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Clematis vitalba lifetime
My Clematis vitalba died last winter. Some older stems have died at intervals since I planted it, but now it is completely dead. Well, it was over 30 years old. Does anyone know if that species is normally fairly short-lived? I am not grieving unduly, but am curious. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Clematis vitalba lifetime
On 16/06/2016 13:08, Nick Maclaren wrote:
My Clematis vitalba died last winter. Some older stems have died at intervals since I planted it, but now it is completely dead. Well, it was over 30 years old. Does anyone know if that species is normally fairly short-lived? I am not grieving unduly, but am curious. Regards, Nick Maclaren. If it can naturally layer down, or if you regularly cut the stems to the ground so it has to send up new ones then they will go on for hundreds of years. Most clematis have stems that are only good for a few years, they rot on the inside and become hollow, eventually there is insufficient left to support life and it dies back, if the stem is not too old then there will be dormant buds at the base for it to try again, but if left too long these die off and the plant is unable to grow a new stem. montana often suddenly die on people at around 25 - 30 years especially if they are on only one stem (hence the instruction to cut them back hard when newly planted to get a multi stemmed plant) -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk National collections of Clematis viticella & Lapageria rosea |
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Clematis vitalba lifetime
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Charlie Pridham wrote: My Clematis vitalba died last winter. Some older stems have died at intervals since I planted it, but now it is completely dead. Well, it was over 30 years old. Does anyone know if that species is normally fairly short-lived? I am not grieving unduly, but am curious. If it can naturally layer down, or if you regularly cut the stems to the ground so it has to send up new ones then they will go on for hundreds of years. It didn't layer when it dropped down, though I can't say I encouraged that. And, no, I didn't. Most clematis have stems that are only good for a few years, they rot on the inside and become hollow, eventually there is insufficient left to support life and it dies back, if the stem is not too old then there will be dormant buds at the base for it to try again, but if left too long these die off and the plant is unable to grow a new stem. Yes, that had been what had been going on, but eventually the base gave up. There were some shoots from it as recently as a couple of years back. montana often suddenly die on people at around 25 - 30 years especially if they are on only one stem (hence the instruction to cut them back hard when newly planted to get a multi stemmed plant) Much like this, then! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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