Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #878
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #878
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 07:58:45 EDT
In a message dated 6/15/00 3:47:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cline@scnc.sps.k12.mi.us writes:
<< Others have taken off but these two, about half the vine
consists of dead looking branches with a few green leaves and no blooms. She
cut
them all back last year after they bloomed. >>
Two things come to mind:
1. Are these two plants so close to the swimming pool that they're getting a
daily chlorine bath? That would account for weak growth; I suspect they'll
die eventually.
2. Some clematis bloom on old wood, some on new. If she knows the cultivars
she has, this can be checked. If not, I'd suggest she pass on pruning them
this year and see what happens. (OTOH, I grow about 25 different
clematis--LOVE this plant--and I never prune any of them, even the ones I'm
supposed to.)
Bill Lee
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