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Crumpled Clematis Flowers - Help!
lena.ferdinand
Posts: 4
Hello lovely folks,
Please be so kind to share any advice.
My Clematis has started flowering (by the way I'm not sure what group it is so I prunned it to the first bud but it bounced back well) and now that it started flowering, it looks miserable :-(
The flowers were single last year (just a few petals with fluffy yellow centre) and this year, not only do they appear to have extra layer of petals, the flowers start to look crumpled :-(
Is this normal, lovely folks? Shall I wait till they fully develop? Is there a chance they'll appear normal given a few more days?
So essentially, I'm asking you, more expert gardeners:
* Do you know what prunning group/variety is my Clematis?
* Is the crumpling and extra petals a sign of disease?
Thank you so much for any advice.
With best wishes,
Alena
Please be so kind to share any advice.
My Clematis has started flowering (by the way I'm not sure what group it is so I prunned it to the first bud but it bounced back well) and now that it started flowering, it looks miserable :-(
The flowers were single last year (just a few petals with fluffy yellow centre) and this year, not only do they appear to have extra layer of petals, the flowers start to look crumpled :-(
Is this normal, lovely folks? Shall I wait till they fully develop? Is there a chance they'll appear normal given a few more days?
So essentially, I'm asking you, more expert gardeners:
* Do you know what prunning group/variety is my Clematis?
* Is the crumpling and extra petals a sign of disease?
Thank you so much for any advice.
With best wishes,
Alena
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I would suggest it is a Group 2.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I suggest you give it a generous dollop of specialist, slow release clematis feed but rose or tomato feed will do too. Given that you have it in a pot where its roots will be restricted, I suggest you remove the marigolds which will be competing for resources as the season goes on and then put on a decorative mulch to reduce water evaporation.
If you don't want to move the marigolds, make sure you keep your pot well-watered and think about a bigger pot for next year.
Group 2s are usually pruned after the first flush of flowers is over and then you feed and water them and they'll produce a second flush later in summer. However, you can also treat them as a group 3 which means pruning hard in March and then feeding and watering. They'll produce one long flush over the summer.
If you want it to thrive, it'll need something considerably bigger, and with a good medium to grow in.
Take the other plants out. Just competition for resources.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...