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Originally Posted by may
these clematis have been in the ground for about 3 or 4 years and they were getting quite big, one was all over an obolisk about 6 feet tall, and another was growing through a roderdendron about 7 foot tall , and the others were all about 4 feet tall .
i have noticed that the snails only seem to go for the big flower type.
The ones that are early flowering like the montana they seem to stay away from ,and the ones that have to be pruned alot with a smaller leaf and flower they dont seem to go for those either, but its the big saucer flower ones that they always go for .
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Ah, right. I grow only the small flowered ones - the alpinas and some of the later flowering ones - and I have to make sure their new growth is well above ground level. Looks like you'll either have to tackle the snails (which has a lot of downsides) or abandon the large flowered clematis.
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