Clematis, Early Large-flowered Clematis Nelly Moser - Daves Garden The blackened crispy leaves some complain of are due to a common fungal disease called clematis wilt Large-flowered clematis are more pr Read More one to clematis wilt than the species and small-flowered hybrids
California Gardening:Clematis in So. Calif. - Daves Garden If you are growing roses with clematis, type III are obviously the best as they can be pruned with the roses The clematis will tell you when to prune once you learn from them :-) Hope that this helps They can take a lot of years here to become established but then they are very long-lived plants This is a young 'Niobe' climbing up an
Growing clematis from bare roots - Daves Garden Too funny- my mom just came home with the same pack of clematis from Sam's (only she got the President) So I strolled over to the clematis forum to see if I could find information about how to grow them from bare roots So thank you for asking Valerie!! And thank you for answering so thoroughly Jeanne
Clematis, Early Large-flowered Clematis Niobe - Daves Garden I've grown this clematis for ~ 4 years--it gets better every year This year it survived a bad winter with some uncharacteristic minus 1 Read More 4 degree nights! It blooms in March-April here and can manage in 30 degree changes of temp in a single day night and in frequent 30 mph winds with gusts of 50 mph (lower part of plant on a trellis
Clematis, Early Large-flowered Clematis H. F. Young - Daves Garden This Clematis has grown more and more beautiful every year It is now on it's fourth year in my garden (East Texas zone 8B) and it is stu Read More nning The flowers have held up to a major thunderstorm over the weekend and are unfazed
Clematis, Early Large-flowered Clematis Mrs. N. Thompson Pruning Group 2 clematis from Hybridizer Walter Pennell of the UK Very Deep Purple Tepals with a Striking dark Red Bar and Red Anthers Read More Named after the Wife of Mr N Thompson who was Pennell's Office Manager Ideal to be grown in a Container as it only gets about 4 - 4 1 2 ft tall
Clematis, Early Large-flowered Clematis Dr. Ruppel - Daves Garden Clematis, especially Ruppel does very well in Vermont, but it must be trimmed back carefully each fall and we fertilize on an every two w Read More The pic I just posted, when it shows up, is going to look "fake", but it really IS Dr Ruppel on our front porch!
Clematis, Early Large-flowered, Double Clematis Josephine - Daves Garden Clematis gardening on the zone 3 4 line can be a challenge! I bought this plant at a big box store a couple of years ago and it was in t Read More ough shape with a few straggly and damaged stems It has survived and though a slow grower, each year it has become more vigorous