On Mon, 6 Apr 2015 10:41:35 +0100 (BST), (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article ,
Jeff Layman wrote:

Damn. I put one NOT against a wall, because I don't have any
walls large enough, and last winter did for it.

Is it definitely dead underground, too?

A couple of years ago I put in a C. armandii Hendersonii rubra. The
first year it looked like it was going south, with some sort of dieback
(not clematis wilt). But it recovered last year with a few flowers. This
year it is smothered in them.

Dunno, but I don't think that one shoots from the base. I have
cut it back, and shall see what happens, but am not optimistic.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Mine came off the wall when I 'accidentally' pulled it. (Ithought I had hold of something
else). It was down to 1 stem but has recovered. It behaves like ivy, in that it grows low
down and then finds something to climb up after a few years. I do not cover it. It is in a
draughty space by the garage but does get full sun.

Kath

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