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Gardening

Delmette2.0

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2. My Mother insisted that clematises did best facing east and

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sun Jun 20, 2021, 10:37 AM

Jun 2021

With their roots protected. She proped, firmly, two wooden shingles to shield the roots. I followed her advice and within a few years my clematis were 10 feet tall and full of blooms.

P.S. don't forget a trellis or runner of chain link fence.

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My 'where the heck did THIS come from?' Clematis is looking fine, this morning [View all] Siwsan Jun 2021 OP

It *is* a clematis Diamond_Dog Jun 2021 #1

It is, and it's a clematic jackmanii, to be exact. A lovely flowering vine. nt Nay Jun 2021 #9

My Mother insisted that clematises did best facing east and Delmette2.0 Jun 2021 #2

It actually IS facing east Siwsan Jun 2021 #3

Mine face east, are planted to run up the carport and they have. Plus another 60 feet into the trees CurtEastPoint Jun 2021 #5

The house I had then had a deep front porch. Delmette2.0 Jun 2021 #7

Beautiful. Just beautiful. MLAA Jun 2021 #4

It probably came from bird poop from seeds from a neighbors yard 3Hotdogs Jun 2021 #6

oh man....all my flowers are going CRAZY this year too and some i planted several samnsara Jun 2021 #8

My clematis was monstrous this year! femmocrat Jun 2021 #10

My tomatoes are just starting to appear Siwsan Jun 2021 #11