Thanks Carolyn. I believe I will let some of the 15 clems wander thru the hostas. I will also use short trellises. I made this one from a Xmaswreath frame and cable tied it to 2 rebars hammered into the ground.
I love your secret garden.
Many of my clems are short for that reason.None taller than 10 feet,most 6 feet or shorter.
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Jo Ann - I agree with Carolyn, as usual, about giving each clem some space IF there's a remote thought of moving one of them. It's when we're sure we won't move them that it happens.
A handful of bonemeal per plant - we agree again. Just don't breathe the dust from it.
Very nice way of creating your own privacy, Carolyn!
Jo Ann - anchor some deer netting and hold it in place with rebar - voila - your own legal fence.
No breathing bone meal. Its made from rabbit bones.
I used bone ash in glazes when I made pottery.Its not good,lungs never recover, also Barium Carbonate. Goes into your skin and eventually makes you crazy. Hmmmmmmm!!.
ooooh.... I did not know that about bone meal. I will have to be careful.
Polly - that is old fencing from 2009. I lost most of my pictures in a computer crash last September (these pictures are from my journals)..... DH and I put up new fencing for all my clems last summer. We used a green plastic coated wire fence. This fencing is much stronger than the stuff we used before.
JoAnn - I can't wait to see your trellis with plants on it. It's going to be gorgeous.
Arlene- great minds! ^_^
Thank you Carolyn! Do you remember where the green plastic coated wire fencing came from, by any chance?
Yes where?I might use it with rebas as Arlene suggested.
Hardware stores and nurseries carry the green fencing as well as Home Depot.
I used a very large piece of it to hide the hosta plantaginea from the deer...ha ha ha. They managed to find it and enjoyed every bite.
Polly
we bought ours at Lowes.
Thanks again! I will pick some up, then.
Was it the Chalk Hill order that disappointed you? It was my first online order and those were small and disappointing. I was sure I had lost Beth Currie last year but It popped up last week!
I remember some concern about bone meal and mad cow disease! I use it but I guess we should all be careful.
My disappointing ones were not from Chalk Hill, banana.
Went for a quick walk around the garden and the deer have removed all of the green wire fencing and two huge areas with deer netting. More rebar is called for and more secure ties to hold it in place.
ugg!Those are hungry guys!
Got home from Spring Break tonight and the yard is in full bloom. The tulips and daffodils have gone wild and the clematis armandii are doing well, with a great scent that greeted us as we opened the front door. Pardon the poor quality of the picture, it was dark when this was taken.
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Here's a better up close picture. The scent that perfumed the air was divine LOL.
Wonderful pix.
Cem
your pictures look so inviting.
Think I'll be ordering one of them. Thanks for the great report, Cem.
Crystal Fountain has put on some good growth.
Boy oh boy that looks good.
Zone Envy!!!
Hi, I am new (at 65 y.o.!) Love to all! Poly K. Your friends Bell of Woking is far and away the best grown I have ever seen, I would have never tried her had I not seen that image. Carolyn 22 found your comment on fencing and privacy a bit humorous, you see I live near you, up in Big Flats N.Y. and it seems Athens and my own Paradise are very private!!.....Forgive me and just kidding, we are rural!! Pirl and Banana I see you both find Niobe challenging to prune, so do I!! Can you give advice? Good gardening to all! Lee Sherwood McDonald
Hi Lee welcome. Lots of great people on this forum.
Hi Lee, welcome!
Thanks, I purchased Belle Of Woking after seeing it too. My husband fell in love with it, and he rarely comments that he really likes plants, so I hope it will do well. I put mine at the base of a smallish tree, to give it part shade.
I'm up near Oswego. We're very private up here too. Nice to have someone else from around the area.
Welcome to the Clematis Forum, greensideup - cute name!
Niobe gets cut back severely here and never performs like so many sites show so it must be me and not the plant. Sorry I can't be more helpful. This is the best it has ever looked and it doesn't make me happy.
Hi Lee
Welcome neighbor!
You are right, it is an interesting comment, considering that we are technically 'rural'. I do however, live in town and yes, there is a big difference between my living in town and your living in town....
I too love Belle of Woking and Niobe. I lost my Niobe and my Belle. Truthfully it was easier for me to replace them both with type 3 clematis. They really seem more vigorous, although I do have a number of 2s and 1s.
The 1's are the most vigorous here and easiest to maintain but it's the 2's and 3's I love best.
I was surfing and came across the Van Bourgondien website. $16.95 for a clematis root. I e mailed them suggesting their price was pretty high. They weren't too happy to hear from me.
John, LOL! I wonder why they weren't happy.
I detest their end of season "sale" at 50% off (supposedly) but then they charge shipping based on the original prices - what nerve!
I'll stick with Dan....and possibly this fall Debby. She has given me some very nice plants.
Welcome GREENSIDEUP.
Yes, that is an amazing picture of B of W. I had her for about 6 years and had just one stem with a flower or two. After learning more here on DG and other sites, I got a much better show. Hopefully will look even better in the future. Well, now that I hear you Northerners have her in shade, maybe I should move her from her sunny spot.
Van B's for bulbs only with me. They dont have a very good reputation.
JoAnn
I didn't do very well with Van B's bulbs either......
I have ranted about their plants on every forum that was aplicable.
Bad,Bad,Bad
^_^
Let's post pictures on a thread here when we get our plants. I would like to compare to Donahue and see if it's really worth it for me to order from them. So far, I say yes, for the price I'm getting them for. I do understand most of you would be paying retail from Donahue and it probably would not make sense to order from there. But, for me, I'd like the comparison. And to see if Silver Star is really worth the extra.
I know when that fiasco with Koi Garden Club happened, Donahues was where his clems mostly came from, and to quote feedback on Koi from Pirl: "nine beautiful clematises received in the mail today. They are big and healthy"
Anyway, if we could post pics when we receive them, it would be great.
I thing success from plantsmen is spotty. I had Stolwjks Golds thats plural at $30.00 each, Preferred plants.
Both were horribley small root balls. Neither survived.
I also participated in the Koi c0o-op. I will not be doing co-ops ever.(Maybe Bulbs) The clems I got were teeeeeny and moldie.1 survived out of 4 ordered.
Never had a problem with Koi at all. It was an entirely different co-op.
Most of the co-ops get their clems from Donahues, maybe some from Walters. So if the quality is good from one co-op, it would be the same from another, if they were handled properly. I don't want to get into the various co-ops, but obviously some of us have had good luck with Donahues. I'm just wanting to compare pictures when we receive them.
I cant wait and will send pix from my Joy Creek order as well as Brushwoods
I think it is an excellent idea. I don't have anything ordered, but am definitely interested.
