Thread: clematis after winter?
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Old 02-03-2004, 05:12 PM
DigitalVinyl
 
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Default clematis after winter?
Joe wrote:

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 22:28:54 GMT, wrote:

I leave it alone until it is all leafed out and then trim dead stuff. there are
different clematis leaf out different times. Ingrid

DigitalVinyl wrote:
How can you tell this is still viable wood vs. dead wood? (it looks so
dead!)
When do clematis first show life? After frost date?


Just be patient. I'm in Eastern Ontario and mine come back every
year. They look like dead sticks until the buds finally break.
Joe

That's exactly how it looks. Eight feet of dead sticks.
DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
1st Year Gardener
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