@TheImpatientGardener - you would be much better off if you paid a little more for a decent plant from a good nursery of GC that know what they're doing. They will establish well and grow strongly, unlike a pathetic specimen from a discount store that will probably always struggle - been there and done that!
@ImpatientGardener - I note those labels also say both plants will get to 5-6ft in height... who are they kidding? I've seen Parthenocissus growing over the roof of a two-storey house.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
@ImpatientGardener - having seen that I advise you to pot it up into a pot twice the the size of the one it's in now and to bury it's current ball of compost 2" down under fresh compost. Water it well before and after and gently wind its stems round a few canes poked around the pot edges and tied to make a wigwam.
Keep it in semi shade in a sheltered spot and make sure it is watered regularly and gets an occasional liquid feed all this summer. This will give it the chance to grow stronger and develop decent roots before you subject it to life in the border with all the competition and potential slugs and snails.
As a general rule, I buy my clems from specialists and in tall pots which allow root development. Even so, I always now pot them on into bigger, deeper pots to grow on because their roots are thick and fleshy and can take time to develop in my experience.
I would certainly advise that method for this specimen to give her a chance to grow strongly and undisturbed over at least one summer. Burying them deeper encourages extra stems to form and you get a better plant in the end. Make sure you water well before and after potting on and yes, remove all brown and crispy bits and any plastic ties.
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Thank you @Liriodendron and @Richard Hodson I'm about to Repot my arabella and it has tiny buds! I'm planning on letting it climb with a rose for the moment. I'll post pics when it flowers.
My wall of clematis pots. They're growing quite well now - Etoile Violette has taken off along the wire to the right and is now starting to zig zag up the wall.
The one on the far left is Madame Julia Correvon which is the one that was looking really sad in the ground. It was only at the height of the bottom wire when I put it in the pot so its doing quite well now.
This isn't the final position of any of them - I just wanted to let them develop their roots and show me a few flowers so I can work out where best to put them.
Comtesse du Bouchaud has quite a few buds on now which is exciting.
After having to severely hack back my Clematis 'Armandii' earlier in the year, I was surprised to see just how many new shoots are aiming skywise and also how thick the main stems now look (the horizontal ones) - it's about 8 or 9 years old now. It's never flowered very well for me on our side of the garden, facing south but the neighbours on the north side have admired the flowers in the past! I'm hoping for lots of flowers next spring.
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Keep it in semi shade in a sheltered spot and make sure it is watered regularly and gets an occasional liquid feed all this summer. This will give it the chance to grow stronger and develop decent roots before you subject it to life in the border with all the competition and potential slugs and snails.
This is what it should end up looking like - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=196
If the Virginia creeper is that feeble I suggest you pot that up too but at the same depth of soil as it was in before.
I would certainly advise that method for this specimen to give her a chance to grow strongly and undisturbed over at least one summer. Burying them deeper encourages extra stems to form and you get a better plant in the end. Make sure you water well before and after potting on and yes, remove all brown and crispy bits and any plastic ties.
They seem to keep restocking quite often and I've seen some different varieties that weren't there before.
They had a Cirrhosa Wisley Cream - I do fancy a Cirrhosa clematis but I prefer the look of 'freckles' so keeping an eye out for that.
My wall of clematis pots. They're growing quite well now - Etoile Violette has taken off along the wire to the right and is now starting to zig zag up the wall.
The one on the far left is Madame Julia Correvon which is the one that was looking really sad in the ground. It was only at the height of the bottom wire when I put it in the pot so its doing quite well now.
This isn't the final position of any of them - I just wanted to let them develop their roots and show me a few flowers so I can work out where best to put them.
Comtesse du Bouchaud has quite a few buds on now which is exciting.
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