On Mon, 09 May 2005 22:13:48 GMT, "Phil L"
wrote:

Pam Moore wrote:
:: On Mon, 9 May 2005 22:18:40 +0100, "andrewpreece"
:: wrote:
::
::: Clematis Flux I think it is called. Cut it back and it should
::: regrow. It is bacterial.
::: My only doubt over it is that I thought Clematis Flux issued
::: forth from the end
::: of a stem, I didn't know that it spread all along a stem.
::
:: Andrew, many thanks.
:: I looked it up and it does seem exactly described under Clematis
:: Flux on this page. I've never heard of it.
:: http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/plantf...lematis_25.asp
::

There's a bit about it here too, and a small pictu
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...slime_flux.asp

Thank you folks!
That's it. The plant is already removed, as the slime was right down
to soil level. I told my daughter you'd come up trumps!

Pam in Bristol