As I said to someone in the office the other day - there's a fine line between collaborating and enabling. LOL
I guess you just have to find your own, especially when you'd rather spend your time enjoying one another than nagging. It's sort of like pushing zones vs working with native plants. You have to revisit every year whether it's worth it to cover the semi-hardy ones or just learn to love the ones that grow where you are.
BIG experiment
totally agree
Of course, being single, I only have myself to nag. The dogs and cats seem to ignore me . . .
nag away
Interesting ... I have only myself to blame. Whille cleaning up my deck yesterday I discoved two clematis plants that had been shipped in the fall. I must have set them out there until I could decide where to plant them and then forgot about them. Getting old sucks. Any chance I should expect them to survive?? How can I tell? Although I deserve it, I'm hoping they don't end up as expensive compost material ...
Keep an eye out for any sign of growth or budding out.
I had three in the garage, all winter, and they all are doing fine - no water, no sun and they've all budded out. Don't give up!
takela, i rehydrated the roots after i found the plants for 2 days before planting them. allanah , which come back last summer, is already showing signs of growth. abundance, the other one has not shown signs this spring of growth, but very few of my vitacella types have appeared yet. it is 28 degrees this morning and we are just emerging from dormancy here. so i still hold out hope she will appear.
from all signs last summer and now, allanah has completely recovered from the trauma.
clems are amazing
Takela - take pictures and keep us posted.
....and you are right, it sucks getting old ♥
It certainly does!!!
allanah is aliving and thriving. will post pic soon. abundance still has not made a debut. guess the 6 weeks in prison was too much for her.
but allanah is right on time and shows no trauma form her journey and imprisonment!!!!
One of the plants was clearly rotted ... mushy black roots. The other has roots that look like the picture ClematisGuru posted. No sign of any greening or sprouts though. I'm watching it. It may be a premature concern but one of the plants was only going to mature to 4 to 6 feet, the other one was 12 feet. If this plant makes it I'm not sure where I will plant it ...
Takela:
Mushy black roots do not sound promising. It definitely rotted over the winter. If the other Clematis has whitish colored roots that's very encouraging. I would soak it in tepid water for 1-2 days and then pot it up in a 1 gallon container with good quality potting soil. How big is the root ball? Keep the Clematis close by where you can keep an eye on it. Keep it moist, but not wet. I would not plant it in the garden yet. It has to get over the initial shock first and show signs of growth.
for those that followed the tragic story of allanah and abundance , left late last spring inside a ssv postal box for over a month in a utility closet, well abundance was dead, but allanah ,who rehydrated and came back and grew as well as could be expected, is back again and looking very well in 09 considering her traumatic 08 travel experience from yacolt to ohio. here is she is today, alive and well i would say.
and yes, i am still married. try to time my deliveries for when i am home when possible!!!!
Just look at that wonderful save!!!! Lots of new growth - she is looking good!
well that is wonderful, I especially like what is at the top (or should I say the bottom) of your tomato cage.....LOL
Where did you find that.
Janet
ps I should have a count to you by Wednesday this week as to how many are coming.
thanks meadowwyck...was going to ask you re that. appreciate it.
the tomato cage is a upside down tomato cage with a woven bird house stuck on top of it. i also have some with grapevine balls on top of them. they are in a not too visible trial garden area. necessity is the mother on invention as they say and these are a little something i do so that i can use a tomato cage on a clem and have it look a little better than a regular tomato cage used the traditional way.
clems are so hardy, dawn...we fret over every watering and feeding and planting them out as soon as they arrive, as we should but this one survived the whole month in the dark, dry box and has come back year 2! of course, it was a ssv root which is great root and packed out very nicely so that is part of it i am sure.
little lost allanah will be spectacular this year. she is not damaged at all from the 08 trauma. long live ssv clem roots!
blooms soon, she promises!
