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

pirl wrote:
Annette - did you see the drawing of the layering and did it help? I just wish I'd think of it more often when spring growth starts. Maybe, at tops, it takes five minutes - well worth the effort and the trial test.

It is so nice to have help! I still need help with the heavy jobs but as long as I'm not stuck behind a mop or a vacuum I seem to deal with it quite well.

IF ANY GUEST notices a dust ball or anything wrong, it's their duty to shut up! Who needs them? I've only had one person who gave a deep sigh at what they perceived to be a gross housekeeping omission - I had missed dust in one corner of the wood floor by the front door. After that I refused to be in the house when she came over so I don't have to deal with, "May I have a CLEAN glass", anymore. She gets the glasses after the dishwasher has done the job and Jack has put them away so she can bring her complaints directly to him. She has never planted a single plant in her life and wouldn't know a clematis if she saw one.

Thanks for the compliment.

Now I've been looking online but not buying. I keep hitting Print Screen and saving photos I like so I can think about them before ordering and not afterward as I'm prone to doing.

Here's the before and after of the Moonfleet planting. With the fence in front, the pine at the right and hydrangea and chandelier (hitting my head every time I stood up) on the left, it was a tight spot but the job got done.