{"id":20361,"date":"2024-02-28T13:34:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20361"},"modified":"2024-02-24T16:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:22:12","slug":"pros-and-cons-of-clematis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/pros-and-cons-of-clematis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons of Clematis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3259\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/clematis1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/clematis1.jpg 336w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/clematis1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/>Positives for Clematis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>As climbers these plants occupy little space at ground level<\/li>\n<li>Clematis are available in a variety of colours from white, rose, purples and blue. Many varieties produce abundant flowers and some have a second flush.<\/li>\n<li>Clematis can flower from early spring through to autumn and some varieties are good from midsummer onward.<\/li>\n<li>Look for different varieties of Clematis such as\u00c2\u00a0 alpina, macropetala, montana, chrysocoma or\u00c2\u00a0 X jackmanii.<\/li>\n<li>Flowers can be as large as dinner plates or as dainty as small stars.<\/li>\n<li>Seed heads can also look nice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-455\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/close-up-clematis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Negatives of Growing Clematis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>They can be hard to get going and roots should be planted deep and kept moist. I place a slate over the planting site as a temporary mulch until a new plant gets going.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/climbing-clematis-and-family\/\">Some varieties<\/a> including the montanas can grow rampantly and high into the branches of trees. This can leave bare stems.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/clematis-pruning\/\">Pruning<\/a> is complicated by garden advice and it is easy to prune out the next flowering season if you get t badly wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4036\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/clematis-seed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/clematis-seed.jpg 424w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/clematis-seed-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Clematis seedhead<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The Shopping Experience<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I had some birthday money from a brother-in-law and opted to but a clematis. One of the few spaces in the garden to accommodate a new plant was just alongside a conical climbing frame &#8211; that spot is now taken.<\/li>\n<li>Initially I looked at a garden center chain which had a comprehensive stock but was well priced for the profit they would want. The information about each plant was quite comprehensive.<\/li>\n<li>Then I visited and supported a local family garden center come nursery. They had bought in a fair selection of clematis at about half the cost of their bigger rival and that is where I made my purchase. I also bought some other plants that they had grown themselves ( there is a lesson there somewhere).<\/li>\n<li>The label was 18&#8243; long (or 46cm for the Dutch supplier&#8217;s benefit) but the gardening information was sparse, needed decoding and was not worth <strong>all the plastic<\/strong> used.<\/li>\n<li>The label did not say from what group the clematis came. Clematis jackmanii group 2 as I found out.<\/li>\n<li>There were no planting or growing aids just lame graphics with ticks and crosses, oh and a bar code but no price (I guess that changes to suit circumstances not buyers) .<\/li>\n<li>There were 5 support canes that needed 2 <strong>plastic<\/strong> ties and a <strong>plastic<\/strong> label stake.<\/li>\n<li>You could have guessed the pot was<strong> black plastic<\/strong> with an unusual and unreusable oval base designed to support growth and retail presentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Plant Experience<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This jackmanii hybrid is a real show stopper! It can also be trained to cover walls, trellises or arches.<\/li>\n<li>The large white flowers with golden stamens are produced all summer from June to September or Vl -Vlll as the label has it.<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Clematis &#8216;Madame le Coultre&#8217; grows to\u00c2\u00a0 Height: 3m (10&#8242;). Spread: 1m (3&#8242;) Pruning group: 2 ie. in late winter or early spring and after its first flush of flowers in summer to encourage flowers again later in summer.<\/li>\n<li>Also known as &#8216;Marie Boisselot&#8217; Clematis.<\/li>\n<li>I will update progress quicker than my post from November 2011 w<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positives for Clematis As climbers these plants occupy little space at ground level Clematis are available in a variety of colours from white, rose, purples and blue. Many varieties produce abundant flowers and some have a second flush. Clematis can flower from early spring through to autumn and some varieties are good from midsummer onward. Look for different varieties of Clematis such as\u00c2\u00a0 alpina, macropetala, montana, chrysocoma or\u00c2\u00a0 X jackmanii. Flowers can be as large as dinner plates or as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/pros-and-cons-of-clematis\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20361"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21446,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20361\/revisions\/21446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}