Pruning Clematis montana
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- 6 years agodara_gardener-Vancouver Island, Z8 thanked Kaillean (zone 8, Vancouver)
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Comments (4)My Montana rubens is planted at the north corner of the house. That corner has window 6 feet in each direction. The clematis has a wire to train it down the roof over hang in each direction. Every year by fall it has covered the window causing a dark dining room and my wife hacks it back to see out. It is also about six feet onto the roof covering the rain gutters and that also has to cut back. It is ten years old and has never been fertilized. It is beautiful in bloom if you don't have to do so much pruning you remove the flower wood before spring blooming season. I love it but would have planted in a different place if I knew how vigorous it is. Al...See MoreClematis montana Broughton Star
Comments (8)Montanas are group 1 clems. They are rampant growers and I think quite beautiful. My Mayleen gives me sporadic blooms after the early spring bloom. You have to watch this one, because they have a tendency to take over. I prune mine constantly even though they say not to. This year with all the rain, I have vines all over the place. I would not keep it in a pot. Montana Mayleen (just for an example). \ Carol...See Moreclematis montana and american wisteria amythest falls
Comments (1)Fman, I personally wouldn't grow a montana with any wisteria. Although the american version may not be as aggressive a grower as the japanese forms, the root systems on wisterias are rather large and the clematis will have to compete with it as it grows. Also, since the wisteria has already been planted, it has a head start on the clematis and since clematis tend to take three or so years to get establised, I fear the clematis may never be able to catch up. Other things come to mind also. How are you getting the wisteria to attach itself to the telephone pole? It is doing this all by itself or are you providing something for it to grasp onto? Clematis definitely need something small to grasp onto to climb. Granted it could use the wisteria vines to grab onto, but have you seen how large wisteria branches can get. What if the clematis is planted, does survive, and intertwines amongst the wisteria vines? Eventually the wisteria vines could get so big that they would grow together and crush the clematis vines. Should the clematis survive for several years and get established, you realize that montana Ruebens can eventually get from 22 to 30 feet in length. Is the wisteria going to eventually get that high for the clematis to use it as its climbing support? If not, the clematis will not have anything to cling to and drape back down over itself. Sounds enticing in and of itself, but is this the effect you desired? Just some thing to think about. Good luck on your decision!...See MoreWhat did you do with this super day?
Comments (18)Being gone several Junes related to grandkids being born and having birthdays has caused severe weed problems in most of my beds so I'm still fighting the consequences but wised up and did my visit in March the last 2 years so I hope to get on top of the weeds eventually, but I was weeding, cutting out grass, ugh, and then dug some plants for the GE exchange coming up in Portland. My tomatoes are mostly transplanted and I await their achieving 11" of height to set them out. I put my tunnels out to dry out the beds for them. I spread newspapers belately in other beds destined for vegetables in late May to June and hope it will kill the grass coming up in them. I'm doing general cleanup of brown ornamental grasses and perennial tops from last year and a little belated pruning. Most of my apple trees have outgrown my ability to prune them so must fend for themselves. I find they still bear fruit anyway.:-P Regarding hay fever, I found a long time ago that eating a food I was allergic to daily made me hypersenstive to pollens. Also that eating beef tripe, a couple of tablespoons a day for 2-3 weeks, would totally cure all the symptoms of hay fever- itchy eyes, throat, congestion, sneezing, etc. I like the Chinese way of cooking it with some ginger and onion, and also Menudo that can be purchased canned in the Mexican food section....See More- 6 years ago
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