...oh, I thought schools were closed..?.. maybe different up your way then?.. I'm sure they're all closed around here but I don't keep up with it.. yes positively balmy next week..
@Perki ..variety is 'Temptation'... I thought it looked nice... what can you tell me?..
My class were the same, @Mr. Vine Eye. I can’t remember ever feeling so cold in the UK! Schools are open for the key workers’ children, @Marlorena. Today I had 20 in my class, not good at all. Last day of term though. Looking forward to the warmer weather next week.
I hope my recently pruned roses will be alright. I’ve ordered some clematis to go with the climbing roses, hopefully they will turn out to be good combinations.
@Marlorena I've not grown that variety . They are very easy no slug damage will take some shade , all they really want is moister they get stunted if they don't get enough in a dry spell. I've plant some near the front of a border and the rear they are quite versatile , not as see through as verbbena .b but they dont block out plants behind either . I've fascination - pink glow and diane
Speaking about clematises, they are the worst plants for me. I repeatedly fail at establishing them and caring for them, no matter what I try. It seems to be the one thing I can't grow. I planted three new clematises in autumn, I hope at least two of them will survive and grow well, my usual score would be one out of three...
..same here, especially with the gr. 2's.. which I've often found to be the most problematic, especially without any controls which I refuse to use.. I have experimented down the years and found that, if I apply some form of shade at the roots, like a couple of small tiles or slates for instance, it encourages new shoots from below ground, but without the shading, it will still grow but less new stems pop up... but the shading gives a hiding place for snails.. ..I have also found they grow better for me from small 9cm pots, rather than getting the big ones - I no longer buy those actually, I've had too many drop dead...
@Marlorena - it’s half term now. But as schools are open to key workers, the definition of key worker is very broad and more parents have been sending in than in Lockdown 1, the numbers in schools are still quite high. We’re at about 50%.
So it’s been juggling doing recorded and live sessions for children at home and teaching half a class at school.
I’m certainly ready for a break!
Ive got several clematis and they’re showing new shoots.
I have clematis Alionushka - which I thought I’d killed through neglect. Ironically, after having a real effort to get one, I then just left it in its tiny pot and forgot about it! Anyway it bounced back and did grow a little last year.
This was the one where I spotted it in Morrison’s on their mixed climbers shelves and thought it looked really interesting. I popped it back down for a second to check details of it on my phone - and just two second after it went back on the shelf a hand came in and swiped it!
An older lady took a couple of seconds look at it and into her trolley it went! I felt a bit robbed, even though really it was my own fault for putting it back on the shelf and not in my trolley while I read about it! But there hadn’t been anyone nearby, she swooped in like a hawk.
There weren’t any others on the shelf. So I kept going to look every week hoping to find one. Eventually I did. My eldest was with me sat in the trolley, he must have been 2 and a half. He was encouraging me to call the police!
Two years later he still occasionally asks about the time “that lady stole daddy's plant” 😂
Clematis growing as we have a few is all about keeping the roots well shaded, feeding and the correct pruning for the group you are growing, some smaller flowered varieties are vigorous growers such as Montana or Armandii varieties and only need pruning for shape
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..variety is 'Temptation'... I thought it looked nice... what can you tell me?..
I hope my recently pruned roses will be alright. I’ve ordered some clematis to go with the climbing roses, hopefully they will turn out to be good combinations.
...thank you Perki.. I shall keep all that in mind.. very useful information..
@pitter-patter
..thank you too. I didn't know that.. do let us know which clematis you have ordered..
..I have also found they grow better for me from small 9cm pots, rather than getting the big ones - I no longer buy those actually, I've had too many drop dead...
So it’s been juggling doing recorded and live sessions for children at home and teaching half a class at school.
I’m certainly ready for a break!
Ive got several clematis and they’re showing new shoots.
I have clematis Alionushka - which I thought I’d killed through neglect. Ironically, after having a real effort to get one, I then just left it in its tiny pot and forgot about it! Anyway it bounced back and did grow a little last year.
This was the one where I spotted it in Morrison’s on their mixed climbers shelves and thought it looked really interesting. I popped it back down for a second to check details of it on my phone - and just two second after it went back on the shelf a hand came in and swiped it!
There weren’t any others on the shelf. So I kept going to look every week hoping to find one. Eventually I did. My eldest was with me sat in the trolley, he must have been 2 and a half. He was encouraging me to call the police!
As much as we grow rambling and climbing roses we also grow a few varieties of clematis, these are ours from last year