Clematis: Pacific Northwest clem journey, 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
this etoile violette made me re think mine. one of mine was planted 8 yrs ago and this year took a real step back. 8 yrs ago i was not digging good holes or making good soil to plant in like i am now. so i am going to dig one of mine up and see what it looks like and re plant. it may be pooped out or at the bottom of any enrichment or hitting solid clay or rock. decided this while i was out there, no clem is forever where and how we plant it, alto 8 yrs is a good ride. time to figure that out. i ordered some more etoile violettes also, that is how inspiring ssv's were. ssc has many big clems that have been moved or re-sited and this was very motivating. anyway here is one of the big etiole violettes at ssv.