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Clematis Wilt?
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Posted by Kiddy Kidderminster (My Page) on Tue, May 10, 05 at 11:56
My husband planted a clematis earlier this year and, until three days ago, it was doing fine. Now it has drooped alarmingly and I suppose it must be clematis wilt (I don't think he planted it deep enough). Is this terminal or can we cut it right back, dig up and replant, or both, or what?
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RE: Clematis Wilt?
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| l cannot offer any sensible advice, except to say, that it happened to me, and the plant recovered itself, never give up on anything is all the advice, l can offer you. |
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| Apparently, if you plant them deeper in the first place then they can resprout from below the ground as the wilt does not live beneath the soil. Bit late now, as you have already planted it. I'd recommend the bodger's way of hastily shoving a bucketload of earth on top, see if that helps! You might as well cut it back as the wilted bit won't revive, and hope for fresh shoots from underground. Don't give up on clematis; in my experience, and I have killed loads, they will pop up again after doing nothing for a year. They will also send up feeble shoots year after year which get to about a foot and then do nothing. They have on years and off years for no apparent reason. And of course, quite often, they just die. My Lasurstern got clematis wilt about 10 years ago. Then the greenhouse got built on top of it and it has never looked back. It is towering over the greenhouse covered in buds right now, and I have great hopes that this is an on year. If wilt really bothers you, try C. viticella, which don't get it. My sister and I are both a bit obsessed with clematis and buy at least half a dozen a year each. We get them in Autumn sales; you can get a reasonable sized clematis for £2.50 or £3 if you shop around, for example, at the Autumn flower shows, and don't mind trying new varieties. Then it's not quite so irritating when they die, as if you'd paid £10 Or £12 at a fancy garden centre! And I would say about a third die in the end. |
RE: Clematis Wilt?
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- Posted by Kiddy Kidderminster (My Page) on
Wed, May 11, 05 at 5:31
| Thanks mate(s) I'll perservere then (and try the bodger's way - ideal for me!!) |
RE: Clematis Wilt?
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| Try Morrisons Supermarket £1.69 and a good range too. I would be quite upset to pay £2.50 or £3.00 for them even if they lived. |
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| Some people are such cheapskates! ;-) |
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| Come off it Garden Nerd - you know you like a bargain as much as anyone else! Actually I think gardening is about the challenge, money does not come into it that much. I love the idea of buying a plant and a bit later dividing it into 4, or growing more plants from cuttings. I really feel that I have achieved something. Buying from a nursery is nice but does not have the same satisfaction. |
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