Clematis and tomatoes are two exceptions to the usual rule, and are best planted 6 inches deeper than the soil level in the pot. This protects the stem bases from mechanical damage, and helps prevent clematis wilt, whose fungus enters where there's damage. It also helps keep the roots cool.
Many small-flowered hybrids are spectacular in flower, and long-blooming. I consider them indispensable, especially the viticella hybrids. I've given up planting large-flowered hybrids, except for 'Jackmannii', which seems to be somewhat wilt resistant.
The flower on this one is beautiful, however the foliage is overbearing and covers alot of the flowers. Going to move mine to a huge tree...Read More and let it go crazy and replace it with something more delicate looking.
This is the second year for this plant. Last year it had one bloom. This year it is blooming it's head off! It is going up a small pear t...Read Moreree and faces southwest. Looks really good with Durande, a small blue clematis.
I have 2 in a small east-facing bed between my front walkway and garage- there are several other clematis varieties as well as shade for...Read More the roots provided by some hostas. I have only had them for slightly over a year now and they are doing great- their growth is wonderful, and they are flowering beyond expectation- I believe the first bloom was about a week and a half ago now I have dozens. Last year, LATE into the year (Thanksgiving I think), there was one flower perfectly holding on for dear life. It was amazing.
Named after Catharine Bateman, the daughter of orchid specialist James Bateman. Awarded RHS First Class Certificate in 1869. Also, receiv...Read Moreed The Royal Horticultural Society, Award of Garden Merit (AGM) in 1993.
I'm in northeast Oklahoma, and have Miss Bateman in two containers... one by my mailbox in full sun, which can be scorching in Oklahoma, ...Read Moreand the other in a half whiskey barrel on the east side of my house. She is doing great in both locations, and I find her to be an easy and simply beautiful clematis. A definite favorite!
C. 'Fortunei' x C. 'Standishii'.
Blackened crispy leaves are often due to a common fungal disease called clematis wilt. L...Read More
The flower on this one is beautiful, however the foliage is overbearing and covers alot of the flowers. Going to move mine to a huge tree...Read More
This is the second year for this plant. Last year it had one bloom. This year it is blooming it's head off! It is going up a small pear t...Read More
I have 2 in a small east-facing bed between my front walkway and garage- there are several other clematis varieties as well as shade for...Read More
Named after Catharine Bateman, the daughter of orchid specialist James Bateman. Awarded RHS First Class Certificate in 1869. Also, receiv...Read More
I'm in northeast Oklahoma, and have Miss Bateman in two containers... one by my mailbox in full sun, which can be scorching in Oklahoma, ...Read More