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Moving clematis
My Mum died in Autumn last year, and I lost 80 years of gardening experience as well as my best friend. So I' m looking for a new source of advice.
In Spring last year she planted 4 new clematis around a metal obelisk. Would they move to a south facing fence and if so, how? I would have done it sooner but the fence was being replaced. Also, when? I probably have a while until the house sells in this market. |
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Moving clematis
On 10/06/2012 08:26, KatiG wrote:
My Mum died in Autumn last year, and I lost 80 years of gardening experience as well as my best friend. So I' m looking for a new source of advice. In Spring last year she planted 4 new clematis around a metal obelisk. Would they move to a south facing fence and if so, how? I would have done it sooner but the fence was being replaced. Also, when? I probably have a while until the house sells in this market. So sorry to hear about your Mum, Kati. Hopefully, you will find a good source of advice here. Welcome. The 4 clematis will certainly move, and south facing is fine provided you give them some shade at the roots. Provided you're prepared to water well until they establish, you can move them now. Plant them a little way from the fence, so they are not in the rain shadow. Dig the area over well and deeply, and add good compost and fertiliser. Once you see how much root growth the plants have, dig a hole 4-6" deeper so that the lower part of the clematis is planted deeper than previously. This will a) provide stronger growth, and b) protect the plant against verticilium wilt. Of course, with your Mum's great gardening knowledge, she may have planted them deeply in the first place. If you know this to be true, you can get away with planting them at 'her' soil level' (the soil mark around the base of the stems). Hope all goes well, both with the clematis and resolving your Mum's estate. I know from personal experience what a difficult time this is. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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"Spider" wrote in message ... On 10/06/2012 08:26, KatiG wrote: My Mum died in Autumn last year, and I lost 80 years of gardening experience as well as my best friend. So I' m looking for a new source of advice. In Spring last year she planted 4 new clematis around a metal obelisk. Would they move to a south facing fence and if so, how? I would have done it sooner but the fence was being replaced. Also, when? I probably have a while until the house sells in this market. So sorry to hear about your Mum, Kati. Hopefully, you will find a good source of advice here. Welcome. The 4 clematis will certainly move, and south facing is fine provided you give them some shade at the roots. Provided you're prepared to water well until they establish, you can move them now. Plant them a little way from the fence, so they are not in the rain shadow. Dig the area over well and deeply, and add good compost and fertiliser. Once you see how much root growth the plants have, dig a hole 4-6" deeper so that the lower part of the clematis is planted deeper than previously. This will a) provide stronger growth, and b) protect the plant against verticilium wilt. Of course, with your Mum's great gardening knowledge, she may have planted them deeply in the first place. If you know this to be true, you can get away with planting them at 'her' soil level' (the soil mark around the base of the stems). Hope all goes well, both with the clematis and resolving your Mum's estate. I know from personal experience what a difficult time this is. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay Too additions to the above, when you do the move cut the plants back hard (they will reshoot later) this gives the roots chance to sort themselves out without a large amount of leaf to support. and secondly put a tube into the holes when planting so you can water direct to the roots. (plastic bottle with the ends cut off) -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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