the flowers get sun, your halfway there. It took a couple of years for the plant to bloom, and even now it's still working on it. Each year I get a few more flowers. It certainly doesn't bloom like you see in the cooler climates. So if your wanting to plant clematis, plan on blooms next year or the year after.

I've added a new one to the list, it's suppose to be a Texas clematis that Vossner gave me last summer, can't remember the name..they bloom bell shaped flowers..

Here is a picture of the ones I have.