How do you treat the dreaded clematis wilt?
vickster257
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Clematis wilt!!!!!!What to do? Why?
Comments (11)Mike, the large flowered hybrids are most prone to clematis wilt (mostly the pruning group 2's). The species clematis and those that are hybrids very close to the species (the viticella and integrifolia hybrids) are quite resistant - I've never experienced wilt with one of these. And the information above is very good......clematis wilt is seldom fatal, although it may vary from plant to plant as to how quickly they recover. Would it help you to know that much of my very large clematis collection at my old garden was comprised of vines that were returned to the nursery I worked because of wilt? I took them home, planted them, gave them some TLC and they all recovered nicely :-) Most clematis will outgrow a tendency to wilt after they are about 5 years old. A couple of tips to avoid or recover from wilt: plant deeply in a well prepared hole and cut back hard each season for several years. Do this regardless of variety. This will encourage a strong root system and more stems with a greater ability to withstand wilt. If you have wilt, cut back all affected foliage but otherwise treat the plant as usual with proper watering and fertilization as necessary. And to avoid the problem entirely, select resistant types....See MoreBud Wilt on Patio Clematis
Comments (7)Well Jackie and Matt, sounds like we are dealing with the same weather issues...so maybe we can blame the bud wilt on Mother Nature. I decided to take the wait and see approach, and didn't nip the wilted buds. They were still wilted early this morning....but by early afternoon, 4 of them started to recover...and by nightfall, they were looking pretty good. The others were still a little wilted, but not hanging limp like they were. Amazing! We had light, spritzy cold rain, and I don't think we made it out of the 40's. I opted to leave the container in the open. No sun...some wind. Go figure. Will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow when we are expecting a little sun (what's that?) and warmer temps. I do plan to spray it with MESSENGER tomorrow. Any one else using it? It really does seem to kick everything into high gear. My miniature roses have never looked better. Same for all of my indoor plants. I'm really impressed with the product. I hadn't used it on the Picardy, but did on my Viticella Rubra. You could almost hear it saying thank you! Wouldn't dare use it on the SAC....which I fondly refer to as my Killer Kudzu Klematis. Think I will also treat all the plants in my garden as well.....since the weather has not been very friendly. Actually the plants I had treated about a month ago seem to be handling the cold, rain and wind a lot better than those I did not treat. A light spraying is all it takes...sort of like a heavy dew, but not running off. Look forward to hearing your updates. All the best, Elaine Here is a link that might be useful: MESSENGER...See MoreHow do you prune/cutback clematis when you don't know what TYPE??
Comments (1)Cutting them back only delays flowering. It doesn't stop it or harm the plants. In fact, cutting them back makes them fuller and invigorates them. Better to cut them back than not. If you've got brown growth with new shoots cut all the brown growth back to the lowest buds even though they are dormant. It will sprount out more vines. All Clematis, no matter what variety they are should be hard pruned the first few years....See MoreClematis ?wilt? in the sun
Comments (8)Thank you for answering! Interesting points of view, well, I don't think it's lack of water, as the ground is wet underneath the mulch and darker in color. At the feet of the clematis I put miniature roses, maybe they're too much for the clems? the miniatures are doing fine, by the way. The rose is an unknown climbing rose, that I planted bareroot and I lost the plastic bag that it came in. the flowers are medium large with lots of petals, perfumed slightly and pink. Heavy flowers on skinny stems. The two clematis that are doing the sad show are both Rouge Cardinal, and each has a couple of flowers. One is very interesting, in that it gave me initially two blue- purple flowers,that were identified here on the forum as Jackmanii Superba, but now it gave me red-magenta deep flowers, just like Rouge Cardinal, which was the label. dont know what to believe, maybe they were two little roots tangled in the pot. I have other new clems on the sides which do not wilt so badly. But the Rouges would fall off the trelis if they weren;t suspended with little ropes, they are so limp every afternoon. I hope I'm not overwatering, I don't water if it looks like rain, and when I do it is in the early mornings. I like the idea of "aclimatisation stress" I hope that's the problem here, even if they've been in the ground for about 6 weeks now. ( they came in 1gallon pots, from costco) It is not mildew I've seen that before and I know they don't have it. They do have alot of earwig holes though, I keep killing them all the time....See Morecarolyn18810
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