"sacha" wrote in message
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Charlie, or anyone who knows it, can we grow this here? It's terribly
pretty, imo. If so, do you have it?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

It needs/likes a continental climate best but will grow in our milder soggy
climate with attention to slug control, grow it with a bare soil area around
(i.e. no ground cover) During winter this Clematis will die back to ground
level, so in early spring (now!) start with liquid slug killer every 2-3
weeks on dry days (ha ha!!) until the shoots are well above ground, after
that it is just like any other Clematis. You may get lucky and find a place
that it comes back on its own but I have found that the slugs eat the
dormant buds below soil level during winter and without help it dies out
sooner or later.


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk