It is Nelly Moser, and the area where I want to plant it is at the base of a large dead tree. What pH does clematis need? Do they like fertilizer? How do I train it to go up the tree? Would moonflowers and morning glories be good companions? Thanks so much! Tamara
Just bought my first clematis...now what?
I always fertilize mine this time of the year. Compost , Bulbtone, Osmocote or bonemeal.
Do you want the Moonflowers and the clematis together? All 3 that you mentioned are climbers.
Do you have any chicken wire or fencing to help it climb. I used plastic wire to get my clematis to climb a pole.
Here is some information to get you started. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/694/index.html
Linda
Yep, I do want lots of flowering climbers to hide the hideous eyesore of a dead tree. It's huge, and very much, unfortunately, a focal point. So, I want to try and make it pretty. Thanks for the link..Tamara
Zone5girl;
May I suggest Clematis various kind for your purpose. If you like lots of flowers to hide the supporting structure, several kinds of clematis would work well. Moon flowers, and Morning Glories go well together (separated from clematis planting area) for the reason is MoonFlowers and Morning Glories are annuals, they will die once the growing seasons end. It's hard to separate annuals twinning vines from those perenuals vines (Clematis). Some Clematis grows very vigorous and tall. Some don't even need annual pruning; so if allowed to tangle with annuals that would be tough to save previous year growth ect...
I interplant my clematis with other perennual vines so that I'll have flowers all growing season. Example; I've Cross vine, hybrid clematis growing along my Evergreen Armandii clematis' arbor. Armandii bloomed in early Spring, now my Cross Vines are in blosom, and Asao Clematis is filling in the gaps.
Thank you, lilylove!!! That never even occured to me! I love this website--I've learned so much from the awesome people here. :-) Tamara
Is there an evergreen clematis for colder zones?
Linda
Linda;
As I recall Armandii is hardy to zone 6. I could be wrong. Look it up on DG's PF. I've these and love them.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/55613/
You are right.
This reminds me of the Sweet Autumn. http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/8320/
Anyone have any comparison of the two? SA has smaller blooms. One blooms in the Spring the other Autumn. I wonder if anyone has tried growing them together.
Linda
Linda;
Go by my experience, though they share similarity. Armandii is a "well behave" vine where as SAC is very "playfull" one. I haven't done so, and glad that I didn't have to untangle the two. SAC on their second year on ward; needs a lot of pruning to keep in bound. And racking out dead leaves, on the vines is an added chore to make it look good. Where as Armandii is handsome and needs little pruning if at all. (other than clipping off some strands off to keep it looking manicured). I grow other hybrids clematis with my Armandii, for a long season of blooms, I added Crossvine with Armandii, the two do well together with others. The mistake that I made; I let SAC climb up my Roses' arbor. Now it's about to shade out my Roses. This arbor is about to be revised, SAC needs to be relocated to the backyard, and is not a good candidate on the front of the border. Althought, I love its sweet fragrant, and its profuse blooms. This time, it's will be climbing on eye-level trellis, to ease the care and upkeep.
I know what you mean. i have to cut back the Sweet Autumn each Spring. The deadness of the leaves looks terrible. So far, it is not a difficult job. It pulls right off with a little yank or cutting with the shears.
I also have the Crossvine and the Goldflame Honeysuckle with SA for seasonal color.
Linda
Cool idea for SAC's companion vines, RDT thanks for sharing. As it turns out we're lovers of vines that reward us with beautiful blooms and frafrant. Skyvines, ever seen those? Very exotic looking, it's said to be hardy in subtropical climates. However, I've success with this vines, though the first frost in the season will wipe them out blosoms and all to the ground. Lovely blue trumphet vines, and the sky is the limit. I've moved one of my SAC to share the arbor with Sky Vines. Can't wait to see them perform at roughly the same time later in the season.
Well, on Lily_Love's suggestion, I bought some more clematis. Oldies, but hopefully goodies: Ernest Markham and Ramona. Also, my mom has Jackmanii. We're changing the color scheme in her garden, so we need to get rid of it. Can I transplant it? If yes, when and how? Tamara
I tried sky vines once or twice as seed. They never germinated so gave up.
I do have these vines:
Chocolate Vine 'Silver Bells'(Akebia) http://www.paghat.com/akebia.html http://www.hort.net/gallery/view/lar/akequsb/
Trumpet Vine 'Morning Calm' (Campsis) http://www.sunlightgardens.com/pages/1402.html
Linda
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