RE: clematis
- Subject: RE: clematis
- From: C* I*
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 13:31:24 -0400
>TWO FREDA ANEOMONE AND TWO CARNABY
>
>SUSAN, WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU HAVE 70 CLAMATIS PLANTED? YOU MUST
>HAVE TRELLIS AND ARCHES ALL AROUND YOUR PROPERTY.
>
>Dee Ann, I do have Carnaby and it is lovely -- although not
>especially vigorous. As for the Freda Anemone -- I believe this is
>a Montana and most get HUGE -- 40-60 feet!!!! So check it out
>before you plant it somewhere! These are VIGOROUS -- and could pull
>down gutters and other plants!
>
>As for 70 clematis -- I have a garden acquaintance with a smaller
>garden than mine with 200! Clematis naturally grow through shrubs
>and small trees, etc. and that is how I grow most of mine. Only a
>very few are on arbors or trellises. Most grow through shrub or
>climbing roses and the rest through shrubs that only bloom once or
>not at all -- more "bang for your buck" that way. ;-)
Oh I would love to see that! I want a clematis, just don't have a
spot that says put one here!. Though I have thought about through
the crab apple.....
But how would I prune it?
Cheryl
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH
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