Re: Clematis problems

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• Subject: Re: Clematis problems
• From: G* +* M* L* <g*@ibm.net>
• Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:30:45 -0600
• References: <1.5.4.16.19970623203621.36cf1de2@pop.pipeline.com>

Theodore James, Jr. wrote:
> 
> Last fall, I picked up about a dozen clematis plants very reasonably at the
> end of the season   I planted all.  Two of them, adjacent to an arch, put
> out healthy looking foliage and at about 1 foor, with  blossom buds on them
> the plant shrivveled and died.  Both of them.  Now another is doing the
> same.  Only that one is about two feet high.  It is shrivveling and dying.
> What should I do?
> 
> Also can anyone suggest pruning for :  Jacmanii, Henryii, Mr. President,
> Nelly Moser?   My Henryii now in its 12th year, did not set forth many
> flowers this year.  Do I prune after bloom, in the spring ????  Unfortunately
> clematis is complicated business.  Can anyone sift this out forme?  Many
> thanks.
> Theodore:

I prune my Jackmanii and Nelly Moser Clematis down to about
10" each spring (early May).

Glen in Regina, SK, zone 3
Canadian Prairies
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