Thanks Angi, and Jill16 I have not removed the clematis, just ripped the vast amount of dead stuff out of the holly. The clematis is planted right next to the trunk and wound around it, fused to it in fact. I will take this thick stump down lower I think and try to persuade the shoots to grow up the fence instead when they appear. We shall see how it goes - feeling very hopeful at the moment!
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Good result LG. I missed this thread earlier. I think you can expect good growth on the holly this year. They tend to have a burst of growth now and then another one about mid-July, in my experience.
Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
I also have a montana clematis [mile a minute variety I believe] usually a mass of flowers in May, but last year it was spreading onto my neighbours garage so I pruned it back to my side of fence.,only took top off level with my fence, but this year I have only a few shoots on it no flowers at all. I hope it will come back next year with a mass of flowers again.I pruned it when the flowers had died off.
bugsbunny - severely pruning the montana varieties will inevitably mean a loss of flowering for a while. They flower on the older stems so all you've done is remove some of the flowering potential of the plant, but it will recover and should be much better next year so don't worry. They're fairly indestructible!
A good feed, water and mulch will help it along. It's sometimes necessary to give them a good chop as they can outgrow their space very easily.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Well that was a quicker result than I expected! It won't be long before it needs a trim.
The clematis didn't make it, but I have another one on the other side of the garden. And there's a Virginia creeper and a hydrangea petiolaris both making bids for world domination right next to it anyway.
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Thanks Angi, and Jill16 I have not removed the clematis, just ripped the vast amount of dead stuff out of the holly. The clematis is planted right next to the trunk and wound around it, fused to it in fact. I will take this thick stump down lower I think and try to persuade the shoots to grow up the fence instead when they appear. We shall see how it goes - feeling very hopeful at the moment!
Lots of shoots on the holly :-)
And one tiny shoot (about a centimetre - but it's alive!) on the clematis.
Hurrah!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good result LG. I missed this thread earlier. I think you can expect good growth on the holly this year. They tend to have a burst of growth now and then another one about mid-July, in my experience.
I also have a montana clematis [mile a minute variety I believe] usually a mass of flowers in May, but last year it was spreading onto my neighbours garage so I pruned it back to my side of fence.,only took top off level with my fence, but this year I have only a few shoots on it no flowers at all. I hope it will come back next year with a mass of flowers again.I pruned it when the flowers had died off.
bugsbunny - severely pruning the montana varieties will inevitably mean a loss of flowering for a while. They flower on the older stems so all you've done is remove some of the flowering potential of the plant, but it will recover and should be much better next year so don't worry. They're fairly indestructible!
A good feed, water and mulch will help it along. It's sometimes necessary to give them a good chop as they can outgrow their space very easily.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Well that was a quicker result than I expected! It won't be long before it needs a trim.
The clematis didn't make it, but I have another one on the other side of the garden. And there's a Virginia creeper and a hydrangea petiolaris both making bids for world domination right next to it anyway.
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Gave the holly a trim today and thought again of how awful it looked in early 2016. What a recovery!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.