Re: Clematis & Rocks

Did not die - the leaves turned brown and crispy one third to one half up the plant but there were living leaves and even a flower above the damage. No evidence of total collapse of any of the stems.
Cathy
On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 01:25 AM, Marge Talt wrote:

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
mtalt@hort.net
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