Clematis: Pruning...and chat continued, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Thanks, all.

That was Climador's first indoor bloom shortly after I received it from Brushwood in March. I'll add a photo of the many buds that bloomed here in early July. The color didn't remain as in the first photo (above) but changed to what I had wanted and what was on their site - a nice "blue" to my eyes but others might see it differently. While I do realize many people won't allow a clematis to bloom for the first year, I am not one of those people!

Marie - you're right. I gave my husband the laundry job a few years ago and he's good at it - very good. It's only fair when I'm outside working in the heat and he has machines doing the work in the air conditioned house. He also knows I'm not about to cook after working outside for 8 to 11 hours a day (sometimes more) so he has all the menus from take-out places handy so we can have dinner and neither of us has to cook.

Carolyn - I've always had the tremors so nicking the stem could be fatal. Pouring morning coffee is excitement enough around here! February is bad enough but at least March is closer then than in January. They are the days I'm prone to ordering plants and then wonder why I did it come April.

Thanks, Marilyn. Moonfleet from Garden Crossings is actually much closer to the color I showed for the clematis in the kitchen window so I'm thrilled I ordered it. I'll post showing how lush roots on Moonfleet were when I planted it.