Clematis: I can't stand it!, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
It probably wouldn't hold water. My guess is that it would drain right through the stump.

This stump has two Omoshiro clem's and at least two Nelly Moser clem's on the sunny sides and you can see it rotted from the center outward. I have no idea how much more it has decomposed since I took this photo four months ago. Once the rot begins it moves fast. We had this old pine cut down in '92 but it remained fairly solid until about 3 or 4 years ago.