Mine got a bit out of hand, so I cut it down to the ground. I have
done close to that before, and it normally shoots from both old
wood and the roots. But it hasn't so far. It might have died
in the very wet winter, of course.

Has anyone any experience with doing this?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:
Mine got a bit out of hand, so I cut it down to the ground. I have
done close to that before, and it normally shoots from both old
wood and the roots. But it hasn't so far. It might have died
in the very wet winter, of course.

Has anyone any experience with doing this?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Not the same I know, but I cut my Nelly Moser to the ground last autumn, and
it's back up to 6ft+ already.
--
ßôyþëtë
London, UK

Nick Maclaren wrote:
Mine got a bit out of hand, so I cut it down to the ground. I have
done close to that before, and it normally shoots from both old
wood and the roots. But it hasn't so far. It might have died
in the very wet winter, of course.

Has anyone any experience with doing this?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

My tanutica is always the last clematis to sprout into growth each year.
Today, the buds are just starting to break on it so don't give up hope
just yet...

Jeff
NE England

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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Mine got a bit out of hand, so I cut it down to the ground. I have
done close to that before, and it normally shoots from both old
wood and the roots. But it hasn't so far. It might have died
in the very wet winter, of course.

Has anyone any experience with doing this?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I always take mine down to within 1cm of the ground every year so I doubt
its that, they are prone to rotting off at the ground in winter if in a wet
spot and of dying of old age (one of the reasons for hard pruning - keeps
the base young and healthy) In the wild the tangutica types behave a bit
like the American tumble weeds and break of and blow along scattering seed
and behaving more as an annual.
I suspect its nothing you have done/not done but just one of those
unexplained seasonal losses.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

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"Charlie Pridham" writes:
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| I always take mine down to within 1cm of the ground every year ...
| I suspect its nothing you have done/not done but just one of those
| unexplained seasonal losses.

Thanks. As you may remember, I have something that causes such deaths,
and it was a VERY wet autumn and winter. I shall do as Jeff Taylor
suggests, and wait - if it hasn't shown by late summer, then I will
replace it this autumn.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren writes

Mine got a bit out of hand, so I cut it down to the ground. I have
done close to that before, and it normally shoots from both old
wood and the roots. But it hasn't so far. It might have died
in the very wet winter, of course.

Has anyone any experience with doing this?

My neighbour had his cut down to about 6ft, and that hasn't shown any
signs of life so far.
--
Kay