"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2014-02-01 09:35:44 +0000, Charlie Pridham said:

"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.

Tsk! Pressed 'send' too quickly! Thank you, Charlie! Are you and Liz
coming up this way any time soon?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

We will try this year but just as I thought we had got Liz's back fixed she
thinks the repair has failed, we await the verdict on Monday.


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