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Clematis wilt is caused by a fungus that enters the plant through a wound made by an insect or an abrasion, such as rubbing from a plant tie. It's spread by water splash, and blocks the uptake of water in the stems, causing instant collapse

very helpfull thanx Are there any plants cats find repellant? I need to control a cat in a courtyard garden with beds she is destroying. Many thanks, Daisy Ah well, at least I know what caused my clematis catastrophe! Can tell my neighbour now what

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I have two clematis side by side in pots one is fine the other is flowering but looks like it is wilting and may die, should I spray it cut it back or dispose of it? Wait and see what happens. If it wilts completely and goes brown you probably have

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and collapse, which then need to be cut right back to ground level.War on wiltIf you replant the clematis with 5cm - 8cm of the stem below soil level, it should re-grow. If the same plant is hit by wilt every year, cut it back and move it to another site

I pruned my Clematis Rouge Cardinal about 6-8 weeks ago and it began to produce lovey healthy looking shoots. I've just looked at it and all the new growth is wilting. Is it as a result of this unseasonally cold weather and if so will it recover

you can do this year, but cut back the affected stems to round level. Scrape away the top 2 inches of soil of so and replace with fresh. Most plants throw up new shoots next season with no trouble. Ooops, that does sound like clematis wilt - something

I've tried five Clematis in my garden over the years and every one survived for only one year before keeling over with Clematis wilt. I'm not sure if it's the local soil but they're not successful for me, I even tried burying a large pot