In message , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Victoria
Clare writes
Kay Easton wrote in
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But I find that my early
the late flowering
ones have all their new shoots nibbled by slugs and just disappear.
Since I'm not into killing slugs, I shall content myself with early
flowering clematis and late flowering honeysuckles.


I've had the same problem, but find that if you don't prune the clematis
right down but leave a bit of a 'leg' - say a foot or so - that helps.

This one is also in a pot*, which for some mysterious reason puts the
slugs off. I don't know why this should be when they will cheerfully
climb 6 feet up my runner beans of an evening to eat the young shoots!

Maybe I should grow runner beans to divert the slugs from the clematis
;-)
Depends how hungry you are ;-)
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Chris Boulby National Collection of Diascias