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Clematis knowledge

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ACurlyWurly · 08/06/2017 12:20

For many years I have grown Jasmine in my garden, however the variety I planted last summer in my new garden completely died back after christmas. This meant that the careful training all over my trellis and coverage on my garage has come to nothing and I have had to cut it all off. This has never happened with one of my Jasmine before and it was so disappointing to see it all coming down and my ugly garage on display again. The stems/branches were totally dead and there was no budding just new growth at the bottom with new stems.

I have moved it to a new spot where it wont need such a lot of unraveling and wont look ugly when it dies again next year.

I have now been given 2 clematis (type unknown) and want to plant them. if they turn out to be deciduous will the stems all die out or will they rebud along the length of the stems. I dont want to end up with more dead branches all over the garage and have to start from scratch IYSWIM

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Trethew · 08/06/2017 14:16

I think your best bet would be to invest in a couple of climbers that you know are evergreen, and suited to the growing conditions where you are planting them

BartiDdu · 08/06/2017 15:51

I agree with the previous poster.

Some types of clematis produce shoots on old wood, others on new growth. Some are evergreen, most are not. Probably easier to get some new climbers that will do exactly what you want them to do!

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