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and alpina get excited and juicy and full of new foliage and flwoer buds just in time to be knocked out by a severe late frost and we always get a -15 or so in late March or even early April that does for them.  I grow lots of clematis but not the cirrhosa

Hi I'm trying to grow clematis for the first time, i have researched, and read that much, im getting confused, i was wondering if there is anyone on the forum who is from my neck of the woods (Lanarkshire Central Scotland) who has experience

I have a clematis growing on a frame,with deep red flowers about 3 inches across, all over it, it has been there for 6 / 7 years, always a good flower display, and grows to about 10 feet tall.this year it grew as usual, flowered, but this week has

I have a wall that is actually the back of my compost heap and want to grow a climber up it.  I have tried a some clematis but they died over the winter because although its a south facing wall it is also very exposed in winter. Any ideas - I would

Raise crops in a grow bag Anyone can grow tomatoes, even if you only have a balcony! All you need is space for a bag of compost, plus a few tomato seedlings, and the promised harvest is a matter of weeks away. There's a huge range of young tomato

I am new to this and my first attempt didn't seem to work, so will try again. I planted this Clematis in the spring in a suitable position against an archway expecting large red flowers.  It has grown quickly reaching the top of the arch but not a

I have a 2yr old honeysuckle that flowered last year but this year the leaves have bad brown patches on them, there are signs of attempting to flower but nothing! It is in a large pot with gravel over soil surface as a clematis shares the pot (this

usually put a plastic pop bottle with the bottom cut out over the new shoots until they have had a chance to make a bit of growth. If you don't prune a young clematis enough ,it can grow tall and straggly with flowers only at the top. Group 2 clematis

After a rare day that I could go out in the garden without a snorkle, thermals and a weatsuit I have spotted that my Clematis Cassis that I bought last year seems to have just gone brown and died. It is two years old and grows close to a Montana

. I look forward to receiving some suggestions! Many clematis will grow fine in shade.  Scroll down this RHS page to "cultivar selection": http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=97 A selection specifically for full shade being sold