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Tanty
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Hi - Hope someone can please help! My clematis is growing very happily in a container, the growth is strong and healthy. There are lots of flower buds, which is great, but as they're starting to open now, the edges of the petals are brown in places and a bit lacklustre. The plant was fed about a fortnight ago for the first time this season, it's had regular water thanks to the crappy weather, and is in a south-facing position. Why are the beautiful flowers so sad looking??
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Plants in pots need more than rain to keep them looking good and all this wind really strips the moisture out of their foliage and flowers so they need extra watering in pots to replenish that.
It should be fed generously in March with a slow release specialist clematis or rose feed and then given occasional liquid feeds of rose or tomato food up until mid July between regular watering which should continue till leaf drop in the autumn. In hot spells that means watering every day.