Clematis: Group 1 pruning?, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
You're quite welcome. Wilt can and does happen in a flash and it's almost painful to us owners when it happens.

I have used Gold Bond (men's anti fungal powder) in a big circle around the base of the clematis in the hopes it will work. So far, so good. The high K is to encourage more leaves so that should work.

So many are so close with the light edge and pink to magenta "stripe" in the center. I'd just enjoy them and not be concerned with a name. It is another Class or Group 2 so it gets the same pruning treatment as other Class 2 clem's.

Do you have new growth at the base of the hydrangeas? Many of mine look dreadful and one Butterfly Bush is definitely gone but, thankfully, it's the one that I didn't plant - just a seedling that planted itself and I never got to move it.

The clematis that did wilt on me (just one stem) wasn't in any shade and the ones I do have (probably in too much shade) do not get the wilt problem. Wilt does keep us on our toes!

This is the Lemon Chiffon that was a victim of wilt.