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Freshly planted clematis should have hardwood mulch around the surface of the plant to keep the soil cooler. For the best performance of the clematis, the pH should be between 6 and 7.5.
The plant flowers on the year's new growth, so pruning is best done in early spring, before the plant leafs out. Cut to the ground the plant can reach 3 metres (10 ft) during the season; a column of bloom can be achieved by pruning out stems at varying heights, some as low as four buds, others above head height.
Essential Pruning Tips. Whether you are pruning a small tree or a perennial, use these pruning tips to promote a healthy, long-lived plant. 1. Remove dead, damaged, and diseased material right away.
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Clematis aristata is a popular hardy garden plant. It prefers a semi-shaded or shaded position and cool deep soils and will withstand heavy pruning. [5] It is a vigorous climber and may become a problem by smothering other plants. Propagation can be carried out from fresh seed and from cuttings of semi-hardened stems. [5]
Clematis paniculata is an evergreen woody high-climbing vine. [5] [6] It has a woody stem that is usually around 10 cm or more in diameter at the base. The leaves are dark and globous, sparsely hairy beneath. They have stout branchlets. [7] They have a leaf margin of toothed, entire or lobed near apex, though they are rarely ever profoundly ...
Clematis leaves are food for the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species, including the willow beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria). The timing and location of flowers varies; spring-blooming clematis flower on side shoots of the previous year's stems, summer/fall blooming clematis bloom only on the ends of new stems, and twice-flowering clematis ...
Clematis viorna is a vine up to four meters long. The stems are almost completely free of hairs, or may have long or short soft hairs below the node. Leaves are usually cut into four to eight leaflets, with a terminal leaflet similar to a tendril. Some leaves may not be cut into leaflets.