Clematis: Clematis 2014, 1 by Cem9165

Cem9165 wrote:
Thanks Arlene😁, I've been taught by the best, and that would be you. Your great advice given over the years has made me a much better gardener.

Here is my big project from this past week. I put in a 4' x 50' bed along my back walkway, for my clematis, roses, peonies and lilies. More grass gone, yippee. The DH was one who suggested putting a bed there, after I put in a trellis for my climbing roses over the walkway. I did the bed with biodegradable landscape paper, 10 bags of soil conditioner, 10 bags of top soil, 5 bags of composted manure, and 6 bales of line straw. The roses are already in, and I've got Dr. Ruppel and Earnest Markham to plant there. In addition I've 8 pots of lilies that will go into the bed as well.

I plant on putting clematis armandii Apple Blossom on the trellis, which will keep it covered year round with leaves.