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Climber for a north facing fence

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  • Percy-GrowerPercy-Grower Posts: 253

    Just keep the base/roots shaded water/feed well & you wont see any fence in 3 or 4 years, i put another one behind my small shed, now i have to keep cutting it back so i can get in my shed ^_^ 

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  • MeelyMeely Posts: 79

    How well fed? how often, when, with what? 

  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    I have the Alba grandiflora, a Broughton Star and .....erm.....a surprise. (Can't remember).

  • Percy-GrowerPercy-Grower Posts: 253

    I water/feed mine twice a week with tomato feed as per feed instructions, i don't feed during flowering, with Gradniflora prune them back after flowering, as the flowers bloom on new growth... 

  • MeelyMeely Posts: 79

    Ok thanks. do you start feeding in spring stop in Autumn? What about planting? Before I dug a large hole, put in extra compost, soaked the plant, mulched the top. i was looking at Taylor's clematis - is this all necessary, was I just unlucky? 

    http://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/plant-care.html

    Last edited: 12 June 2016 22:26:57

  • Percy-GrowerPercy-Grower Posts: 253

    You wont go wrong following Taylor's advice, they're one of the, if not thee top Clematis growers in the country, i have had many Clematis plants from them with no complaints, though if i remember correctly my Grandiflora came from a well known supermarket chain, shock horror!!  

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