Apple blossom (see pic). Been in the ground about 3 years. Can't work out why it is looking like it's starting to die just when it should be ready to blossom.
It could be thirsty if you're in an area that's had low rianfall over the winter. Being so close to that wall will reduce available water in the soil and after a hot dry summer and then a changeable winter with too little rain in December/January/February it may well be stressed.
Try giving it 15 litres of water a day for a week, pouring slowly so the water soaks in rather than running off. If it perks up, give it a liquid feed of tomato food as a tonic then give it a good mulch of well-rotted garden compost or spent compost mixed with some slow release fertiliser for clematis, roses or tomatoes and don't let it go thirsty this coming spring and summer.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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C armandii are normally very strong growing plants - need plenty of root room and IME, perform best when S facing and sheltered from prevailing winds.If happy, they would normally be coming into flower later this month tho it depends on your location. Hard to tell from the pics what the base area is like. As already mentioned, the dry summer won't have helped either.
I did say water for a week and then, if it perks up, try feeding @bédé. More sloppy reading on your part.
@Ivy2 - give the watering a go and then observe how your clematis reacts. If it does êrk up it will appreciate more watering and a tonic of liquid tomato feed will do it no harm.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I think that's dead probably from the base up, the stems look brittle, but if you planted it deep enough, which you should have, then it may regrow from below ground level.
Ask yourself whether it's worth keeping, it's not going to flower this Spring, and it's rather ugly as it is... life's too short for me, that would be out in a flash... lots of nice Spring flowering plants to be had that are not so touchy about conditions..
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Try giving it 15 litres of water a day for a week, pouring slowly so the water soaks in rather than running off. If it perks up, give it a liquid feed of tomato food as a tonic then give it a good mulch of well-rotted garden compost or spent compost mixed with some slow release fertiliser for clematis, roses or tomatoes and don't let it go thirsty this coming spring and summer.
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Hard to tell from the pics what the base area is like. As already mentioned, the dry summer won't have helped either.
@Ivy2 - give the watering a go and then observe how your clematis reacts. If it does êrk up it will appreciate more watering and a tonic of liquid tomato feed will do it no harm.
Ask yourself whether it's worth keeping, it's not going to flower this Spring, and it's rather ugly as it is... life's too short for me, that would be out in a flash... lots of nice Spring flowering plants to be had that are not so touchy about conditions..