Re: clematis questions

Hi Pat, 
	you wrote:
>It's been my experience that whether I plant them 7 feet under ground, 
>7 inches under ground, or just look at them wrong, they die on me.
>That said, my mother-in-law ripped hers out of the ground before the 
>tree it was growing on was felled and brought me a snip.  SHE stuck it 
>in the ground near my fence and it's thriving.  I have no idea what 
>cultivar it is (it's magenta and is growing off the old vines), and I 
>refuse to touch it or look at it very long for fear I'll kill it. . . 
>. . I just avert my head as I walk past it - that seems to suit both 
>of us just fine.

Hahaha!  Thanks for making my morning!  I wonder if you have Ernest
Markham, whom I've lost twice.  If so, I'm envious, and advise that you
peer at him only from windows, under the cover of curtains.  And I just may
try EM again, but in a different location this time.

Alyce Elliott
northern NY zone 4

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