lovely flowers, i always weave mine in horizontally through what it is growing up rather than let it grow straight up wards, that way you get flowers at the bottom too and new growth that grows from the horizontals fill in the gaps, it will always try to grow vertically, but clematis defiinitely look better woven in horizontally & the flowers will be all over it then
You can prune back lightly and you may get another flush of flowers. The varieties which are just finishing now usually do that. Alternatively, you could forego those flowers, prune back further, and then tie in the new growth in across the support , as others have said, to give you better coverage and therefore a better display next year.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
lovely flowers, i always weave mine in horizontally through what it is growing up rather than let it grow straight up wards, that way you get flowers at the bottom too and new growth that grows from the horizontals fill in the gaps, it will always try to grow vertically, but clematis defiinitely look better woven in horizontally & the flowers will be all over it then
Sanjy - the weaving horizontally - can this be done with any clematis? I bought Montana Alba which i didn't realise until later is very vigorous and sometimes called 'mile-a-minute' clematis. I was planning to put it by the fence. I bought a very thin wooden 2 X 4" trellis but if this clematis is so vigorous, should I trail it sideways all the way up? Bit worried as I don't want it going all over the neighbours side. Alternatively I could train it up a wall and have it in a pot....I am not sure what to do as I have never had clematis.
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Well I have just bought some fish and bone so can add some with soil and fertilizer soon
But as said this is the best year so far so its getting better
Ill prune some after flowing to try and push more lower growth and fill out better.
its looking good now
What a difference , beautiful
Love it
lovely flowers, i always weave mine in horizontally through what it is growing up rather than let it grow straight up wards, that way you get flowers at the bottom too and new growth that grows from the horizontals fill in the gaps, it will always try to grow vertically, but clematis defiinitely look better woven in horizontally & the flowers will be all over it then
all flowers now finished and have loads of green growth
so time to cut back slightly?
You can prune back lightly and you may get another flush of flowers. The varieties which are just finishing now usually do that. Alternatively, you could forego those flowers, prune back further, and then tie in the new growth in across the support , as others have said, to give you better coverage and therefore a better display next year.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
ill go a 3rd to half, its pretty much covered the fence now
Sanjy - the weaving horizontally - can this be done with any clematis? I bought Montana Alba which i didn't realise until later is very vigorous and sometimes called 'mile-a-minute' clematis. I was planning to put it by the fence. I bought a very thin wooden 2 X 4" trellis but if this clematis is so vigorous, should I trail it sideways all the way up? Bit worried as I don't want it going all over the neighbours side. Alternatively I could train it up a wall and have it in a pot....I am not sure what to do as I have never had clematis.