On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 19:49:49 GMT, DigitalVinyl
wrote:

Last year I successfully grew one clematis. A Polish Spirit. I haven't
cut it at all, just let all the leaves die on the vine. After winter a
lot of leaves are dried in place. I remember the clematis had very
delicate, brittle wood when it was growing.

How can you tell this is still viable wood vs. dead wood? (it looks so
dead!)

I can't see damage, but other vines have died off from very tiny
damage. Do you just wait it out?

When do clematis first show life? After frost date?




I'm interested in hearing the responses to this. I have three
different kinds of clematis (spring, and 2 summer bloomers). They
look like dead vines on the trellis, but believe me, they will flower
soon. What beautiful blooms from such an ugly vine! If you trim it
down, you may have no blooms.
:-(