Re: Future trends?--clematis

In a message dated 7/25/2006 11:31:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
aete@northnet.org writes:

I have  somewhere around 50 clematis.  They give 
me fits.  Wilt,  etc.  


I don't have quite 50, Alyce, but I grow a lot of them. Two things I  learned 
this year:
1. An application of compost at the base as they start to grow in the  spring 
makes a HUGE difference! I had great growth and lots of bloom this year,  the 
first time I had enough compost to do this.
2. Do not weed anywhere near them until well after bloom. Every place I  
weeded I apparently disturbed the roots just enough to cause wilt. This was 100%  
true. The ones I did not weed around did fine, the ones I weeded around  
wilted.
Bill Lee

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