It opened for me on my laptop. Lots of lovely photos of their garden. I don't prune Nelly Moser every year, but when she gets a bit big or messy or the tips of stems have died off in winter I trim off the tips to healthy buds around March.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Nothing beats growing your own new clematis from seed, I have registered several new varieties, the latest being a new pink herbaceous called Carol Klein, with Carol's approval I hasten to add, not yet available to purchase.
To genuine enthusiasts I have plenty of spare seed, free, and will show you how to germinate them rapidly,
Details of the new Carol Klein can be found on Clematis on the Web A to Z
There speaks a true clematis enthusiast! It certainly is fascinating to think of finding new clematis, though I suppose good new ones are fairly rare. I'll be logging onto your website!
Thanks busy , mine hasn't done much , last year I don't recall a flower ,year before full of flowers . I will be adding a section to the bed where it is for a swing seat area so good excuse to move . Now , when to move ...wait until all the frosts are over?
Doesn' matter too much if it is from a smaller pot in to a larger one.From the ground, it depends if you can get on the soil and work it. Since there will be root disturbance, it would be good to do it before it starts into growth, using the microrhizal fungi sold for rose planting and mixing in some clematis fertiliser.Are you planning to use a soil-based planting medium?
I have a nelly M too, north facing and it's currently shooting everywhere.
I've heard the 'Before June, do not prune" rule, so Nelly M which flowers after June does need pruning.
Someone (I forget who) also suggested remembering when to prune it, calling it the Valentine's day massacre (ie, cutting back to just by the first green shoot) on Feb 14th - made me laugh at the time, but at least I remember it now!
Between now and the end of March, Nelly and other group 2s need to have all dead growth cut back to a pair of healthy buds to remove unsightly stems. After the first flowers they need trimming to remove some dead heads and induce the plant to put on more flowers in late summer. Simples.
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Thank you for all your advice, due snow tomorrow and sun after that so I shall move it then.
Grandma I was going to ask at local GC what best to use in pot as I would be buying there along with new pot (excuse to go now) , I thought compost but you may advise me otherwise ?
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It opened for me on my laptop. Lots of lovely photos of their garden. I don't prune Nelly Moser every year, but when she gets a bit big or messy or the tips of stems have died off in winter I trim off the tips to healthy buds around March.
Mine is in a large pot, moved her there when she was young, some years ago and she's flowered reliably ever since.
There speaks a true clematis enthusiast! It certainly is fascinating to think of finding new clematis, though I suppose good new ones are fairly rare. I'll be logging onto your website!
Doesn' matter too much if it is from a smaller pot in to a larger one.From the ground, it depends if you can get on the soil and work it. Since there will be root disturbance, it would be good to do it before it starts into growth, using the microrhizal fungi sold for rose planting and mixing in some clematis fertiliser.Are you planning to use a soil-based planting medium?
I have a nelly M too, north facing and it's currently shooting everywhere.
I've heard the 'Before June, do not prune" rule, so Nelly M which flowers after June does need pruning.
Someone (I forget who) also suggested remembering when to prune it, calling it the Valentine's day massacre (ie, cutting back to just by the first green shoot) on Feb 14th - made me laugh at the time, but at least I remember it now!
Between now and the end of March, Nelly and other group 2s need to have all dead growth cut back to a pair of healthy buds to remove unsightly stems. After the first flowers they need trimming to remove some dead heads and induce the plant to put on more flowers in late summer. Simples.
Grandma I was going to ask at local GC what best to use in pot as I would be buying there along with new pot
If it is to live in the pot for years, then it needs more than potting compost. Asking advice at the garden centre is a very good idea.