Climber won’t climb

Kweegly

I have a climber that doesn’t seem to climb, it’s has quite a sunny spot, is watered often, I tie it to the trellis. strangely it seems to die on the sunny side.

i’m not sure what plant it is so I’ve included a few pictures. The plant is about 5 years old now.

Chrissy the gardener

It’s a clematis it might need a bigger pot, it likes its roots in the shade and the top in the sun. 

Kweegly

Any idea why it seems to grow away from the sun, as you look at the photo the right side is where the sun comes from.

Bijdezee

Clematis like the one in your picture do need tying in.  Some of the others have more clingy tendrils that seem to scramble and cling more. For a good shape and spread then you need to encourage it by tying it in.

As Chrissy said they prefer moist and shaded roots so i think yours would thank you for a larger and deeper pot and maybe some thing in front of the pot to shade it, another plant etc.

Clematis are usually only suitable for pots for about 3 years then they start to signs of needing to be put in the ground for a deeper root run. How long has it been in the pot?

Kweegly

Great information, as an option I can put it in the flower bed somewhere. 

What climbers like pots, I have a spare pot 3 times the size. I really want a flowering climber up the back wall 🙂

Fire

The herbaceous clem might be shade-loving