clematis

Tagged Discussions

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 26 May 23

Visited my neighbor yesterday. He shared more of his wild mint. I grow it in containers in the screen room. My cats love it and I use it in my hot tea. Smells so fresh. While visiting, he had to show me what is blooming in his...

36 responses •

34 people

Garden and Weather Update

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 7 Oct 20

I located 2 water barrels for the water we didn't get this summer and now that I don't need them, we are getting buckets of it. Last night alone I woke up to hear rain coming down so hard, I couldn't get back to sleep. On the...

garden

weather update

clematis

holly bushes and nasturtiums

6 responses •

6 people

Have you heard of Lhakpa Sherpa?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 31 May 20

I’ve just commented on a post by JimB o (@JimBo452020). You can read it here: https://www.mylot.com/post/3372706/another-plant-unknown. JimB o calls his clematis bush Edmund Hilary as it is a climber. I suggested it was too...

27 responses •

27 people

Clematis

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 5 May 11

This photo shows the trellis I finally bought for my purple Clematis. This things climbs so much I had to have a trellis. Previously I used string etc to train it to climb on. Now this year it won't look so cluttered I hope. This...

10 responses •

5 people

What do you suggest to buy at the sales?

annamol @annamol (275) • United States 5 Aug 10

As the summer is coming to its end there are lots of sales at the nurseries and other stores. 25% and more sales. What plants do you buy at the sales? Yesterday I saw good selection of shrubs and bushes with 25% discount. Can I,...

1 response

Majestic Beauty

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 3 Jun 09

This photo shows one flower opened on my purple Clematis. It will have many flowers once again this year. I plan on moving it somewhere to climb better. Where do you have your Clematis climbing? I am thinking of placing it at...

6 responses •

2 people

Patience pays off with a Clematis. How do I keep it happy?

Colmuc @Colmuc (707) 2 Jun 09

I am very much a vegetable gardener but also like to have a few flowers. Over the last 10 years I have tried unsuccessfully to grow clematis. They would produce a few flowers the first year but die off in the winter. Four...

clematis

4 responses

5x the flowers this year

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 24 Jun 08

Well a lot of members asked for a photo of my Clematis as it fully bloomed. Well here it is. Today I counted 15 flowers on it compared to just a few last year. This show shows over a dozen and it was taken Sunday afternoon. With...

9 responses •

3 people

Trellis Needed

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 30 May 08

Well my clematis has yet to flower or bud, but it is huge this year. The pole it is climbing is 4 feet tall. So I guess the clematis to be about 6 feet or taller actually. I was going to buy a trellis this year but, put it off due...

7 responses •

5 people

Violet Clematis

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 9 May 08

Awhikle back I posted asking about pruning a Clematis. Well last winter I let mine fall apart then removed the dead branches from it. Now it has had a sudden growth spurt after a nice rainstorm and it is about 4 feet tall now....

6 responses •

3 people

Lovely Purple

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 1 Jul 07

It finally opened up this morning. And to think it only took 2 years for this dang Clematis to grow for Mr Green Thumb Grandpa Bob. HAHAHAHA! I don't see anymore buds on the Clematis yet either. But it's beautiful none the less...

14 responses •

8 people

Clematis

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 27 Jun 07

I planted 2 Clematis plants 2 years ago and they never broke ground at all. Well this year one seems to have returned. It shocked the wife and I. Yet we love it. It seems to be taking forever for the flowers to show up. This photo...

18 responses •

6 people

When the weather warms, I want to add a clematis to my garden...

bonbon50 @bonbon50 (659) • United States 13 Feb 07

I live in zone 5 and already have a Jackmanii. I'd like to add another prolific bloomer that will winter over in my zone. Any suggestions? Color really isn't important.

clematis

gardening

zone 5

2 responses