New Nelly Moser Clematis not growing
Cindy Stooksbury
7 years ago
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Nelly Moser gonna grow ok?
Comments (3)new growth, yes! Here at the last part of April their growth has taken off nicely. I thought they were goners; but no. They are moving into their 3rd year of growth so I won't be cutting them back quite so far this year, I believe......See MoreNelly Moser completely buried... and back from the dead????
Comments (8)Hello all, Definitely no leaves and no one would call these stems either. They're just the thinnest tendrils of root-looking stuff? Honestly, I'm not sure this is even the Nelly Moser, and how could it have survived being completely covered and compressed by a huge terra cotta pot since April? But what else could it be? The first day it was open to the elements I watered deeply in the AM. Checked on it in the evening and it looked like baked earth. Maybe that one day killed it! Just in case, I watered again and again, covered with compost and watered more. Now I don't know what's going on. I guess the only hope is for it to push on up there. On another note: there's not supposed to be compost ON the stems? All 3 of my other ones (new this year and bought in 1-gallon pots) are mounded in compost. Should I be pulling the compost off the stems and how much? Thanks!...See MoreNelly Moser
Comments (3)Laura, I overwinter clematis in gal. containers by digging a hole and putting plant, still in pot, in the hole so that the container is even with the ground. Firm dirt around plant and later cover with leaf mulch. I have an area, which I call my clematis nursery, specifically for overwintering potted clematis. I also use my empty veg. beds to overwinter clematis and other potted plants. In the spring when I am ready to plant I pull the pot out of the hole and plant the clematis as usual, 3-4 inches lower than the level the plant was in the pot. I like to leave enough vine so there is still some vine above ground but it will grow even without vine showing. Regardless of the pruning requirements of the clematis, newly planted clematis are cut back hard for the first 2-3 years to help with root development and encourage more stems from the crown. I also overwinter some clematis is my unheated garage but they are in 18" diameter plastic pots so I don't know how your gal. container will do in the garage. Those I cut back hard as they are easier to store that way. These stay in the pots and are grown on my deck and patio. In z:6 you may be able to leave a large pot outside as clematis are mostly hardy to z:4 and the rule of thumb is 2 zones hardier than area zone will be okay outside for the winter....See MoreHad to transplant my Nelly Moser to clay soil location
Comments (1)It sounds like you did your best under the circumstances so all you can do now is keep your fingers crossed. Clematis are really quite tough vines so you may be surprised with the outcome. No guarantees of course, but then there are few guarantees in life anyway :-) A clay soil is not ideal but neither is it the end of the world. Ideally, planting high in a wide, shallowly dished planting hole and backfilling with unamended soil is recommended to avoid creating a "bucket" of overly rich, absorbent soil surrounded by the slowly draining clay and it sounds like you came pretty close to this. Only time will tell. And you have my sympathies for having to deal with a self-important, intolerant condo manager and an unfortunately ignorant gardening friend during this crisis. There are some species of clematis that are considered invasive in some areas (SAC - C. terniflora, Clematis vitalba) but the entire genus should not be tarred with the same brush. The vast majority of clematis species and hybrids are perfectly well behaved garden additions....See Moreetrsi_645
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