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clematis by mail order-is this reasonable
I decided to try one clematis. I chose a duchess of edinburgh, which
after research I realize wasn't the best choice for my first. I received the "plant" the other day and I wanted to check with you folk if my expectations were unreasonable or this condition is common. It was $10, and came lying sideways in a plastic caddy that caught all the dirt that spilled out. The square pot the cutting is in is 2" square, 3" deep. The cutting is 3.5" tall of thin wood with three nodes branching old wood. All the leaves on the lower two nodes are curled up, brown, dry and brittle. The top node sported a mixture of dead and half dead leaves. three leaves have some green and suppleness left but they are rotted brown and curled throughout their edges. From the crotch of third node are three tiny leaves which looked new and one long yellow stem with two yellow stalks--I think this is new wood with two leaf stems. http://members.aol.com/DigitalVinyl66/clematis.jpg Since then the tiny leaves have curled and the yellow stem is drooped low. I'm hoping for it to recover. Is this sad little guy normal? I expected a plant with some life on it, not rotting brown leaves. SHould I trim all but the new yellow stalk off. A cluster of rotted leaves already broke off the second node's stem. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) |
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