Clematis care: Pruning, planting, fertilizing and more.
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41 Comments
You didnt shiw us how to orune Group #1. That is most commo in retail stores & less expensive than the pots in garden shops. Mine did hardly anything the 1st year, but this Soring it took off! It's so dense with vines that it's taking over a lot of my garden. The vines are all layered & tangled & I don't know where to begin pruning later. What to do?
Is that Lake Michigan in the background? Very much like your channel.
I have only one clematis. It is lovely even though I have never pruned it. This is the 3rd or 4th year, I think. It does turn brown in mid to late summer which I hate. This may be due to underwatering or is it wilt? Is anyone familiar with this? I want to plant many more.
I have a clematis that I’ve had for years. Neve pruned it. Never. It just does its own thing and it’s beautiful. Am I doing something wrong?
Donna Snyder obviously not.
I have three that I planted over the last three yrs, they get morning sun and none have gotten larger than 6”. I keep waiting for them to do some thing. Seems like every spring they shoot up, and the man steps on them and they break before they can get started. I have a trellis around them, and this year it was the roofers that screwed things up, they moved the trellis and I didn’t realize it, as I was at work when they came, roofed and was gone when I came home…they placed it close, but not exact…and darn it, the man stepped on them, yes again! Ha, maybe next year will be their year!! Maybe I just needed to fertilize them, which thank you, I didn’t realize clematis were fairly heavy feeders?? I have two more that do very well and two others that are just getting their feet planted and got some decent blooms out of them, 2 others that I don’t think they made it thru our crazy Texas February freeze we had this year! Nonetheless, I love clematis too, and will be diligent in getting the 3 that keep trying, to eventually make their place in my front garden known!! Thanks for the tips!!!
Beautiful!!!!! I just planted two and I really wanna order more! Where did u get yours?
Oh dear, is that how you pronounce clematis? I always put the accent on the second syllable.
I have three nice teepee trellises and would love to try a clematis on one. Can they take full sun? I have never grown one.
Totally confused!
How come your garden is like a Dead one..
I have two that I want to move…to a place where they can climb, I have no idea what kind they are though, purple and white, I think good size flowers
Thank you for this tutorial… I can refer back to it when I purchase my clematis and plant them…💕
Best video ever thank you !my favorite flower!
Mine didn’t bloom at all
How did you prevent the animals from completely eating all the clematis?
Great video, I have six clematis and three are doing beautifully the other three have brown leaves on the bottom and don’t bloom more then once (few blooms).
I have fallen deeply in love with one of the clematises you mentioned: Gravetye Beauty. What a beauty indeed! Those lovely wine/ruby colored trumpet shaped flowers are a magnet for hummingbirds as well. For those who are new here to growing clematis, I find that the saying is true: the first year, they sleep, the second year, they creep, and the third year, they leap. They get better and better each year.
You explain things so clearly
I absolutely love my clitoris. They’re my favorite vine to grow in the yard. Some Years I trim off cuttings off my clitoris to make new ones. Thank you for the video
I am so confused
Thanks for your content, appreciate you!!!
Can’t see what you are pruning. Closeup please.
What is the mail order clematis specialty nursery?
I am glad to know that group three clematis can be planted more shallowly than group two to counteract rabbit damage.
Thank god for gardeners like you Erin who keep it real. When just starting out you can get so confused by all the advice and “proper” methods for success that you just don’t bother trying some things. I agree with your “just try it and see what happens” method because we have different environments and there is not one way that works for all. There are just guidelines.
great info
Love! I just bought another clematis today…Blue Ravine. I've grown so many clematis over the years and lost quite a few too. It's definitely a love of mine. Great info and I like your matter of fact style.
I'm putting up a 6 ft wrought iron fence in my backyard … I'll be planting Boston Ivy at the base but I'm told it won't show up for two years …
In the meantime, is there another vine I can plant that can grow more quickly than Boston Ivy? … I'm not crazy about colorful vines as much as I want privacy … your thoughts please …
That garden looks dead!
My clematis is growing lots of leaves but never flowers for 4 to 5 years now. ..
You said group 2 gets a fungal wilt. Do they benefit from a systemic antifungal drench?
Henry THE FIRST❗❗❗
You pointed and you were talking about making a cut then the video went to another view. Never saw what your were talking about.
I have one Clematis and because I live in Southern California (zone 9B), it blooms early. By now, early June, it has completed blooming. Then the leaves start getting “rust.” I allow the leaves to die a little bit and give it a hard cut. I’ll get a second bloom later this summer. At the end of the second bloom, another hard cut till next spring. The second blooms are not as showy and big, but it is still beautiful
I am learning to grow plants , I have hydrangea, delphinium, columbine ,iris, anyway, looking on to a different plant to do, so I watched this video on clematis, so thank you for the information, never grew clematis.Cindy Rasmussen, Coeurd'alene, Id
Phew! That was helpful. Thanks.
Excellent info thank you.
Ho Erin, I couldn't catch the name of the company where you order most of your clematis from?
Thank you for talking about rabbit damage and clematis. Rabbits bit through some of mine well after they were budded out, right at the bottom. So, vines just began dying off, turning brown, and looking miserable. I tried to cut out the dead pieces, but cut some of the live ones too, and it was one miserable effort. Finally, I was left with a very thin clematis, almost no flowers, and able to see right through to the support. I have never sprayed rabbit repellent seriously on my clematis, but will in the future. Waiting all year to see them bloom and losing them to rabbits is way too disappointing, I will also feed them, which I have rarely done. This is great information. Thanks.
Thanks for explaining how forgiving plants can be and that mistakes in the garden can turn out ok.