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For any clematis lovers nout there, I wonder if you've seen the variety 'Bijou'. A very pretty flower and at just 12 inches high, it's ideally suited to growing in pots. David, yes a very nice flower although I would ask why.I like my Clematis

. Cheers.   Blood, Fish and Bone now, and then tomato feed when growing strongly. That would do but if they're a bit feeble I'd also give them a liquid feed now as a tonic.  You can also buy specialist clematis feed.  i've just been out doing some of mine

. Never had any luck with clematis in the past, but once I started doing this, they've really thrived. Clematis can grow quite happily in full sun or part shade depending on the variety but they all like a deep, cool root run so you need to make sure yours

I've not grown a clematis before and have been given one by my son and taken cuttings from others I liked the look of last summer. They are growing like mad but I cannot see any flower buds yet. My son says to put some potash on them???? I don

in a pot, and something that will tolerate shade (the house is NW facing).   I narrowed it down to clematis "Ville de Lyon", which grows to about 3m. It's a group 3, but apparently group 3 clematis need to be hard pruned every year down to about 30cm

prune fairly hard back, down to about 18", in spring. Clematis are very vigorous, and you won't see most of the flowers if you let them grow. You may also find that the growth dies back to the ground on its own. As far as I know, Constance is an alpina

ideas on what this is from the picture would be helpful.   I think this is just a recently planted clematis struggling a bit, due to a combination of factors.  It will be concentrating on growing it's roots in the first year, plus the weather has been

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i want some fast growing good looking ivy to cover a shed wall whats the best ideas for this, thanks clematis Montana Elizabeth,in no time you ll have a lovely covering. thats nice but will it alsocover my shed in the winter? i do really like

this link in the newsletter, just in time to find out what was wrong with my clematis... I thought it was thirsty! Many thanks for the tip. SO ! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CLEMATIS ! One of your BBC Gardeners World magazines featured a low growing plant