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Post by juju on May 9, 2015 9:32:06 GMT
I put two clematis in last year, one a Montana, the other one I can't remember the name of but it was purple. This year, both have doubled in size, but one has flowers on (the Montana) and the other doesn't. There's loads of growth, everything looks really healthy, but no flowers. Any ideas why not?
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May 9, 2015 10:17:17 GMT
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Post by juju on May 9, 2015 10:17:17 GMT
I should add that they both flowered last year.
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Post by Mari on May 9, 2015 11:49:47 GMT
Perhaps the flowers will come later? Or is it possible in blooms once every 2 years?
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Post by Moose on May 10, 2015 22:00:07 GMT
It could be too early for the second one, not that I'd know
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Post by whollygoats on May 27, 2015 15:49:44 GMT
I have had rather uneven luck with clematis. I kept planting Jackmani (deep purple) and they kept dying. I purchased some other variety in light blue pastel violet and it is doing famously and now blooming....right along with the honeysuckle it is planted with.
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Post by whollygoats on Jul 10, 2015 4:24:09 GMT
I haven't any idea why one clematis would bloom and the other not. Particularly when they both had bloomed the prior year.
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Post by Mari on Jul 10, 2015 16:49:40 GMT
Perhaps one thought it was a leap year.
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Jul 12, 2015 1:37:56 GMT
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Post by kingedmund on Jul 12, 2015 1:37:56 GMT
My grandmother had a few of them and they bloomed every year here.
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Post by juju on Jul 15, 2015 9:14:27 GMT
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Post by tangent on Jul 15, 2015 23:05:41 GMT
I thought you had a first floor balcony - oh no, wait, that was Mari.
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Post by juju on Jul 15, 2015 23:22:25 GMT
Nope, I live in a cottage (1880s) and my garden is up those steps by the side of our garage. It's on 3 different levels which slope upwards, at the bottom (top) of the garden is an old stone wall and beyond that is a field. I'm surrounded by large trees. We've done lots of work on it recently and it's now looking very pretty (in my humble opinion) - I'll post more pictures soon.
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Post by tangent on Jul 15, 2015 23:30:36 GMT
Sounds lovely.
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Post by whollygoats on Jul 16, 2015 4:50:13 GMT
It looks like a nice refuge. I have a propensity for sun-loving florals, so I'm struggling to maintain area without trees.
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Jul 16, 2015 6:52:25 GMT
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Post by juju on Jul 16, 2015 6:52:25 GMT
This is the bottom (top) of our garden: Behind us is the field - usually grass which gets cut for hay every few weeks, and then sprayed with slurry - nice. Actually I don't mind too much as long as I have advance notice to get my washing in, and as long as they don't come too close to the wall and spray the bottom of my garden again, which they did last year.
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Post by Mari on Jul 17, 2015 8:32:07 GMT
What do they spray on it then? The grass in front of my house is cut twice a season and there are cows out there. The farmer is into anthroposophic/biological farming, so no spraying of any kind and cutting and growing is done according to the calendar.
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Jul 18, 2015 7:07:53 GMT
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Post by juju on Jul 18, 2015 7:07:53 GMT
They spray slurry - that's basically liquid cow dung.
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Post by Mari on Jul 19, 2015 16:26:13 GMT
The real stuff, or the chemical stuff? The chemical stuff smells even worse than the real stuff. *wrinkles nose just thinking about it*
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Jul 19, 2015 16:55:21 GMT
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Post by juju on Jul 19, 2015 16:55:21 GMT
Real stuff. It comes from a huge tank next to the farm near us -it's cow dung alright
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