Clematis flowers

daniellejackson81

  

Hello couLe anyone tell me what these are on my clematis plant please? I'll be honest I'm not very green fingered. It was planted last year and didn't flower at all. I have fed it with tomato rite and we got 1 or 2 flowers then these. What have I done wrong?

Fairygirl

Seedheads - after the flowers  

Obelixx

Seed heads from early flowers, judging by their maturity.   Most people find them attractive.

Do you know what variety it is?  

daniellejackson81

Really? I didnt have any flowers!!!! Do I just leave them or cut them off? I'm really sorry, I'm a complete novice at this gardening malarkey. 

The variety is clamatis macropetala mark ham if that helps.

Last edited: 10 June 2017 15:07:23

Silver surfer

You may not have noticed them but your Clematis did flower at some stage.

No flowers... no seedheads.

You said earlier...."we got 1 or 2 flowers then these"

Last edited: 10 June 2017 15:08:48

Silver surfer

Most people love the seed heads...it is another interest after the flowers have gone.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=clematis+seed+heads&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjR5OagurPUAhXsDsAKHescCowQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759

Clematis macropetala Markham..flowers.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=clematis+macropetala+markham's&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8qrzIurPUAhWqAcAKHcv9COUQ_AUIBigB&biw=1536&bih=731

Last edited: 10 June 2017 15:12:23

Silver surfer

Clematis macropetala Markham..flowers.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=clematis+macropetala+markham%27s&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8qrzIurPUAhWqAcAKHcv9COUQ_AUIBigB&biw=1536&bih=731

Dovefromabove

The attractive seedheads are one of the plus points of Markham's Pink ... leave them on.  It's a lovely clematis and yours is still young.  http://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/clematis-markhams_pink.html 

No need to prune this clematis, just let it do it's thing, but next year in early March give it a feed with specialist clematis food (available from garden centres) and a good watering.   That'll encourage it to produce more flowers next April/May.

daniellejackson81

Thank you so much for your replies. Do I just feed it the once from early march or feed it weekly from March?

Dovefromabove

Just the once with the specialist food is all it should need. 

Clematis do need plenty of water, so if we have another dry winter and spring, a bucket full of water two or three times a week in spring and summer  will help it along too.