Re: fried clematis
- Subject: Re: fried clematis
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:37:14 EDT
In a message dated 9/10/02 3:52:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
corgilover@wi.rr.com writes:
> I planted it two years ago on the south side of my pale cream brick
> home (feet in the shade under a nearby bush). It began to climb
> nicely in the spring and got about 5 feet high and then literally
> fried in the heat (both stems and all leaves are crispy brown). It
> was watered regularly, but I think the heat radiating off the brick
> toasted it.
>
> Anyone care to speculate on my chances of it coming up again?
>
I've got a couple of clematis that look like this too. One started going
before the rain stopped. There is a wilt that infects clematis--don't ask me
the scientific aspects of it--but I've read that the thing to do is cut the
dead parts back to the ground, put a little compost around, water well, and
it will regrow.
I guess we won't really know for sure until next year whether we've got
plants that have recovered from clematis wilt or dead clematis.
Bill Lee
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