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Clematis
I've bought a Clematis florida sieboldii which is in a very small pot and the poor thing needs planting out. I'm sure I read somewhere that clematis benifit from being planted really deeply. Is this correct? If so is it ok to bury some of the new by tattianna
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03/08/2012 22:07:44
by cufcskim
Purple leaved climber
of the garden, and I'm a seed sowing addict so any plants that I can grow in my un heated greenhouse would be nice Moon on a stick... Not quite purple, more a coppery colour - clematis montana 'Warwickshire Rose'. I have one, and have given away several by Tilley Bancroft
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23/04/2013 21:20:58
by Tilley Bancroft
Best blue flowering plant
I grow lots of blue flowered plants. What's your favourite? How about linum perenne to start? In summer, and grown next to santolina lemon fizz....yellow foliage....and behind a yellow osteospermum it is a real eye catcher all summer long. well by Verdun
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31/12/2012 12:22:17
by Ava
Mina lobata
I was given a packet of these seeds, I have 2 germinated. That is not the problem I would love to know if they are OK.Do they set seeds like anything so to be avoided. Do they stop growing early Do they have any cultural peculiarities - apart from by Rosa pulcino
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07/04/2013 17:18:59
by Rosa pulcino
Climer For Privacy
as will also need new posts etc. What I am thinking is getting trellis pannel and attaching it to the fence pannels, but higher by say 6inches. What would be best to plant to grow up and over the trellis (hopfully add few more inches in height)? Idealy would by Frozz
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28/01/2013 22:12:28
by bunnysgarden
Clematis Cassis
the ground. Is it supposed to do that? I thought it would produce new growth from the old branches. It's a group 3 clematis like a viticella so it will shoot up from at or near ground level.   Normally I would prune this plant down to about 1 foot from by Swedboy
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18/04/2012 20:05:28
by Swedboy
Clematis Fireworks Cuttings
Hi, I'm hoping someone out there can help with this one! We have a clematis (clematis fireworks) that we rescued from almost dead a few years back, and it is now flourishing with an abundant mass of the most beautiful mauve flowers. However we by TommyK
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13/06/2013 23:38:42
by TommyK
Talkback: Plant supports - upping the stakes
into the wires with string. We built a pergola over our pond last year and to grow clematis and passion flowers up the wooden posts we screwed some small pretty angle brackets with sun catcher in them at the top then ran green garden wire from the metapost by Denise Pieri
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16/04/2012 06:42:48
by the enduring gardener
Climbers for north facing fence in pots
 afternoon shade, where I'm trying to grow hosta's and have planted shade loving shrubs, an 8ft high fence to the left provides no shade after lunch and  plants get full sun till dusk. When do you get the sun or is the area always in shade? I'd go for clematis by cjblue
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18/06/2012 16:07:28
by Lokelani
HOYA - WAX FLOWER
x Hoya is definitely a houseplant. Though Hoya is a lovely plant, it is a houseplant in this country. Both Clematis Freckles and Trachelospermum are lovely choices. Why not grow both intertwined  I'm assuming it's a sunny spot?  Also Clematis by pinkpeony
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29/06/2012 13:15:21
by pinkpeony