It's Sweet Autumn Clematis Season Again!
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Comments (2)Hummm.....that sounds so strange. They may be forming little rootballs because of the inability to expand into your heavy clay soil but if you've got an amended hole about the size of a 5-10 gallon pot, there is no reason for them to do this. Since you already grow other clems, you know that the first year they (the roots) sleep; (so expect nothing much as everything is happening under ground); the second year they (a few stems) creep; and the third year they leap (reaching in all directions, with plenty of blooms). Is the soil location of this clematis somehow contaminated? The roots are obviously resisting growth upward for some unknown reason - have things grown in this spot before? Is it too close to a downspout from your house - thinking that perhaps too much water pooling into the amended soil where your rootballs are and not leeching out of that area due to the heavy clay beyond the amended hole? Your sweet autumn sounds like it is stuck in a time warp of year one, over and over again, not able to get beyond the root ball formation. Any chance you can move it's location as it apparently wants to stay alive, just can't seem to develop in it's current location. Here's mine from late summer last year - just starting it's flush of flowers - a white morning glory seed found it's way up and thru the sweet autumn so that complemented the flower display in early fall. It outgrew it's 5 foot trellis and became so heavy that I had to improvise and keep it propped upward using an additional ladder - LOL Best wishes for a successful year with your sweet autumn....See Moresweet autumn clematis
Comments (1)This wonderful clematis just appeared in my yard!! I am in New Jersey. I did not plant it. It is coming out from under a euonymous and forsythia. I have stuck a small trellis under it and I see that yours grew twenty feet in a season so I guess I will be getting a larger trellis. I would be afraid to transplant the main one but there is a smaller one nearby that might work. Can you tell me when I might transplant the little one? I assume when dormant....See MoreSweet Autumn Clematis
Comments (1)I also love SAC. I had it growing on a chain link fence. It did very well there for a 2 years. I had day lillies planted in front of it. It was the dog pen and I dont know if that had anything to do with it or not but it died off and I tried to plant it a few more times and it just would not grow. There is also a tree right by the fence so I dont know if that put off something in the ground that it did like either. It was so pretty while it lasted!...See MoreSweet Autumn Clematis..can I train it?
Comments (13)Prairemoon, It was a lot easier to move than I expected. Of course,there were a lot of roots left behind because there were a lot of roots that were close to the surface that had spread far from the plant. I moved it before it was tall enough to attach to the arbor, so I didn't have to cut it back. I think I only slowed the growth down by a couple of weeks. I mixed compost into the soil and either bone meal or rose tone, and I also used rooting hormone. Mine blooms in late August or September, and for that reason, I moved the SAC from the arbor because it was in a prominent spot. I wanted to see color in the summer, not a tunnel of green, although it was nice to stand under the arbor feeling enveloped by the lushness. I moved the SAC to a corner where I am going to try to get it to climb into a tree. I'm not sure how well it will flower because there might be too much shade. If that doesn't work, I'll probably move it so it can climb along the fence. Your wire idea is a good one. I think I will do the same at some point....See Moreaussie_clematis
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