@mikeymustard - give it a liquid feed of rose or tomato fertiliser and then be patient. It may well recover. I've had clematis do a "Lazarus" 2 or 3 years after apparently giving up the ghost.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
So happy there's a clematis thread. I got a lot of help from the one in lockdown, esp from you, Obelixx (I can't remember my username then)
My piilu (II) is romping away up its netting, and Mayleen (in a tree) is covered in buds.
Prince Charles (III) is starting to grow quite nicely in his dark and murky corner, where he belongs!
I took a risk and planted out a young Guernsey cream before this cold snap- probably with fatal consequencwa.
Sadly lost my Star of India when the structure it was attached to collapsed in the storms this winter. Transplanted some weeks later but no signs of life! I'd like to get another or another similar purple one ASAP.
I had a florida sieboldii two years ago which died overwinter, too, but I replaced it with a passionflower which looks similar enough for my myopic eyes.
@Busy-Lizzie Well, I generally hate the idea of gigantism, "the more, the better", and the industrial atmosphere of that nursery. I much prefer to have a friendly talk with people who raise and love Clematis, such as the Belgian brothers Van Nuffelen.
They are lovely aren't they @Papi Jo. I bought all my clematis form them in Belgium and brought a few with me. They really know their plants and which would succeed in my exposed Belgian garden.
I've just been noodling on the Promesse des Fleurs website for varieties I can't find here and have fallen for Love Child. I shall have to find a couple more to even out the P&P.
@WhereAreMySecateurs - keep your Star of India watered in dry spells and give it a feed. It may well come back but will need time for its roots to get established again after transplanting.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
I've just been noodling on the Promesse des Fleurs website for varieties I can't find here and have fallen for Love Child. I shall have to find a couple more to even out the P&P.
@WhereAreMySecateurs - keep your Star of India watered in dry spells and give it a feed. It may well come back but will need time for its roots to get established again after transplanting.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw