Clematis: Looking for ways to plant Clematis, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Katherine - check out the self-watering pots (cheap) at Walmart and buy a few in different sizes but avoid the tiny one for clem's. Make sure you plant deeply so the clem can send up many new shoots and be sure to mulch very well.

As for Alannah and Firefly - are you positive that they are planted deeply? If not you can dig them up, make a larger hole (adding manure, compost and bone meal along with reconstituted water crystals) and replant, adding a lot of mulch. I know I'm a broken record about the mulch but it's worth it if I can get people to use a few inches around each and every clematis.

Going from 2 orchids to 250 does make you a devout lover of orchids!!!!!

Omoshiro is always worth buying. My original is in half sun as is the second one I bought. The third is in full sun so we'll see how it performs this year.

Words of wisdom from Hummingbird Farms in Maine: No one has ever killed a clematis by making a pruning mistake! http://hummingbirdfarm.net/clematis_pruning.htm

Hummingbird Farm clematises (hide that credit card!): http://hummingbirdfarm.net/clematis.htm#top

Hummingbird Farm transplanting mature clematises: http://hummingbirdfarm.net/transplanting_clematis.htm