Re: Clematis & Rocks

> From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
> The gravel in question is quite thin. The best the folks at the 
> University could come up with on the problem was that it was
probably a 
> response to some environmental stress that resolved before the
plant 
> was killed.
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Being half brain dead at this point, I've forgotten what the original
clematis problem was:-)  But, if it died, it probably didn't have a
lot to do with a gravel mulch.  Clematis are subject to sudden death
syndrome; they often seem to come back, but not always.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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